diff --git a/lib/mongodbQueue.js b/lib/mongodbQueue.js
index ca8ccd7..565852c 100644
--- a/lib/mongodbQueue.js
+++ b/lib/mongodbQueue.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ var async = require('async');
 var syncUtil = require('./util');
 var debug = syncUtil.debug;
 var debugError = syncUtil.debugError;
-
 /**
  * Make sure the real queue is created. Otherwise throws an error.
  */
@@ -38,8 +37,10 @@ function MongodbQueue(name, metrics, lock, opts) {
   this.lockName = opts.lockName || ('lock:sync:' + this.queueName);
   this.lockTimeout = opts.lockTimeout || 10000;
   this.mongodb = opts.mongodb;
-  this.queueOptions = {visibility: opts.visibility || 30};
-  this.queueTTL = opts.queueMessagesTTL || 24*60*60;
+  this.queueOptions = {
+    visibility: opts.visibility || 30,
+    ttl: opts.queueMessagesTTL || 24*60*60
+  };
   this.queue;
 }
 
@@ -72,59 +73,59 @@ MongodbQueue.prototype.create = function(cb) {
       } else {
         debug('[%s] lock %s acquired. Continue.', self.queueName, self.lockName);
         async.waterfall([
-          function createIndexes(callback) {
-            debug('[%s] creating queue indexes', self.queueName);
-            self.queue.createIndexes(callback);
-          },
-          function addExtraIdIndex(createdIndex, callback) {
-            debug('[%s] adding extra _id index for queue', self.queueName);
-            collection.createIndex({ deleted : 1, visible : 1, _id : 1}, callback);
-          },
-          function addExtraAckIndex(createdIndex, callback) {
-            debug('[%s] adding extra ack index for queue', self.queueName);
-            collection.createIndex({ ack: 1, visible : 1, deleted : 1}, callback);
-          },
-          function listIndexes(createdIndex, callback) {
+          // Check if there's already a TTL index for the 'deleted' field.
+          // If there is, and the TTL value is different, delete it so it can be
+          // recreated by the mongodb-queue module
+          function listIndexes(callback) {
             debug('[%s] list existing indexes', self.queueName);
-            collection.indexInformation({full: true}, callback);
+            collection.indexInformation({full: true}, function(err, indexInfo) {
+              if (err) {
+                debug('[%s] error getting indexInfo. skipping ttl index check: %s', self.queueName, err);
+                return callback(null, null);
+              }
+              return callback(null, indexInfo);
+            });
           },
           function checkIndexTTL(indexInfo, callback) {
+            if (!indexInfo) {
+              // skipping ttl index check
+              return callback(null, false);
+            }
             debug('[%s] found queue indexInfo : %j', self.queueName, indexInfo);
             var existingIndex = _.findWhere(indexInfo, {name: indexName});
-            var needDrop = false;
-            var needCreate = false;
 
             if (!existingIndex) {
-              needCreate = true;
-            } else if (existingIndex.expireAfterSeconds !== self.queueTTL) {
-              needDrop = true;
-              needCreate = true;
+              return callback(null, false);
+            } else if (existingIndex.expireAfterSeconds !== self.queueOptions.ttl) {
+              return callback(null, true);
             }
-            return callback(null, needDrop, needCreate);
           },
-          function dropTTLIndex(needDrop, needCreate, callback) {
+          function dropTTLIndex(needDrop, callback) {
             if (needDrop) {
               debug('[%s] dropping ttl index: %s', self.queueName, indexName);
-              collection.dropIndex(indexName, function(err){
-                return callback(err, needCreate);
+              collection.dropIndex(indexName, function(err) {
+                return callback(err);
               });
             } else {
               debug('[%s] skip dropping ttl index', self.queueName);
-              return callback(null, needCreate);
+              return callback(null);
             }
           },
-          function createTTLIndex(needCreate, callback) {
-            if (needCreate) {
-              debug('[%s] creating ttl index: %s', self.queueName, indexName);
-              collection.createIndex({'deleted': 1}, {'expireAfterSeconds': self.queueTTL, 'background': true}, callback);
-            } else {
-              debug('[%s] skip creating ttl index', self.queueName);
-              return callback();
-            }
+          function createIndexes(callback) {
+            debug('[%s] creating queue indexes', self.queueName);
+            self.queue.createIndexes(callback);
+          },
+          function addExtraIdIndex(createdIndex, callback) {
+            debug('[%s] adding extra _id index for queue', self.queueName);
+            collection.createIndex({ deleted : 1, visible : 1, _id : 1}, callback);
+          },
+          function addExtraAckIndex(createdIndex, callback) {
+            debug('[%s] adding extra ack index for queue', self.queueName);
+            collection.createIndex({ ack: 1, visible : 1, deleted : 1}, callback);
           }
         ], function(err){
           if (err) {
-            debugError('[%s] failed to create queue index due to error: %s', self.queueName, err);
+            debugError('[%s] failed to create queue index due to error: %s %s', self.queueName, err, err.stack);
             return cb(err);
           }
           self.lock.release(self.lockName, lockCode, function(releaseErr){
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a2b571c..9369657 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "fh-sync",
-  "version": "1.0.3",
+  "version": "1.0.4",
   "description": "FeedHenry Data Synchronization Server",
   "main": "index.js",
   "dependencies": {
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     "fh-component-metrics": "2.7.0",
     "mongodb": "2.1.18",
     "mongodb-lock": "0.4.0",
-    "mongodb-queue": "2.2.0",
+    "mongodb-queue": "david-martin/mongodb-queue#ttl-index-01",
     "parse-duration": "0.1.1",
     "redis": "2.6.5",
     "underscore": "1.7.0"