diff --git a/lib/listen/event/queue.rb b/lib/listen/event/queue.rb
index 338bc183..dcb5f227 100644
--- a/lib/listen/event/queue.rb
+++ b/lib/listen/event/queue.rb
@@ -30,20 +30,21 @@ def <<(args)
         fail "Invalid change: #{change.inspect}" unless change.is_a?(Symbol)
         fail "Invalid path: #{path.inspect}" unless path.is_a?(String)
 
-        dir = _safe_relative_from_cwd(dir)
-        event_queue.public_send(:<<, [type, change, dir, path, options])
+        dir = if @config.relative?
+                _safe_relative_from_cwd(dir)
+              else
+                dir
+              end
+        @event_queue << [type, change, dir, path, options]
       end
 
-      delegate empty?: :event_queue
-      delegate pop: :event_queue
-      delegate close: :event_queue
+      delegate empty?: :@event_queue
+      delegate pop: :@event_queue
+      delegate close: :@event_queue
 
       private
 
-      attr_reader :event_queue, :config
-
       def _safe_relative_from_cwd(dir)
-        return dir unless config.relative?
         dir.relative_path_from(Pathname.pwd)
       rescue ArgumentError
         dir
diff --git a/lib/listen/record.rb b/lib/listen/record.rb
index 60dfa0d8..d4b740b7 100644
--- a/lib/listen/record.rb
+++ b/lib/listen/record.rb
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ def initialize(directory)
     end
 
     def add_dir(rel_path)
-      return if [nil, '', '.'].include? rel_path
-      @tree[rel_path] ||= {}
+      if ![nil, '', '.'].include?(rel_path)
+        @tree[rel_path] ||= {}
+      end
     end
 
     def update_file(rel_path, data)
@@ -34,18 +35,18 @@ def unset_path(rel_path)
     def file_data(rel_path)
       dirname, basename = Pathname(rel_path).split.map(&:to_s)
       if [nil, '', '.'].include? dirname
-        tree[basename] ||= {}
-        tree[basename].dup
+        @tree[basename] ||= {}
+        @tree[basename].dup
       else
-        tree[dirname] ||= {}
-        tree[dirname][basename] ||= {}
-        tree[dirname][basename].dup
+        @tree[dirname] ||= {}
+        @tree[dirname][basename] ||= {}
+        @tree[dirname][basename].dup
       end
     end
 
     def dir_entries(rel_path)
       subtree = if [nil, '', '.'].include? rel_path.to_s
-                  tree
+                  @tree
                 else
                   _sub_tree(rel_path)
                 end
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ def dir_entries(rel_path)
     end
 
     def _sub_tree(rel_path)
-      tree.each_with_object({}) do |(path, meta), result|
+      @tree.each_with_object({}) do |(path, meta), result|
         next unless path.start_with?(rel_path)
 
         if path == rel_path
@@ -86,26 +87,26 @@ def _auto_hash
       Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = {} }
     end
 
-    attr_reader :tree
-
     def _fast_update_file(dirname, basename, data)
-      if [nil, '', '.'].include? dirname
-        tree[basename] = (tree[basename] || {}).merge(data)
+      if [nil, '', '.'].include?(dirname)
+        @tree[basename] = (@tree[basename] || {}).merge(data)
       else
-        tree[dirname] ||= {}
-        tree[dirname][basename] = (tree[dirname][basename] || {}).merge(data)
+        @tree[dirname] ||= {}
+        @tree[dirname][basename] = (@tree[dirname][basename] || {}).merge(data)
       end
     end
 
     def _fast_unset_path(dirname, basename)
       # this may need to be reworked to properly remove
       # entries from a tree, without adding non-existing dirs to the record
-      if [nil, '', '.'].include? dirname
-        return unless tree.key?(basename)
-        tree.delete(basename)
+      if [nil, '', '.'].include?(dirname)
+        if @tree.key?(basename)
+          @tree.delete(basename)
+        end
       else
-        return unless tree.key?(dirname)
-        tree[dirname].delete(basename)
+        if @tree.key?(dirname)
+          @tree[dirname].delete(basename)
+        end
       end
     end