diff --git a/targets/file/src/lib.rs b/targets/file/src/lib.rs
index 78d8190..1b0206c 100644
--- a/targets/file/src/lib.rs
+++ b/targets/file/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::{
     fs,
     io::{self, Write},
+    mem,
     ops::ControlFlow,
     path::{Path, PathBuf},
     sync::{Arc, Condvar, Mutex},
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ fn apply_retention(
         let _ = fs::remove_file(path);
     }
 
-    Ok(file_set.pop())
+    Ok(file_set.first_mut().map(mem::take))
 }
 
 struct Buffer {
diff --git a/tests/smoke-test/main.rs b/tests/smoke-test/main.rs
index d3b2523..d9c952a 100644
--- a/tests/smoke-test/main.rs
+++ b/tests/smoke-test/main.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ async fn main() {
             .scope("some-scope", "0.1", emit::props! {})
             .spawn()
             .unwrap())
-        .and_to(emit_metrics::plot_metrics_by_count(30, emit_term::stdout()))
+        //.and_to(emit_metrics::plot_metrics_by_count(30, emit_term::stdout()))
         .and_to(
             emit_file::set("./target/logs/log.txt")
                 .reuse_files(true)
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async fn main() {
         )
         .init();
 
-    emit::setup().to(emit_term::stdout()).init_internal();
+    //emit::setup().to(emit_term::stdout()).init_internal();
 
     sample_metrics();