diff --git a/sequence.ml b/sequence.ml
index e21a99a..d0cf59e 100644
--- a/sequence.ml
+++ b/sequence.ml
@@ -144,97 +144,94 @@ let intersperse elem seq =
 
 (** Mutable unrolled list to serve as intermediate storage *)
 module MList = struct
-  type 'a t = {
-    content : 'a array;   (* elements of the node *)
-    mutable len : int;    (* number of elements in content *)
-    mutable tl : 'a t;    (* tail *)
-  } (** A list that contains some elements, and may point to another list *)
+  type 'a node =
+    | Nil
+    | Cons of 'a array * int ref * 'a node ref
 
-  let _empty () : 'a t = Obj.magic 0
-    (** Empty list, for the tl field *)
+  let of_seq seq =
+    let start = ref Nil in
+    let chunk_size = ref 8 in
+    (* fill the list. prev: tail-reference from previous node *)
+    let prev, cur = ref start, ref Nil in
+    seq
+      (fun x -> match !cur with
+        | Nil ->
+          let n = !chunk_size in
+          if n < 4096 then chunk_size := 2 * !chunk_size;
+          cur := Cons (Array.make n x, ref 1, ref Nil)
+        | Cons (a,n,next) ->
+          assert (!n < Array.length a);
+          a.(!n) <- x;
+          incr n;
+          if !n = Array.length a then begin
+            !prev := !cur;
+            prev := next;
+            cur := Nil
+          end
+      );
+    !prev := !cur;
+    !start
 
-  let make n =
-    assert (n > 0);
-    { content = Array.make n (Obj.magic 0);
-      len = 0;
-      tl = _empty ();
-    }
+  let is_empty = function
+    | Nil -> true
+    | Cons _ -> false
 
-  let rec is_empty l =
-    l.len = 0 && (l.tl == _empty () || is_empty l.tl)
-
-  let rec iter f l =
-    for i = 0 to l.len - 1 do f l.content.(i); done;
-    if l.tl != _empty () then iter f l.tl
+  let rec iter f l = match l with
+    | Nil -> ()
+    | Cons (a, n, tl) ->
+        for i=0 to !n - 1 do f a.(i) done;
+        iter f !tl
 
   let iteri f l =
-    let rec iteri i f l =
-      for j = 0 to l.len - 1 do f (i+j) l.content.(j); done;
-      if l.tl != _empty () then iteri (i+l.len) f l.tl
+    let rec iteri i f l = match l with
+    | Nil -> ()
+    | Cons (a, n, tl) ->
+        for j=0 to !n - 1 do f (i+j) a.(j) done;
+        iteri (i+ !n) f !tl
     in iteri 0 f l
 
-  let rec iter_rev f l =
-    (if l.tl != _empty () then iter_rev f l.tl);
-    for i = l.len - 1 downto 0 do f l.content.(i); done
+  let rec iter_rev f l = match l with
+    | Nil -> ()
+    | Cons (a, n, tl) ->
+        iter_rev f !tl;
+        for i = !n-1 downto 0 do f a.(i) done
 
   let length l =
-    let rec len acc l =
-      if l.tl == _empty () then acc+l.len else len (acc+l.len) l.tl
+    let rec len acc l = match l with
+      | Nil -> acc
+      | Cons (_, n, tl) -> len (acc+ !n) !tl
     in len 0 l
 
   (** Get element by index *)
-  let rec get l i =
-    if i < l.len then l.content.(i)
-    else if i >= l.len && l.tl == _empty () then raise (Invalid_argument "MList.get")
-    else get l.tl (i - l.len)
+  let rec get l i = match l with
+    | Nil -> raise (Invalid_argument "MList.get")
+    | Cons (a, n, _) when i < !n -> a.(i)
+    | Cons (_, n, tl) -> get !tl (i- !n)
 
-  (** Push [x] at the end of the list. It returns the block in which the
-      element is inserted. *)
-  let rec push x l =
-    if l.len = Array.length l.content
-      then begin (* insert in the next block *)
-        (if l.tl == _empty () then
-          let n = Array.length l.content in
-          l.tl <- make (n + n lsr 1));
-        push x l.tl
-      end else begin  (* insert in l *)
-        l.content.(l.len) <- x;
-        l.len <- l.len + 1;
-        l
-      end
+  let to_seq l k = iter k l
 
