diff --git a/quixstreams/dataframe/windows/base.py b/quixstreams/dataframe/windows/base.py
index 1c4b69aaa..696f64122 100644
--- a/quixstreams/dataframe/windows/base.py
+++ b/quixstreams/dataframe/windows/base.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from typing import Any, Optional, Callable, Tuple, List
+from collections import deque
+from typing import Any, Deque, Optional, Callable, Tuple
 
 from typing_extensions import TypedDict
 
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ class WindowResult(TypedDict):
 
 def get_window_ranges(
     timestamp_ms: int, duration_ms: int, step_ms: Optional[int] = None
-) -> List[Tuple[int, int]]:
+) -> Deque[Tuple[int, int]]:
     """
     Get a list of window ranges for the given timestamp.
     :param timestamp_ms: timestamp in milliseconds
@@ -28,14 +29,14 @@ def get_window_ranges(
     if not step_ms:
         step_ms = duration_ms
 
-    window_ranges = []
+    window_ranges = deque()
     current_window_start = timestamp_ms - (timestamp_ms % step_ms)
 
     while (
         current_window_start > timestamp_ms - duration_ms and current_window_start >= 0
     ):
         window_end = current_window_start + duration_ms
-        window_ranges.insert(0, (current_window_start, window_end))
+        window_ranges.appendleft((current_window_start, window_end))
         current_window_start -= step_ms
 
     return window_ranges
diff --git a/tests/test_quixstreams/test_dataframe/test_windows/test_base.py b/tests/test_quixstreams/test_dataframe/test_windows/test_base.py
index 75cb57c9a..36c7f11e8 100644
--- a/tests/test_quixstreams/test_dataframe/test_windows/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/test_quixstreams/test_dataframe/test_windows/test_base.py
@@ -16,12 +16,10 @@ class TestGetWindowRanges:
         ],
     )
     def test_get_window_ranges_with_step(self, timestamp, duration, step, expected):
-        assert (
-            get_window_ranges(
-                timestamp_ms=timestamp, duration_ms=duration, step_ms=step
-            )
-            == expected
+        result = get_window_ranges(
+            timestamp_ms=timestamp, duration_ms=duration, step_ms=step
         )
+        assert list(result) == expected
 
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "timestamp, duration, expected",
@@ -31,4 +29,5 @@ def test_get_window_ranges_with_step(self, timestamp, duration, step, expected):
         ],
     )
     def test_get_window_ranges_no_step(self, timestamp, duration, expected):
-        assert get_window_ranges(timestamp, duration) == expected
+        result = get_window_ranges(timestamp, duration)
+        assert list(result) == expected