diff --git a/src/Quaternions.jl b/src/Quaternions.jl
index 5641819..47e1f3d 100644
--- a/src/Quaternions.jl
+++ b/src/Quaternions.jl
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ end
 
 Base.:*(l::Quaternion, r::Quaternion) = QuaternionMultiplication(l::Quaternion, r::Quaternion)
 
-Base.iterate(q::Quaternion) = (q.i, 1)
-Base.iterate(q::Quaternion, state=1) = state > 4 ? nothing : ([q.i q.j q.k q.r][state], state + 1)
+Base.iterate(q::Quaternion, state=1) = state > 4 ? nothing : (collect(q)[state], state + 1)
 Base.length(q::Quaternion) = 4
 Base.collect(q::Quaternion) = [q.i q.j q.k q.r]
 Base.getindex(q::Quaternion, i) = collect(q)[i]
@@ -42,5 +41,4 @@ Base.isapprox(a::Quaternion,b::Quaternion) = isapprox(collect(a), collect(b))
 LinearAlgebra.norm(q::Quaternion) = norm(collect(q))
 LinearAlgebra.normalize(q::Quaternion) = collect(q) / norm(q)
 
-
 export Quaternion