diff --git a/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/reader/extractors/raw/RawRecordExtractor.scala b/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/reader/extractors/raw/RawRecordExtractor.scala
index 47c8ad63..b583a37b 100644
--- a/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/reader/extractors/raw/RawRecordExtractor.scala
+++ b/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/reader/extractors/raw/RawRecordExtractor.scala
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ trait RawRecordExtractor extends Iterator[Array[Byte]] {
     * The offset should point to the absolute beginning of the record, e.g. including headers,
     * so that if a record extractor is started from this offset it would be able to extract the record
     * by invoking .next().
+    *
+    * IMPORTANT. The offset points to the next record to be fetched by .next(). If this invariant is not held,
+    * the reader might get inconsistent record ids, or can fail in certain circumstances.
     */
   def offset: Long
 
diff --git a/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/reader/index/IndexGenerator.scala b/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/reader/index/IndexGenerator.scala
index e9b04220..41778a67 100644
--- a/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/reader/index/IndexGenerator.scala
+++ b/cobol-parser/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/cobol/reader/index/IndexGenerator.scala
@@ -57,6 +57,14 @@ object IndexGenerator extends Logging {
     val indexEntry = SparseIndexEntry(fileStartOffset, -1, fileId, recordIndex)
     index += indexEntry
 
+    if (dataStream.offset != fileStartOffset && recordExtractor.isDefined) {
+      logger.warn("The record extractor has returned the offset that is not the beginning of the file. " +
+                    s"Expected: $fileStartOffset. Got: ${dataStream.offset}. File: ${dataStream.inputFileName}. " +
+                    "It will be assumed that the offset is shifted by 1 record, but if you have record id inconsistency, " +
+                    "please fix the record extractor.")
+      recordIndex += 1
+    }
+
     var endOfFileReached = false
     while (!endOfFileReached) {
       var record: Array[Byte] = null
diff --git a/spark-cobol/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/source/index/IndexBuilder.scala b/spark-cobol/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/source/index/IndexBuilder.scala
index 910135e6..66bb902a 100644
--- a/spark-cobol/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/source/index/IndexBuilder.scala
+++ b/spark-cobol/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/cobrix/spark/cobol/source/index/IndexBuilder.scala
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ private[source] object IndexBuilder extends Logging {
   private def repartitionIndexes(indexRDD: RDD[SparseIndexEntry]): RDD[SparseIndexEntry] = {
     val indexCount = indexRDD.count()
     val numPartitions = Math.min(indexCount, Constants.maxNumPartitions).toInt
-    logger.warn(s"Index elements count: $indexCount, number of partitions = $numPartitions")
+    logger.info(s"Index elements count: $indexCount, number of partitions = $numPartitions")
     indexRDD.repartition(numPartitions).cache()
   }