-  (** Reverse list (in place), and returns the new head *)
-  let rev l =
-    let rec rev prev l =
-      (* reverse array *)
-      for i = 0 to (l.len-1) / 2 do
-        let x = l.content.(i) in
-        l.content.(i) <- l.content.(l.len - i - 1);
-        l.content.(l.len - i - 1) <- x;
-      done;
-      (* reverse next block *)
-      let l' = l.tl in
-      l.tl <- prev;
-      if l' == _empty () then l else rev l l'
+  let to_stream l =
+    let cur = ref l in
+    let i = ref 0 in (* offset in cons *)
+    let rec get_next _ = match !cur with
+      | Nil -> None
+      | Cons (_, n, tl) when !i = !n ->
+          cur := !tl;
+          i := 0;
+          get_next 42 (* any value would do *)
+      | Cons (a, n, _) ->
+          let x = a.(!i) in
+          incr i;
+          Some x
     in
-    rev (_empty ()) l
-
-  (** Build a MList of elements of the Seq. The optional argument indicates
-      the size of the blocks *)
-  let of_seq ?(size=8) seq =
-    (* read sequence into a MList.t *)
-    let start = make size in
-    let l = ref start in
-    seq (fun x -> l := push x !l);
-    start
+    Stream.from get_next
 end
 
 (** Iterate on the sequence, storing elements in a data structure.
     The resulting sequence can be iterated on as many times as needed. *)
-let persistent ?(blocksize=64) seq =
-  if blocksize < 2 then failwith "Sequence.persistent: blocksize too small";
-  let l = MList.of_seq ~size:blocksize seq in
-  from_iter (fun k -> MList.iter k l)
+let persistent seq =
+  let l = MList.of_seq seq in
+  MList.to_seq l
 
 (** Sort the sequence. Eager, O(n) ram and O(n ln(n)) time. *)
 let sort ?(cmp=Pervasives.compare) seq =
@@ -337,7 +334,7 @@ let take n seq =
           incr count;
           k x;
           if !count = n then raise ExitSequence)
-    with ExitSequence -> ()
+      with ExitSequence -> ()
 
 (** Drop the [n] first elements of the sequence *)
 let drop n seq =
@@ -470,14 +467,8 @@ let of_stream s =
 
 (** Convert to a stream. The sequence is made persistent. *)
 let to_stream seq =
-  let l = ref (MList.of_seq seq) in
-  let i = ref 0 in
-  let rec get_next () =
-    if !l == MList._empty () then None
-    else if (!l).MList.len = !i then (l := (!l).MList.tl; i := 0; get_next ())
-    else let x = (!l).MList.content.(!i) in (incr i; Some x)
-  in
-  Stream.from (fun _ -> get_next ())
+  let l = MList.of_seq seq in
+  MList.to_stream l
 
 (** Push elements of the sequence on the stack *)
 let to_stack s seq = iter (fun x -> Stack.push x s) seq
diff --git a/sequence.mli b/sequence.mli
index b09a0de..697a5d3 100644
--- a/sequence.mli
+++ b/sequence.mli
@@ -151,15 +151,11 @@ val fmap : ('a -> 'b option) -> 'a t -> 'b t
 val intersperse : 'a -> 'a t -> 'a t
   (** Insert the single element between every element of the sequence *)
 
-val persistent : ?blocksize:int -> 'a t -> 'a t
+val persistent : 'a t -> 'a t
   (** Iterate on the sequence, storing elements in a data structure.
       The resulting sequence can be iterated on as many times as needed.
       {b Note}: calling persistent on an already persistent sequence
-      will still make a new copy of the sequence!
-      
-      @param blocksize the size of chunks in the unrolled list
-        used to store elements. Use bigger values for bigger sequences.
-        Default: 64 *)
+      will still make a new copy of the sequence! *)
 
 val sort : ?cmp:('a -> 'a -> int) -> 'a t -> 'a t
   (** Sort the sequence. Eager, O(n) ram and O(n ln(n)) time.
diff --git a/tests/test_sequence.ml b/tests/test_sequence.ml
index 0b71ecf..e5f6a3f 100644
--- a/tests/test_sequence.ml
+++ b/tests/test_sequence.ml
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ let test_persistent () =
   OUnit.assert_equal ~printer [] (seq |> S.to_list);
   OUnit.assert_equal ~printer [0;1;2;3;4] (seq' |> S.to_list);
   OUnit.assert_equal ~printer [0;1;2;3;4] (seq' |> S.to_list);
+  OUnit.assert_equal ~printer [0;1;2;3;4] (seq' |> S.to_stream |> S.of_stream |> S.to_list);
   ()
 
 let test_big_persistent () =