diff --git a/src/apatheia/jobs.nim b/src/apatheia/jobs.nim
index 4d02438..6c56490 100644
--- a/src/apatheia/jobs.nim
+++ b/src/apatheia/jobs.nim
@@ -38,9 +38,15 @@ type
     data*: ptr UncheckedArray[T]
     size*: int
 
-  SeqHolder*[T] = ref object
+type
+  MemoryHolder* = ref object of RootObj
+
+  SeqHolder*[T] = ref object of MemoryHolder
     data*: seq[T]
 
+  StrHolder*[T] = ref object of MemoryHolder
+    data*: string
+
 template toOpenArray*[T](arr: OpenArrayHolder[T]): auto =
   system.toOpenArray(arr.data, 0, arr.size)
 
@@ -71,6 +77,19 @@ proc createFuture*[T](jobs: JobQueue[T], name: static string): (JobResult[T], Fu
   trace "jobs added: ", numberJobs = jobs.futures.len()
   return (JobResult[T](id: id, queue: jobs.queue), fut, )
 
+var memoryHolder = newTable[JobId, seq[MemoryHolder]]()
+
+proc storeMemoryHolder*(id: JobId, mem: MemoryHolder) {.gcsafe, raises: [].} =
+  {.cast(gcsafe).}:
+    memoryHolder[].withValue(id, value):
+      value[].add(mem)
+    do:
+      memoryHolder[id] = @[mem]
+
+proc releaseMemoryHolder*(id: JobId) {.gcsafe, raises: [].} =
+  {.cast(gcsafe).}:
+    memoryHolder.del(id)
+
 proc newJobQueue*[T](maxItems: int = 0, taskpool: Taskpool = Taskpool.new()): JobQueue[T] {.raises: [ApatheiaSignalErr].} =
   ## Creates a new async-compatible threaded job queue.
   result = JobQueue[T](queue: newSignalQueue[(uint, T)](maxItems), taskpool: taskpool, running: true)
@@ -80,6 +99,7 @@ template checkJobArgs*[T](exp: seq[T], fut: untyped): OpenArrayHolder[T] =
   # static:
   #   echo "checkJobArgs::SEQ: ", $typeof(exp)
   let rval = SeqHolder[T](data: exp)
+  storeMemoryHolder(jobId, rval)
   let expPtr = OpenArrayHolder[T](data: cast[ptr UncheckedArray[T]](unsafeAddr(rval.data[0])), size: rval.data.len())
   # fut.addCallback proc(data: pointer) =
   #   ## keep the rval GC object alive for duration of the job