diff --git a/EDPlayerJournal/JournalStream.cs b/EDPlayerJournal/JournalStream.cs
index f2fd678..3832a58 100644
--- a/EDPlayerJournal/JournalStream.cs
+++ b/EDPlayerJournal/JournalStream.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public class SyncQueue<T> {
 
             Monitor.Enter(queue);
             try {
-                retval = queue.Dequeue();
+                queue.TryDequeue(out retval);
             } finally {
                 Monitor.Exit(queue);
             }