diff --git a/Log4ALA/Log4ALA.nuspec b/Log4ALA/Log4ALA.nuspec
index e37a190..8eb0775 100644
--- a/Log4ALA/Log4ALA.nuspec
+++ b/Log4ALA/Log4ALA.nuspec
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <requireLicenseAcceptance>false</requireLicenseAcceptance>
     <description>Log4Net appender for Azure Log Analytics (ALA)... sending data to Azure Log Analytics with the HTTP Data Collector API. The data will also be logged/sent asynchronously for high performance and to avoid blocking the caller thread.</description>
     <copyright>Copyright © 2017 PTV Group</copyright>
-    <releaseNotes>Add configurable priority (threadPriority) of the background worker thread and fixed issue to avoid high CPU usage.</releaseNotes>
+    <releaseNotes>Fix of unusable version 2.0.2.</releaseNotes>
     <dependencies>
       <dependency id="log4net" version="2.0.5" />
       <dependency id="Microsoft.WindowsAzure.ConfigurationManager" version="3.1.0" />
diff --git a/Log4ALA/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/Log4ALA/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
index 485e266..073841d 100644
--- a/Log4ALA/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ b/Log4ALA/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@
 // Sie können alle Werte angeben oder die standardmäßigen Build- und Revisionsnummern 
 // übernehmen, indem Sie "*" eingeben:
 // [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("2.0.2")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("2.0.2")]
+[assembly: AssemblyVersion("2.0.3")]
+[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("2.0.3")]
diff --git a/Log4ALA/QueueLogger.cs b/Log4ALA/QueueLogger.cs
index c4b9281..eb11c18 100644
--- a/Log4ALA/QueueLogger.cs
+++ b/Log4ALA/QueueLogger.cs
@@ -104,15 +104,18 @@ protected virtual void Run()
                     {
                         try
                         {
-                            line = Queue.Take();
-                            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(line))
+                            if (Queue.Count > 0)
                             {
-                                byteLength += System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetByteCount(line);
-
-                                buffer.Append(line);
-                                buffer.Append(",");
-                                ++numItems;
-                                line = string.Empty;
+                                line = Queue.Take();
+                                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(line))
+                                {
+                                    byteLength += System.Text.Encoding.Unicode.GetByteCount(line);
+
+                                    buffer.Append(line);
+                                    buffer.Append(",");
+                                    ++numItems;
+                                    line = string.Empty;
+                                }
                             }
                         }
                         catch (Exception ee)