diff --git a/stimBuffApis/livoxGen1/CMakeLists.txt b/stimBuffApis/livoxGen1/CMakeLists.txt
index 40e732a..5a5020e 100644
--- a/stimBuffApis/livoxGen1/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/stimBuffApis/livoxGen1/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,10 +50,11 @@ if(ENABLE_STIMBUFFAPI_livoxGen1)
 	)
 
 	# Set assembler working directory so .incbin can find the .cl file
-	# Also declare dependency on collateDgrams.cl
+	# Also declare dependency on collateDgrams.cl and slotCompactor.cl
 	set_source_files_properties(openClKernels.cl.S PROPERTIES
 		COMPILE_FLAGS "-I${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
-		OBJECT_DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/collateDgrams.cl"
+		OBJECT_DEPENDS
+			"${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/collateDgrams.cl;${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/slotCompactor.cl"
 	)
 
 	target_include_directories(livoxGen1 PUBLIC
diff --git a/stimBuffApis/livoxGen1/slotCompactor.cl b/stimBuffApis/livoxGen1/slotCompactor.cl
index 1e343a0..7ad3ba7 100644
--- a/stimBuffApis/livoxGen1/slotCompactor.cl
+++ b/stimBuffApis/livoxGen1/slotCompactor.cl
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ __kernel void slotCompactor(
 	uint nonDummiesSeen = 0;  // Track how many non-dummy slots we've seen
 	uint dummiesMoved = 0;     // Track how many dummy slots we've moved
 
+	// Initialize rightmostNonDummy to start from the end
+	// We'll decrement it each time we use it to avoid re-selecting the same slot
+	uint rightmostNonDummy = numSlots - 1;
+
 	// Process slots from beginning to end
 	for (uint i = 0; i < numSlots; ++i)
 	{
@@ -34,50 +38,57 @@ __kernel void slotCompactor(
 		bool isDummy = (slotAddr[0] == 0xFF) && (slotAddr[1] == 0xFF)
 			&& (slotAddr[2] == 0xFF) && (slotAddr[3] == 0xFF);
 
-		if (isDummy)
+		// Early continue for non-dummy slots (already in the right place)
+		if (!isDummy)
 		{
-			// Optimization 1: Find rightmost non-dummy slot and copy it here
-			uint rightmostNonDummy = numSlots;
-			for (int j = (int)numSlots - 1; j > (int)i; --j)
-			{
-				__global uchar* checkSlotAddr = assembly + firstSlotOffset
-					+ (j * slotStride);
-
-				bool checkIsDummy = (checkSlotAddr[0] == 0xFF)
-					&& (checkSlotAddr[1] == 0xFF) && (checkSlotAddr[2] == 0xFF)
-					&& (checkSlotAddr[3] == 0xFF);
-
-				if (!checkIsDummy)
-				{
-					rightmostNonDummy = (uint)j;
-					break;
-				}
-			}
-
-			// If we found a non-dummy slot to the right, copy it here
-			if (rightmostNonDummy < numSlots)
-			{
-				__global uchar* srcAddr = assembly + firstSlotOffset
-					+ (rightmostNonDummy * slotStride);
-
-				// Copy slot data (byte-by-byte copy)
-				for (uint j = 0; j < slotSize; ++j) {
-					slotAddr[j] = srcAddr[j];
-				}
-
-				// Mark the source slot as dummy (move it to the end)
-				for (uint j = 0; j < 4; ++j) {
-					srcAddr[j] = 0xFF;
-				}
-
-				++dummiesMoved;
-				++nonDummiesSeen;  // We just moved a non-dummy to this position
-			}
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			// Slot is non-dummy - it's already in the right place
 			++nonDummiesSeen;
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		// Optimization 1: Find rightmost non-dummy slot starting from where we left off
+		// Search backwards from rightmostNonDummy until we find a non-dummy slot
+		// or reach the current position
+		bool foundNonDummy = false;
+		for (int j = (int)rightmostNonDummy; j > (int)i; --j)
+		{
+			__global uchar* checkSlotAddr = assembly + firstSlotOffset
+				+ (j * slotStride);
+
+			bool checkIsDummy = (checkSlotAddr[0] == 0xFF)
+				&& (checkSlotAddr[1] == 0xFF) && (checkSlotAddr[2] == 0xFF)
+				&& (checkSlotAddr[3] == 0xFF);
+
+			// Early continue for dummy slots
+			if (checkIsDummy)
+				{ continue; }
+
+			// Found a non-dummy slot
+			rightmostNonDummy = (uint)j;
+			foundNonDummy = true;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		// If we found a non-dummy slot to the right, copy it here
+		if (foundNonDummy)
+		{
+			__global uchar* srcAddr = assembly + firstSlotOffset
+				+ (rightmostNonDummy * slotStride);
+
+			// Copy slot data (byte-by-byte copy)
+			for (uint j = 0; j < slotSize; ++j) {
+				slotAddr[j] = srcAddr[j];
+			}
+
+			// Mark the source slot as dummy (move it to the end)
+			for (uint j = 0; j < 4; ++j) {
+				srcAddr[j] = 0xFF;
+			}
+
+			// Decrement rightmostNonDummy to avoid re-selecting the same slot
+			--rightmostNonDummy;
+
+			++dummiesMoved;
+			++nonDummiesSeen;  // We just moved a non-dummy to this position
 		}
 	}
 }