diff --git a/ready.nimble b/ready.nimble
index a1cbc02..45d1ffb 100644
--- a/ready.nimble
+++ b/ready.nimble
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ license     = "MIT"
 srcDir = "src"
 
 requires "nim >= 1.6.10"
-requires "waterpark >= 0.1.4"
diff --git a/src/ready/pools.nim b/src/ready/pools.nim
index 8a8ba2c..74eb2a1 100644
--- a/src/ready/pools.nim
+++ b/src/ready/pools.nim
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
-import connections, std/locks, std/sequtils, std/tables, std/times, waterpark
+import connections, std/locks, std/random, std/tables, std/times
 
 type
   RedisPoolObj = object
     address: string
     port: Port
-    pool: Pool[RedisConn]
-    lastReturnedLock: Lock
+    conns: seq[RedisConn]
+    lock: Lock
+    cond: Cond
+    r: Rand
     lastReturned: Table[RedisConn, float]
     onConnect: proc(conn: RedisConn) {.gcsafe.}
     onBorrow: proc(conn: RedisConn, lastReturned: float) {.gcsafe.}
@@ -15,11 +17,9 @@ type
 proc close*(pool: RedisPool) =
   ## Closes the database connections in the pool then deallocates the pool.
   ## All connections should be returned to the pool before it is closed.
-  let entries = toSeq(pool.pool.items)
-  for entry in entries:
-    entry.close()
-    pool.pool.delete(entry)
-  pool.pool.close()
+  withLock pool.lock:
+    for conn in pool.conns:
+      conn.close()
   `=destroy`(pool[])
   deallocShared(pool)
 
@@ -29,9 +29,11 @@ proc openNewConnection(pool: RedisPool): RedisConn =
     pool.onConnect(result)
 
 proc recycle*(pool: RedisPool, conn: RedisConn) {.raises: [], gcsafe.} =
-  withLock pool.lastReturnedLock:
+  withLock pool.lock:
+    pool.conns.add(conn)
+    pool.r.shuffle(pool.conns)
     pool.lastReturned[conn] = epochTime()
-  pool.pool.recycle(conn)
+  signal(pool.cond)
 
 proc newRedisPool*(
   size: int,
@@ -46,8 +48,9 @@ proc newRedisPool*(
   result = cast[RedisPool](allocShared0(sizeof(RedisPoolObj)))
   result.port = port
   result.address = address
-  initLock(result.lastReturnedLock)
-  result.pool = newPool[RedisConn]()
+  initLock(result.lock)
+  initCond(result.cond)
+  result.r = initRand(2023)
   result.onConnect = onConnect
   result.onBorrow = onBorrow
   try:
@@ -61,22 +64,26 @@ proc newRedisPool*(
     raise getCurrentException()
 
 proc borrow*(pool: RedisPool): RedisConn {.gcsafe.} =
-  result = pool.pool.borrow()
+  acquire(pool.lock)
+  while pool.conns.len == 0:
+    wait(pool.cond, pool.lock)
+  result = pool.conns.pop()
+  release(pool.lock)
+
   if pool.onBorrow != nil:
     try:
       var lastReturned: float
-      withLock pool.lastReturnedLock:
+      withLock pool.lock:
         lastReturned = pool.lastReturned[result]
       pool.onBorrow(result, lastReturned)
     except:
       # Close this connection and open a new one
+      withLock pool.lock:
+        pool.lastReturned.del(result)
       result.close()
       result = pool.openNewConnection()
-      let lastReturned = epochTime()
-      withLock pool.lastReturnedLock:
-        pool.lastReturned[result] = lastReturned
       if pool.onBorrow != nil:
-        pool.onBorrow(result, lastReturned)
+        pool.onBorrow(result, epochTime())
 
 template withConnnection*(pool: RedisPool, conn, body) =
   block: