diff --git a/internal/radio/icecast.go b/internal/radio/icecast.go
index 05aabe8..88cd322 100644
--- a/internal/radio/icecast.go
+++ b/internal/radio/icecast.go
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ func IcecastLastSongs(playlistPath string) []Song {
 	lastPlayedCacheMutex.Lock()
 	defer lastPlayedCacheMutex.Unlock()
 	if lpcLen := len(lastPlayedCache); lpcLen > 0 {
-		ret := make([]Song, 0, lpcLen)
-		ret = append(ret, lastPlayedCache...)
+		ret := make([]Song, lpcLen)
+		copy(ret, lastPlayedCache)
 		return ret
 	}
 
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ func (pw *PlaylistLogWatcher) Watch(playlistPath string, n int) (err error) {
 	pw.watcher.WatchForMask(pw.changed, watcher.ModIgnMask)
 
 	if lastPlayedCache == nil {
-		lastPlayedCache = make([]Song, 0, n)
+		lastPlayedCache = make([]Song, n)
 		songs, err := icecastLastPlayedSongs(playlistPath, n)
 		if err == nil && len(songs) > 0 {
-			lastPlayedCache = append(lastPlayedCache, songs...)
+			copy(lastPlayedCache, songs)
 		} else if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalln("failed to retrieve last songs:", err)
 		}