diff --git a/src/main/java/ca/recrown/islandsurvivalcraft/caching/Cache.java b/src/main/java/ca/recrown/islandsurvivalcraft/caching/Cache.java
index deb85ec..9dbc073 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ca/recrown/islandsurvivalcraft/caching/Cache.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ca/recrown/islandsurvivalcraft/caching/Cache.java
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ public class Cache<Key, Value> {
         if (data.size() > maxSize) {
             int occ = 0;
             do {
+                Key potentialKey = occurrenceOrder.poll();
+                CacheValue<Value> potential = data.get(potentialKey);
+                potential.occurrence--;
                 cleaningLock.lock();
                 try {
-                    Key potentialKey = occurrenceOrder.poll();
-                    CacheValue<Value> potential = data.get(potentialKey);
-                    potential.occurrence--;
                     occ = potential.occurrence;
                     if (occ < 1) {
                         data.remove(potentialKey);