diff --git a/src/apatheia/jobs.nim b/src/apatheia/jobs.nim
index a3bc3e0..f5e4ae2 100644
--- a/src/apatheia/jobs.nim
+++ b/src/apatheia/jobs.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+import std/tables
+import std/macros
+
 import ./queues
 
 import taskpools
+import chronos
 
 export queues
 
@@ -11,12 +15,47 @@ export queues
 
 type
   JobQueue*[T] = object
-    queue*: SignalQueue[T]
+    queue*: SignalQueue[(uint, T)]
+    futures*: Table[uint, Future[T]]
     taskpool*: Taskpool
+    running*: bool
+
+proc processJobs*(jobs: JobQueue) {.async.} =
+  while jobs.running:
+    echo "jobs running..."
+    let res = jobs.queue.wait()
+    echo "jobs result: ", res.repr
 
 proc newJobQueue*[T](maxItems: int = 0, taskpool: Taskpool = Taskpool.new()): JobQueue[T] {.raises: [ApatheiaSignalErr].} =
-  JobQueue[T](queue: newSignalQueue[T](maxItems), taskpool: taskpool)
+  result = JobQueue[T](queue: newSignalQueue[(uint, T)](maxItems), taskpool: taskpool)
+  asyncSpawn(processJobs(result))
 
-template submit*[T](jobs: JobQueue[T], exp: typed): Future[T] =
-  jobs.taskpool.spawn(exp)
-  await wait(jobs.queue)
+macro submitMacro*(tp: untyped, jobs: untyped, exp: untyped): untyped =
+
+  echo "submit:::"
+  echo "submit:T: ", tp.treeRepr
+  echo "submit: ", exp.treerepr
+
+  let futName = genSym(nskLet, "fut")
+  let idName = genSym(nskLet, "id")
+  let queueName = genSym(nskLet, "queue")
+  var fncall = nnkCall.newTree(exp[0])
+  fncall.add(queueName)
+  fncall.add(idName)
+  for p in exp[1..^1]:
+    fncall.add(p)
+  echo "submit: ", fncall.treeRepr
+
+  result = quote do:
+    let `queueName` = jobs.queue
+    let `futName` = newFuture[`tp`](astToStr(`exp`))
+    let `idName` = `futName`.id()
+    `jobs`.futures[`idName`] = `futName`
+    `jobs`.taskpool.spawn(`fncall`)
+    `futName`
+  
+  echo "submit: res:\n", result.repr
+  echo ""
+
+template submit*[T](jobs: JobQueue[T], exp: untyped): Future[T] =
+  submitMacro(T, jobs, exp)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/tjobs.nim b/tests/tjobs.nim
index 6bcab8a..c559e44 100644
--- a/tests/tjobs.nim
+++ b/tests/tjobs.nim
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ proc addNumsRaw(a, b: float): float =
   echo "adding: ", a, " + ", b
   return a + b
 
-proc addNums(queue: SignalQueue[float], a, b: float) =
+proc addNums(queue: SignalQueue[(uint, float)], id: uint, a, b: float) =
   let res = addNumsRaw(a, b)
-  discard queue.send(res)
+  discard queue.send((id, res,))
 
 suite "async tests":
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ suite "async tests":
   asyncTest "test":
 
     echo "\nstart"
-    let res = await jobs.submit(addNums(jobs.queue, 1.0, 2.0))
+    let res = await jobs.submit(addNums(1.0, 2.0,))
 
     # await sleepAsync(100.milliseconds)
     echo "result: ", res.repr