diff --git a/canframemodel.cpp b/canframemodel.cpp
index aef3a34..5d30d21 100644
--- a/canframemodel.cpp
+++ b/canframemodel.cpp
@@ -61,8 +61,9 @@ CANFrameModel::CANFrameModel(QObject *parent)
     QSettings settings;
     preallocSize = settings.value("Main/MaximumFrames", maxFramesDefault).toInt();
 
+    //the goal is to prevent a reallocation from ever happening
     frames.reserve(preallocSize);
-    filteredFrames.reserve(preallocSize); //the goal is to prevent a reallocation from ever happening
+    filteredFrames.reserve(preallocSize);
 
     dbcHandler = DBCHandler::getReference();
     interpretFrames = false;
@@ -683,24 +684,10 @@ void CANFrameModel::addFrame(const CANFrame& frame, bool autoRefresh = false)
 
     if (!overwriteDups)
     {
-        bool alloc_ok = true;
-
-        for(int i=0; i<3; i++)
+        try
         {
-            try
-            {
-                frames.append(tempFrame);
-                break;
-            }
-            catch (const std::exception& ex)
-            {
-                alloc_ok = false;
-                qDebug() << "addFrame failed to append.  frames.length(): " << frames.length() << " Exception: " << ex.what();
-            }
-        }
+            frames.append(tempFrame);
 
-        if(alloc_ok)
-        {
             if (filters[tempFrame.frameId()] && busFilters[tempFrame.bus])
             {
                 if (autoRefresh) beginInsertRows(QModelIndex(), filteredFrames.count(), filteredFrames.count());
@@ -709,6 +696,10 @@ void CANFrameModel::addFrame(const CANFrame& frame, bool autoRefresh = false)
                 if (autoRefresh) endInsertRows();
             }
         }
+        catch (const std::exception& ex)
+        {
+            qDebug() << "addFrame failed to append. App is probably going to crash. frames.length(): " << frames.length() << " Exception: " << ex.what();
+        }
     }
     else //yes, overwrite dups
     {