diff --git a/src/apatheia/jobs.nim b/src/apatheia/jobs.nim
index df83117..4170740 100644
--- a/src/apatheia/jobs.nim
+++ b/src/apatheia/jobs.nim
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ macro submitMacro*(tp: untyped, jobs: untyped, exp: untyped): untyped =
     let (`jobRes`, `futName`) = createFuture(`jobs`, `nm`)
     `jobs`.taskpool.spawn(`fncall`)
     `futName`
-  
+
   echo "submit: res:\n", result.repr
   echo ""
 
diff --git a/src/apatheia/tasks.nim b/src/apatheia/tasks.nim
index 8564557..0360dc9 100644
--- a/src/apatheia/tasks.nim
+++ b/src/apatheia/tasks.nim
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ macro asyncTask*(p: untyped): untyped =
     nnkBracketExpr.newTree(ident"JobResult", retType),
     newEmptyNode()
   )
+  asyncParams[0] = newEmptyNode()
   asyncParams.insert(1, jobArg)
   let fn = mkProc(procId, asyncParams, asyncBody)