diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictInputOutput.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictInputOutput.java
index a0059e24c1c90fbe4c917ba2a01c7ef32502d91d..af7f863eef7cf414dbd44ad0bf832b1fcb403ea3 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictInputOutput.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/BinaryDictInputOutput.java
@@ -268,6 +268,19 @@ public class BinaryDictInputOutput {
             return index - origin;
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Reads a string from a RandomAccessFile. This is the converse of the above method.
+         */
+        private static String readString(final RandomAccessFile source) throws IOException {
+            final StringBuilder s = new StringBuilder();
+            int character = readChar(source);
+            while (character != INVALID_CHARACTER) {
+                s.appendCodePoint(character);
+                character = readChar(source);
+            }
+            return s.toString();
+        }
+
         /**
          * Reads a character from the file.
          *
@@ -995,36 +1008,19 @@ public class BinaryDictInputOutput {
             childrenAddress = NO_CHILDREN_ADDRESS;
             break;
         }
-        ArrayList<PendingAttribute> shortcutTargets = null;
+        ArrayList<WeightedString> shortcutTargets = null;
         if (0 != (flags & FLAG_HAS_SHORTCUT_TARGETS)) {
-            shortcutTargets = new ArrayList<PendingAttribute>();
+            final long pointerBefore = source.getFilePointer();
+            shortcutTargets = new ArrayList<WeightedString>();
+            source.readUnsignedShort(); // Skip the size
             while (true) {
                 final int targetFlags = source.readUnsignedByte();
-                ++addressPointer;
-                final int sign = 0 == (targetFlags & FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_OFFSET_NEGATIVE) ? 1 : -1;
-                int targetAddress = addressPointer;
-                switch (targetFlags & MASK_ATTRIBUTE_ADDRESS_TYPE) {
-                case FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_ADDRESS_TYPE_ONEBYTE:
-                    targetAddress += sign * source.readUnsignedByte();
-                    addressPointer += 1;
-                    break;
-                case FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_ADDRESS_TYPE_TWOBYTES:
-                    targetAddress += sign * source.readUnsignedShort();
-                    addressPointer += 2;
-                    break;
-                case FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_ADDRESS_TYPE_THREEBYTES:
-                    final int offset = ((source.readUnsignedByte() << 16)
-                            + source.readUnsignedShort());
-                    targetAddress += sign * offset;
-                    addressPointer += 3;
-                    break;
-                default:
-                    throw new RuntimeException("Has shortcut targets with no address");
-                }
-                shortcutTargets.add(new PendingAttribute(targetFlags & FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_FREQUENCY,
-                        targetAddress));
+                final String word = CharEncoding.readString(source);
+                shortcutTargets.add(new WeightedString(word,
+                        targetFlags & FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_FREQUENCY));
                 if (0 == (targetFlags & FLAG_ATTRIBUTE_HAS_NEXT)) break;
             }
+            addressPointer += (source.getFilePointer() - pointerBefore);
         }
         ArrayList<PendingAttribute> bigrams = null;
         if (0 != (flags & FLAG_HAS_BIGRAMS)) {
@@ -1149,14 +1145,7 @@ public class BinaryDictInputOutput {
         int groupOffset = nodeOrigin + getGroupCountSize(count);
         for (int i = count; i > 0; --i) {
             CharGroupInfo info = readCharGroup(source, groupOffset);
-            ArrayList<WeightedString> shortcutTargets = null;
-            if (null != info.mShortcutTargets) {
-                shortcutTargets = new ArrayList<WeightedString>();
-                for (PendingAttribute target : info.mShortcutTargets) {
-                    final String word = getWordAtAddress(source, headerSize, target.mAddress);
-                    shortcutTargets.add(new WeightedString(word, target.mFrequency));
-                }
-            }
+            ArrayList<WeightedString> shortcutTargets = info.mShortcutTargets;
             ArrayList<WeightedString> bigrams = null;
             if (null != info.mBigrams) {
                 bigrams = new ArrayList<WeightedString>();
diff --git a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/CharGroupInfo.java b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/CharGroupInfo.java
index 444b11732fa84cc2cb9b4cf5b023889878d005da..ef7dbb25182bdc3dd3d702dfbadeb472e83108eb 100644
--- a/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/CharGroupInfo.java
+++ b/java/src/com/android/inputmethod/latin/makedict/CharGroupInfo.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict;
 
+import com.android.inputmethod.latin.makedict.FusionDictionary.WeightedString;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 /**
@@ -29,12 +31,12 @@ public class CharGroupInfo {
     public final int[] mCharacters;
     public final int mFrequency;
     public final int mChildrenAddress;
-    public final ArrayList<PendingAttribute> mShortcutTargets;
+    public final ArrayList<WeightedString> mShortcutTargets;
     public final ArrayList<PendingAttribute> mBigrams;
 
     public CharGroupInfo(final int originalAddress, final int endAddress, final int flags,
             final int[] characters, final int frequency, final int childrenAddress,
-            final ArrayList<PendingAttribute> shortcutTargets,
+            final ArrayList<WeightedString> shortcutTargets,
             final ArrayList<PendingAttribute> bigrams) {
         mOriginalAddress = originalAddress;
         mEndAddress = endAddress;