diff --git a/tests/exFailure.nim b/tests/exFailure.nim
index d889890..97f3c14 100644
--- a/tests/exFailure.nim
+++ b/tests/exFailure.nim
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ type
   DataObj = ref object
     data: seq[char]
 
-proc worker(data: seq[char], queue: SignalQueue[int]) =
-  os.sleep(5000)
+proc worker(data: OpenArrayHolder[char], queue: SignalQueue[int]) =
+  os.sleep(1_000)
   echo "worker: ", data
   discard queue.send(data.len())
 
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@ proc finalizer(obj: DataObj) =
 
 proc runTest(tp: TaskPool, queue: SignalQueue[int]) {.async.} =
   ## init
-  var data = "hello world!".toSeq
   var obj: DataObj 
   new(obj, finalizer)
+  obj.data = "hello world!".toSeq
 
   echo "spawn worker"
-  tp.spawn worker(data, queue)
+  tp.spawn worker(obj.data, queue)
 
-  let res = await wait(queue)
+  let res =
+    await wait(queue).wait(100.milliseconds)
   check res.get() == 12
 
 suite "async tests":
@@ -39,8 +40,13 @@ suite "async tests":
 
   asyncTest "test":
 
-    await runTest(tp, queue)
-    GC_fullCollect()
+    try:
+      await runTest(tp, queue)
+    except AsyncTimeoutError as err:
+      echo "Run GC"
+      GC_fullCollect()
+      os.sleep(2_000)
+      echo "Done"