diff --git a/reactor/Core/src/jetbrains/mps/logic/reactor/core/internal/MatchJournal.kt b/reactor/Core/src/jetbrains/mps/logic/reactor/core/internal/MatchJournal.kt
index f06f7f7f..315dcdd0 100644
--- a/reactor/Core/src/jetbrains/mps/logic/reactor/core/internal/MatchJournal.kt
+++ b/reactor/Core/src/jetbrains/mps/logic/reactor/core/internal/MatchJournal.kt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ interface MatchJournal : MutableIterable<MatchJournal.Chunk> {
     /**
      * Indicates whether journal's pos points to its end.
      */
-    fun isFront(): Boolean = currentPos().chunk == this.last()
+    fun isFront(): Boolean
 
 
     /**
diff --git a/reactor/Core/src/jetbrains/mps/logic/reactor/core/internal/MatchJournalImpl.kt b/reactor/Core/src/jetbrains/mps/logic/reactor/core/internal/MatchJournalImpl.kt
index 952b4808..0e3059c0 100644
--- a/reactor/Core/src/jetbrains/mps/logic/reactor/core/internal/MatchJournalImpl.kt
+++ b/reactor/Core/src/jetbrains/mps/logic/reactor/core/internal/MatchJournalImpl.kt
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@ internal open class MatchJournalImpl(
         if (view == null) {
             nextChunkId = 0
             val initChunk = MatchChunk(nextChunkId++, InitRuleMatch)
-            hist = IteratorMutableList(ArrayList<Chunk>().apply { add(initChunk) })
+            hist = IteratorMutableList(LinkedList<Chunk>().apply { add(initChunk) })
         } else {
             // assert that initial chunk is present
             with (view.chunks.first()) {
                 assert(this is MatchChunk && match is InitRuleMatch)
             }
-            hist = IteratorMutableList(ArrayList(view.chunks as List<Chunk>))
+            hist = IteratorMutableList(LinkedList(view.chunks as List<Chunk>))
             nextChunkId = view.nextChunkId
         }
     }
@@ -91,6 +91,8 @@ internal open class MatchJournalImpl(
 
     override fun currentPos(): MatchJournal.Pos = current.toPos()
 
+    override fun isFront(): Boolean = current == hist.last
+
     override fun resetPos() {
         posPtr = hist.listIterator()
     }
@@ -165,6 +167,8 @@ internal open class MatchJournalImpl(
         override fun iterator(): MutableIterator<E> = l.iterator()
         override fun listIterator(): MutableListIterator<E> = l.listIterator()
         override fun listIterator(index: Int): MutableListIterator<E>  = l.listIterator(index)
+
+        val last: E get() = if (l is LinkedList) l.last else l.last()
     }
 
     private class IndexImpl(chunks: Iterable<Chunk>): MatchJournal.Index