diff --git a/data.c b/data.c
index b80b7d9..e86f97f 100644
--- a/data.c
+++ b/data.c
@@ -978,31 +978,27 @@ void enqueue_output(snac *snac, char *msg, char *actor, int retries)
 d_char *queue(snac *snac)
 /* returns a list with filenames that can be dequeued */
 {
-    xs *spec = xs_fmt("%s/queue/" "*.json", snac->basedir);
+    xs *spec     = xs_fmt("%s/queue/" "*.json", snac->basedir);
     d_char *list = xs_list_new();
-    glob_t globbuf;
-    time_t t = time(NULL);
+    time_t t     = time(NULL);
+    char *p, *v;
 
-    if (glob(spec, 0, NULL, &globbuf) == 0) {
-        int n;
-        char *p;
+    xs *fns = xs_glob(spec, 0, 0);
 
-        for (n = 0; (p = globbuf.gl_pathv[n]) != NULL; n++) {
-            /* get the retry time from the basename */
-            char *bn = strrchr(p, '/');
-            time_t t2 = atol(bn + 1);
+    p = fns;
+    while (xs_list_iter(&p, &v)) {
+        /* get the retry time from the basename */
+        char *bn  = strrchr(v, '/');
+        time_t t2 = atol(bn + 1);
 
-            if (t2 > t)
-                snac_debug(snac, 2, xs_fmt("queue not yet time for %s", p));
-            else {
-                list = xs_list_append(list, p);
-                snac_debug(snac, 2, xs_fmt("queue ready for %s", p));
-            }
+        if (t2 > t)
+            snac_debug(snac, 2, xs_fmt("queue not yet time for %s", v));
+        else {
+            list = xs_list_append(list, v);
+            snac_debug(snac, 2, xs_fmt("queue ready for %s", v));
         }
     }
 
-    globfree(&globbuf);
-
     return list;
 }