diff --git a/src/apatheia/queues.nim b/src/apatheia/queues.nim
index b4e483d..27f005e 100644
--- a/src/apatheia/queues.nim
+++ b/src/apatheia/queues.nim
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ type
     signal: ThreadSignalPtr
     chan*: ChanPtr[T]
 
+proc destroy*[T](val: SignalQueue[T]) =
+  deallocShared(val.chan)
+  discard val.signal.close()
+
 proc newSignalQueue*[T](maxItems: int = 0): SignalQueue[T] {.raises: [ApatheiaSignalErr].} =
   let res = ThreadSignalPtr.new()
   if res.isErr():
diff --git a/tests/config.nims b/tests/config.nims
index a418ce0..8b57598 100644
--- a/tests/config.nims
+++ b/tests/config.nims
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 switch("path", "$projectDir/../src")
 
 --threads:on
+--mm:refc