diff --git a/chain/src/store.rs b/chain/src/store.rs
index f72fd27fcf..3492b7239b 100644
--- a/chain/src/store.rs
+++ b/chain/src/store.rs
@@ -584,6 +584,28 @@ impl OutputPosList {
 		}
 		Ok(())
 	}
+
+	/// Pop the head of the list.
+	/// Returns the output_pos.
+	/// Returns None if list was empty.
+	pub fn pop_entry(batch: &Batch<'_>, commit: Commitment) -> Result<Option<OutputPos>, Error> {
+		match Self::get_list(batch, commit)? {
+			None => Ok(None),
+			Some(OutputPosList::Unique { pos }) => {
+				// TODO - delete the list itself.
+
+				Ok(Some(pos))
+			}
+			Some(OutputPosList::Multi { head, tail }) => {
+				// read head from db
+				// read next one
+				// update next to a head if it was a middle
+				// update list head
+				// update list to a unique if next is a tail
+				Ok(None)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 pub enum OutputPosEntry {
diff --git a/chain/tests/store_output_pos_list.rs b/chain/tests/store_output_pos_list.rs
index 7c1c6cb817..8dd03db365 100644
--- a/chain/tests/store_output_pos_list.rs
+++ b/chain/tests/store_output_pos_list.rs
@@ -99,6 +99,20 @@ fn test_store_output_pos_list() {
 		Ok(Some(OutputPosList::Multi { head: 3, tail: 1 })),
 	);
 
+	assert_eq!(
+		OutputPosList::pop_entry(&batch, commit,),
+		Ok(Some(OutputPos {
+			pos: 3,
+			height: 3,
+			features: OutputFeatures::Plain,
+		})),
+	);
+
+	assert_eq!(
+		OutputPosList::get_list(&batch, commit),
+		Ok(Some(OutputPosList::Multi { head: 2, tail: 1 })),
+	);
+
 	// Cleanup chain directory
 	clean_output_dir(chain_dir);
 }