diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 298ba9b..b3c4a21 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 module github.com/frostbyte73/core
 
-go 1.19
+go 1.22.1
 
 require (
-	github.com/gammazero/deque v0.2.1
+	github.com/gammazero/deque v1.0.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1
 )
 
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 7c31a93..e252e20 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/gammazero/deque v0.2.1 h1:qSdsbG6pgp6nL7A0+K/B7s12mcCY/5l5SIUpMOl+dC0=
-github.com/gammazero/deque v0.2.1/go.mod h1:LFroj8x4cMYCukHJDbxFCkT+r9AndaJnFMuZDV34tuU=
+github.com/gammazero/deque v1.0.0 h1:LTmimT8H7bXkkCy6gZX7zNLtkbz4NdS2z8LZuor3j34=
+github.com/gammazero/deque v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iflpYvtGfM3U8S8j+sZEKIak3SAKYpA5/SQewgfXDKo=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
diff --git a/pool.go b/pool.go
index 190943c..a1cdded 100644
--- a/pool.go
+++ b/pool.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ type worker struct {
 
 	active   bool
 	next     chan func()
-	deque    *deque.Deque[func()]
+	deque    deque.Deque[func()]
 	draining Fuse
 	done     Fuse
 	kill     Fuse
@@ -132,8 +132,8 @@ func NewQueueWorker(params QueueWorkerParams) QueueWorker {
 	w := &worker{
 		QueueWorkerParams: params,
 		next:              make(chan func(), 1),
-		deque:             deque.New[func()](params.QueueSize),
 	}
+	w.deque.SetBaseCap(params.QueueSize)
 	go w.run()
 	return w
 }