diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c262a01..fe640e5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <groupId>it.cavallium</groupId>
     <artifactId>filequeue</artifactId>
     <name>file queue project</name>
-    <version>3.0.0</version>
+    <version>3.0.2</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <description>Light weight, high performance, simple, reliable and persistent queue</description>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/filequeue/DiskQueueToConsumer.java b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/filequeue/DiskQueueToConsumer.java
index fdd61bd..917516e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/filequeue/DiskQueueToConsumer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/filequeue/DiskQueueToConsumer.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package it.cavallium.filequeue;
 
 import com.squareup.tape2.QueueFile;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 
 public final class DiskQueueToConsumer<T> implements IQueueToConsumer<T> {
@@ -10,10 +11,24 @@ public final class DiskQueueToConsumer<T> implements IQueueToConsumer<T> {
 	private final QueueFile queueFile;
 
 	public DiskQueueToConsumer(Path file,
+			boolean clear,
 			Serializer<T> serializer,
 			Deserializer<T> deserializer,
 			QueueConsumer<T> consumer) throws IOException {
-		QueueFile queueFile = new QueueFile.Builder(file.toFile()).build();
+		QueueFile queueFile;
+		try {
+			queueFile = new QueueFile.Builder(file.toFile()).zero(false).build();
+			if (clear) {
+				queueFile.clear();
+			}
+		} catch (Throwable ex) {
+			try {
+				Files.deleteIfExists(file);
+			} catch (Throwable ex2) {
+
+			}
+			queueFile = new QueueFile.Builder(file.toFile()).zero(false).build();
+		}
 		this.queueFile = queueFile;
 		this.queue = new QueueToConsumer<>(new SimpleQueueFile<>(queueFile, serializer, deserializer), consumer);
 	}