diff --git a/src/main/java/other/RecursionMax.java b/src/main/java/other/RecursionMax.java
index 65022bf..29bab74 100644
--- a/src/main/java/other/RecursionMax.java
+++ b/src/main/java/other/RecursionMax.java
@@ -7,20 +7,7 @@
 public class RecursionMax {
 
     public static int recursionMax(List<Integer> array) {
-        if (array == null) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        if (array.isEmpty()) {
-            return -1;
-        }
-        return recursionMax(array, 0, Integer.MIN_VALUE);
-    }
-
-    private static int recursionMax(List<Integer> array, int index, int currentMax) {
-        if (index == array.size()) {
-            return currentMax;
-        }
-        return recursionMax(array, index + 1, Math.max(currentMax, array.get(index)));
+        return max(array);
     }
 
     public static int max(List<Integer> array) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/other/RecursionMaxTest.java b/src/test/java/other/RecursionMaxTest.java
index dd6f531..75cb27c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/other/RecursionMaxTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/other/RecursionMaxTest.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Tag;
@@ -29,6 +30,13 @@ void shouldNotMutateInputList() {
         assertEquals(List.of(3, 8, 1, 5), values);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void shouldHandleLargeListsWithoutExhaustingTheStack() {
+        List<Integer> values = Collections.nCopies(100_000, 42);
+
+        assertEquals(42, RecursionMax.recursionMax(values));
+    }
+
     private static Stream<Arguments> maxCases() {
         return Stream.of(
                 Arguments.of(null, -1),