diff --git a/tests/exampleGcFailures/exFailureSeqSeqCursor.nim b/tests/exampleGcFailures/exFailureSeqSeqCursor.nim
index 8b21d99..9b3544f 100644
--- a/tests/exampleGcFailures/exFailureSeqSeqCursor.nim
+++ b/tests/exampleGcFailures/exFailureSeqSeqCursor.nim
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ proc worker(data: SeqCursor, sig: ThreadSignalPtr) =
   os.sleep(10)
   echo "running worker: "
   echo "worker: ", data.data
+  echo "worker:addr: ", cast[pointer](data.data).repr
   # for i, d in data.data:
   #   for j, c in d:
   #     data.data[i][j] = char(c.uint8 + 10)
@@ -41,11 +42,13 @@ proc runTest(tp: TaskPool, sig: ThreadSignalPtr) {.async.} =
 
   ## adding fut.wait(100.milliseconds) creates memory issue
   await wait(sig)
+  echo "data:addr: ", data.addr.pointer.repr
+  echo "data:cursor:addr: ", cast[pointer](cur.data).repr
   ## just doing the wait is fine:
   # await wait(sig)
 
 proc runTests(tp: TaskPool, sig: ThreadSignalPtr) {.async.} =
-  for i in 1..3_000:
+  for i in 1..1:
     try:
       await runTest(tp, sig)
     except AsyncTimeoutError:
@@ -60,4 +63,4 @@ suite "async tests":
 
   asyncTest "test":
     await runTests(tp, sig)
-    os.sleep(10_000)
+    # os.sleep(10_000)
diff --git a/tests/exampleGcFailures/exNoFailurePtrSeqSeq.nim b/tests/exampleGcFailures/exNoFailurePtrSeqSeq.nim
index 5043af2..d12cd54 100644
--- a/tests/exampleGcFailures/exNoFailurePtrSeqSeq.nim
+++ b/tests/exampleGcFailures/exNoFailurePtrSeqSeq.nim
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ proc runTest(tp: TaskPool, sig: ThreadSignalPtr, i: int) {.async.} =
 
 proc runTests(tp: TaskPool, sig: ThreadSignalPtr) {.async.} =
   var futs = newSeq[Future[void]]()
-  for i in 1..40_000:
+  for i in 1..1:
     let f = runTest(tp, sig, i)
     # futs.add f
     await f
diff --git a/tests/exampleGcFailures/exNoFailureSeqSeq.nim b/tests/exampleGcFailures/exNoFailureSeqSeq.nim
index f723391..16c9f51 100644
--- a/tests/exampleGcFailures/exNoFailureSeqSeq.nim
+++ b/tests/exampleGcFailures/exNoFailureSeqSeq.nim
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ import taskpools
 ## generally does so in a few seconds of running.
 ## 
 
-proc worker(data: ptr seq[seq[char]], sig: ThreadSignalPtr) =
+proc worker(data: seq[seq[char]], sig: ThreadSignalPtr) =
   # os.sleep(100)
   echo "running worker: "
-  echo "worker: ", data.pointer.repr
-  echo "worker: ", data[]
+  echo "worker: ", data.unsafeAddr.pointer.repr
+  echo "worker: ", data
   # for i, d in data:
   #   for j, c in d:
   #     data[i][j] = char(c.uint8 + 10)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ proc runTest(tp: TaskPool, sig: ThreadSignalPtr, i: int) {.async.} =
   var data = @[obj1, obj2]
 
   # echo "spawn worker"
-  tp.spawn worker(addr data, sig)
+  tp.spawn worker(data, sig)
 
   await wait(sig)
   echo "data: ", data.addr.pointer.repr