diff --git a/src/ammonite/utils/internal/threadPool.cpp b/src/ammonite/utils/internal/threadPool.cpp
index 9726ff2..02361d9 100644
--- a/src/ammonite/utils/internal/threadPool.cpp
+++ b/src/ammonite/utils/internal/threadPool.cpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <mutex>
+#include <queue>
 #include <thread>
 
 #include "../../types.hpp"
@@ -17,84 +18,44 @@ namespace {
     AmmoniteGroup* group;
   };
 
-  struct Node {
-    WorkItem workItem;
-    Node* nextNode;
-  };
-
+  //Implements a thread-safe queue to store and retrieve jobs from
   class WorkQueue {
   private:
-    std::mutex readMutex;
-    Node* nextPopped;
-    std::atomic<Node*> nextPushed;
+    std::queue<WorkItem> queue;
+    std::mutex queueLock;
 
   public:
-    WorkQueue() {
-      //Start with an empty queue, 1 'old' node
-      nextPushed = new Node{{nullptr, nullptr, nullptr}, nullptr};
-      nextPopped = nextPushed;
-    }
-
-    ~WorkQueue() {
-      //Clear out any remaining nodes
-      WorkItem workItem;
-      do {
-        this->pop(&workItem);
-      } while (workItem.work != nullptr);
-
-      //Clear up next free node
-      delete nextPopped;
-    }
-
     void push(AmmoniteWork work, void* userPtr, AmmoniteGroup* group) {
-      //Create a new empty node
-      Node* newNode = new Node{{nullptr, nullptr, nullptr}, nullptr};
-
-      //Atomically swap the next node with newNode, then fill in the old new node now it's free
-      *(nextPushed.exchange(newNode)) = {{work, userPtr, group}, newNode};
+      queueLock.lock();
+      queue.push({work, userPtr, group});
+      queueLock.unlock();
     }
 
     void pushMultiple(AmmoniteWork work, void* userBuffer, int stride,
-                                AmmoniteGroup* group, unsigned int count) {
-      //Generate section of linked list to insert
-      Node* newNode = new Node{{nullptr, nullptr, nullptr}, nullptr};
-      Node sectionStart;
-      Node* sectionPtr = &sectionStart;
+                      AmmoniteGroup* group, unsigned int count) {
+      //Add multiple jobs in 1 pass
+      queueLock.lock();
       if (userBuffer == nullptr) {
         for (unsigned int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-          sectionPtr->nextNode = new Node{{work, nullptr, group}, nullptr};
-          sectionPtr = sectionPtr->nextNode;
+          queue.push({work, nullptr, group});
         }
       } else {
         for (unsigned int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-          sectionPtr->nextNode = new Node{{
-            work, (void*)((char*)userBuffer + (std::size_t)(i) * stride), group}, nullptr};
-          sectionPtr = sectionPtr->nextNode;
+          queue.push({work, (void*)((char*)userBuffer + (std::size_t)(i) * stride), group});
         }
       }
-
-      //Insert the generated section atomically
-      sectionPtr->nextNode = newNode;
-      *(nextPushed.exchange(newNode)) = *sectionStart.nextNode;
-      delete sectionStart.nextNode;
+      queueLock.unlock();
     }
 
     void pop(WorkItem* workItemPtr) {
-      //Use the most recently popped node to find the next
-      readMutex.lock();
-
-      //Copy the data and free the old node, otherwise return if we don't have a new node
-      Node* currentNode = nextPopped;
-      if (currentNode->nextNode != nullptr) {
-        nextPopped = nextPopped->nextNode;
-        readMutex.unlock();
-
-        *workItemPtr = currentNode->workItem;
-        delete currentNode;
+      queueLock.lock();
+      if (!queue.empty()) {
+        *workItemPtr = queue.front();
+        queue.pop();
       } else {
-        readMutex.unlock();
         workItemPtr->work = nullptr;
       }
+      queueLock.unlock();
     }
   };
 }