diff --git a/relay.ts b/relay.ts
index 3b91bd7..cd7b39e 100644
--- a/relay.ts
+++ b/relay.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import {verifySignature, validateEvent, type Event} from './event.ts'
 import {matchFilters, type Filter} from './filter.ts'
 import {getHex64, getSubscriptionId} from './fakejson.ts'
+import { MessageQueue } from './utils.ts'
 
 type RelayEvent = {
   connect: () => void | Promise<void>
@@ -122,24 +123,24 @@ export function relayInit(
         listeners.disconnect.forEach(cb => cb())
       }
 
-      let incomingMessageQueue: string[] = []
+      let incomingMessageQueue: MessageQueue = new MessageQueue()
       let handleNextInterval: any
 
       ws.onmessage = e => {
-        incomingMessageQueue.push(e.data)
+        incomingMessageQueue.enqueue(e.data)
         if (!handleNextInterval) {
           handleNextInterval = setInterval(handleNext, 0)
         }
       }
 
       function handleNext() {
-        if (incomingMessageQueue.length === 0) {
+        if (incomingMessageQueue.size === 0) {
           clearInterval(handleNextInterval)
           handleNextInterval = null
           return
         }
 
-        var json = incomingMessageQueue.shift()
+        var json = incomingMessageQueue.dequeue()
         if (!json) return
 
         let subid = getSubscriptionId(json)
diff --git a/utils.test.ts b/utils.test.ts
index e1ff199..7ad3d3b 100644
--- a/utils.test.ts
+++ b/utils.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {buildEvent} from './test-helpers.ts'
 import {
+  MessageQueue,
   insertEventIntoAscendingList,
   insertEventIntoDescendingList,
 } from './utils.ts'
@@ -191,3 +192,48 @@ describe('inserting into a asc sorted list of events', () => {
     expect(list1).toHaveLength(3)
   })
 })
+
+describe('enque a message into MessageQueue', () => {
+  test('enque into an empty queue', () => {
+    const queue = new MessageQueue()
+    queue.enqueue('node1')
+    expect(queue.first!.value).toBe('node1')
+  })
+  test('enque into a non-empty queue', () => {
+    const queue = new MessageQueue()
+    queue.enqueue('node1')
+    queue.enqueue('node3')
+    queue.enqueue('node2')
+    expect(queue.first!.value).toBe('node1')
+    expect(queue.last!.value).toBe('node2')
+    expect(queue.size).toBe(3)
+  })
+  test('dequeue from an empty queue', () => {
+    const queue = new MessageQueue()
+    const item1 = queue.dequeue()
+    expect(item1).toBe(null)
+    expect(queue.size).toBe(0)
+  })
+  test('dequeue from a non-empty queue', () => {
+    const queue = new MessageQueue()
+    queue.enqueue('node1')
+    queue.enqueue('node3')
+    queue.enqueue('node2')
+    const item1 = queue.dequeue()
+    expect(item1).toBe('node1')
+    const item2 = queue.dequeue()
+    expect(item2).toBe('node3')
+  })
+  test('dequeue more than in queue', () => {
+    const queue = new MessageQueue()
+    queue.enqueue('node1')
+    queue.enqueue('node3')
+    const item1 = queue.dequeue()
+    expect(item1).toBe('node1')
+    const item2 = queue.dequeue()
+    expect(item2).toBe('node3')
+    expect(queue.size).toBe(0)
+    const item3 = queue.dequeue()
+    expect(item3).toBe(null)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/utils.ts b/utils.ts
index c50c7e1..86e9eb2 100644
--- a/utils.ts
+++ b/utils.ts
@@ -109,3 +109,79 @@ export function insertEventIntoAscendingList(
 
   return sortedArray
 }
+
+export class MessageNode {
+  private _value: string
+  private _next: MessageNode | null
+
+  public get value(): string {
+    return this._value
+  }
+  public set value(message: string) {
+    this._value = message
+  }
+  public get next(): MessageNode | null {
+    return this._next
+  }
+  public set next(node: MessageNode | null) {
+    this._next = node
+  }
+
+  constructor(message: string) {
+    this._value = message
+    this._next = null
+  }
+}
+
+export class MessageQueue {
+  private _first: MessageNode | null
+  private _last: MessageNode | null
+
+  public get first(): MessageNode | null {
+    return this._first
+  }
+  public set first(messageNode: MessageNode | null) {
+    this._first = messageNode
+  }
+  public get last(): MessageNode | null {
+    return this._last
+  }
+  public set last(messageNode: MessageNode | null) {
+    this._last = messageNode
+  }
+  private _size: number
+  public get size(): number {
+    return this._size
+  }
+  public set size(v: number) {
+    this._size = v
+  }
+
+  constructor() {
+    this._first = null
+    this._last = null
+    this._size = 0
+  }
+  enqueue(message: string): boolean {
+    const newNode = new MessageNode(message)
+    if (this._size === 0 || !this._last) {
+      this._first = newNode
+      this._last = newNode
+    } else {
+      this._last.next = newNode
+      this._last = newNode
+    }
+    this._size++
+    return true
+  }
+  dequeue(): string | null {
+    if (this._size === 0 || !this._first) return null
+
+    let prev = this._first
+    this._first = prev.next
+    prev.next = null
+
+    this._size--
+    return prev.value
+  }
+}