diff --git a/codex/erasure/erasure.nim b/codex/erasure/erasure.nim
index f828f03a..ecf911bc 100644
--- a/codex/erasure/erasure.nim
+++ b/codex/erasure/erasure.nim
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ proc getPendingBlocks(
         CatchableError,
         "Future for block id not found, tree cid: " & $manifest.treeCid & ", index: " & $index)
 
-  newAsyncIter[(?!bt.Block, int)](genNext, isFinished)
+  # newAsyncIter[(?!bt.Block, int)](genNext, isFinished)
+  asynciter.AsyncIter.new[(?!bt.Block, int)](genNext, isFinished)
 
 proc prepareEncodingData(
   self: Erasure,
diff --git a/codex/utils/asynciter.nim b/codex/utils/asynciter.nim
index 8035be0e..3acff009 100644
--- a/codex/utils/asynciter.nim
+++ b/codex/utils/asynciter.nim
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@ proc newAsyncIter*[T](genNext: GenNext[Future[T]], isFinished: IsFinished, finis
   iter.next = next
   return iter
 
+proc new*[T](_: type AsyncIter, genNext: GenNext[Future[T]], isFinished: IsFinished, finishOnErr: bool = true): AsyncIter[T] =
+  newAsyncIter[T](
+    genNext,
+    isFinished
+  )
+
 proc emptyAsyncIter*[T](): AsyncIter[T] =
   ## Creates an empty AsyncIter
   ##