diff --git a/processor.go b/processor.go
index 71770cb..a50e474 100644
--- a/processor.go
+++ b/processor.go
@@ -59,11 +59,10 @@ func (p *processor) start() {
 // exec pulls a task out of the queue and starts a worker goroutine to
 // process the task.
 func (p *processor) exec() {
-	// NOTE: BLPOP needs to timeout to avoid blocking forever
+	// NOTE: dequeue needs to timeout to avoid blocking forever
 	// in case of a program shutdown or additon of a new queue.
 	const timeout = 5 * time.Second
-	// TODO(hibiken): sort the list of queues in order of priority
-	msg, err := p.rdb.dequeue(timeout, p.rdb.listQueues()...)
+	msg, err := p.rdb.dequeue(defaultQueue, timeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		switch err {
 		case errQueuePopTimeout:
@@ -82,8 +81,8 @@ func (p *processor) exec() {
 	p.sema <- struct{}{} // acquire token
 	go func(task *Task) {
 		defer func() {
-			if err := p.rdb.srem(inProgress, msg); err != nil {
-				log.Printf("[SERVER ERROR] SREM failed: %v\n", err)
+			if err := p.rdb.lrem(inProgress, msg); err != nil {
+				log.Printf("[SERVER ERROR] LREM failed: %v\n", err)
 			}
 			<-p.sema // release token
 		}()
diff --git a/rdb.go b/rdb.go
index d394c82..ee50e43 100644
--- a/rdb.go
+++ b/rdb.go
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import (
 
 // Redis keys
 const (
-	queuePrefix     = "asynq:queues:"     // LIST - asynq:queues:<qname>
-	allQueues       = "asynq:queues"      // SET
-	scheduled       = "asynq:scheduled"   // ZSET
-	retry           = "asynq:retry"       // ZSET
-	dead            = "asynq:dead"        // ZSET
-	inProgress      = "asynq:in_progress" // SET
-	heartbeatPrefix = "asynq:heartbeat:"  // STRING - asynq:heartbeat:<taskID>
+	queuePrefix  = "asynq:queues:"         // LIST - asynq:queues:<qname>
+	defaultQueue = queuePrefix + "default" // LIST
+	allQueues    = "asynq:queues"          // SET
+	scheduled    = "asynq:scheduled"       // ZSET
+	retry        = "asynq:retry"           // ZSET
+	dead         = "asynq:dead"            // ZSET
+	inProgress   = "asynq:in_progress"     // SET
 )
 
 var (
@@ -58,38 +58,33 @@ func (r *rdb) push(msg *taskMessage) error {
 }
 
 // dequeue blocks until there is a taskMessage available to be processed,
-// once available, it adds the task to "in progress" set and returns the task.
-func (r *rdb) dequeue(timeout time.Duration, keys ...string) (*taskMessage, error) {
-	// TODO(hibiken): Make BRPOP & SADD atomic.
-	res, err := r.client.BRPop(timeout, keys...).Result()
+// once available, it adds the task to "in progress" list and returns the task.
+func (r *rdb) dequeue(qname string, timeout time.Duration) (*taskMessage, error) {
+	data, err := r.client.BRPopLPush(qname, inProgress, timeout).Result()
 	if err != nil {
 		if err != redis.Nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("command BLPOP %v %v failed: %v", timeout, keys, err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("command BRPOPLPUSH %q %q %v failed: %v", qname, inProgress, timeout, err)
 		}
 		return nil, errQueuePopTimeout
 	}
-	q, data := res[0], res[1]
-	err = r.client.SAdd(inProgress, data).Err()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("command SADD %q %v failed: %v", inProgress, data, err)
-	}
 	var msg taskMessage
 	err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(data), &msg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errDeserializeTask
 	}
-	fmt.Printf("[DEBUG] perform task %+v from %s\n", msg, q)
+	fmt.Printf("[DEBUG] perform task %+v from %s\n", msg, qname)
 	return &msg, nil
 }
 
-func (r *rdb) srem(key string, msg *taskMessage) error {
+func (r *rdb) lrem(key string, msg *taskMessage) error {
 	bytes, err := json.Marshal(msg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not encode task into JSON: %v", err)
 	}
-	err = r.client.SRem(key, string(bytes)).Err()
+	// NOTE: count ZERO means "remove all elements equal to val"
+	err = r.client.LRem(key, 0, string(bytes)).Err()
 	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("command SREM %s %s failed: %v", key, string(bytes), err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("command LREM %s 0 %s failed: %v", key, string(bytes), err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/rdb_test.go b/rdb_test.go
index c78d69f..fd5410e 100644
--- a/rdb_test.go
+++ b/rdb_test.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func TestDequeueImmediateReturn(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	r.push(msg)
 
-	res, err := r.dequeue(time.Second, "asynq:queues:csv")
+	res, err := r.dequeue("asynq:queues:csv", time.Second)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("r.bpop() failed: %v", err)
 	}
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func TestDequeueImmediateReturn(t *testing.T) {
 	if !cmp.Equal(res, msg) {
 		t.Errorf("cmp.Equal(res, msg) = %t, want %t", false, true)
 	}
-	jobs := client.SMembers(inProgress).Val()
+	jobs := client.LRange(inProgress, 0, -1).Val()
 	if len(jobs) != 1 {
 		t.Fatalf("len(jobs) = %d, want %d", len(jobs), 1)
 	}
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func TestDequeueImmediateReturn(t *testing.T) {
 func TestDequeueTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	r := setup()
 
-	_, err := r.dequeue(time.Second, "asynq:queues:default")
+	_, err := r.dequeue("asynq:queues:default", time.Second)
 	if err != errQueuePopTimeout {
 		t.Errorf("err = %v, want %v", err, errQueuePopTimeout)
 	}