diff --git a/codex/erasure/erasure.nim b/codex/erasure/erasure.nim
index dabe3b4d..82a05a4e 100644
--- a/codex/erasure/erasure.nim
+++ b/codex/erasure/erasure.nim
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import ../utils/asynciter
 import ../indexingstrategy
 import ../errors
 import ../utils/arrayutils
+import ../utils/uniqueptr
 
 import pkg/stew/byteutils
 
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ type
     success: Atomic[bool]
     erasure: ptr Erasure
     blocks: seq[seq[byte]]
-    parity: Isolated[seq[seq[byte]]]
+    parity: UniquePtr[seq[seq[byte]]]
     blockSize, parityLen: int
     signal: ThreadSignalPtr
 
@@ -107,7 +108,7 @@ type
     erasure: ptr Erasure
     blocks: seq[seq[byte]]
     parity: seq[seq[byte]]
-    recovered: Isolated[seq[seq[byte]]]
+    recovered: UniquePtr[seq[seq[byte]]]
     blockSize, recoveredLen: int
     signal: ThreadSignalPtr
 
@@ -311,8 +312,12 @@ proc leopardEncodeTask(tp: Taskpool, task: ptr EncodeTask) {.gcsafe.} =
 
     task[].success.store(false)
   else:
-    var isolatedParity = isolate(parity)
-    task[].parity = move isolatedParity
+    var isolatedSeq = newSeq[seq[byte]](task[].parityLen)
+    for i in 0 ..< task[].parityLen:
+      var innerSeq = isolate(parity[i])
+      isolatedSeq[i] = extract(innerSeq)
+
+    task[].parity = newUniquePtr(isolatedSeq)
     task[].success.store(true)
 
 proc asyncEncode*(
@@ -349,12 +354,7 @@ proc asyncEncode*(
   if not task.success.load():
     return failure("Leopard encoding task failed")
 
-  defer:
-    task.parity = default(Isolated[seq[seq[byte]]])
-
-  var parity = task.parity.extract
-
-  success parity
+  success extractValue(task.parity)
 
 proc encodeData(
     self: ErasureRef, manifest: Manifest, params: EncodingParams
@@ -474,8 +474,12 @@ proc leopardDecodeTask(tp: Taskpool, task: ptr DecodeTask) {.gcsafe.} =
     warn "Error from leopard decoder backend!", error = $res.error
     task[].success.store(false)
   else:
-    var isolatedRecovered = isolate(recovered)
-    task[].recovered = move isolatedRecovered
+    var isolatedSeq = newSeq[seq[byte]](task[].blocks.len)
+    for i in 0 ..< task[].blocks.len:
+      var innerSeq = isolate(recovered[i])
+      isolatedSeq[i] = extract(innerSeq)
+
+    task[].recovered = newUniquePtr(isolatedSeq)
     task[].success.store(true)
 
 proc asyncDecode*(
@@ -509,15 +513,10 @@ proc asyncDecode*(
 
     return failure(err)
 
-  defer:
-    task.recovered = default(Isolated[seq[seq[byte]]])
-
   if not task.success.load():
     return failure("Leopard decoding task failed")
 
-  var recovered = task.recovered.extract
-
-  success(recovered)
+  success extractValue(task.recovered)
 
 proc decodeInternal(
     self: ErasureRef, encoded: Manifest
diff --git a/codex/utils/uniqueptr.nim b/codex/utils/uniqueptr.nim
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..be77ffd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codex/utils/uniqueptr.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import std/isolation
+type UniquePtr*[T] = object
+  ## A unique pointer to a seq[seq[T]] in shared memory
+  ## Can only be moved, not copied
+  data: ptr T
+
+template newUniquePtr*[T](data: T): UniquePtr[T] =
+  newUniquePtr(isolate(data))
+
+proc newUniquePtr*[T](data: sink Isolated[T]): UniquePtr[T] =
+  ## Creates a new unique sequence in shared memory
+  ## The memory is automatically freed when the object is destroyed
+  result.data = cast[ptr T](allocShared0(sizeof(T)))
+
+  result.data[] = extract(data)
+
+proc `=destroy`*[T](p: var UniquePtr[T]) =
+  ## Destructor for UniquePtr
+  if p.data != nil:
+    deallocShared(p.data)
+    p.data = nil
+
+proc `=copy`*[T](
+  dest: var UniquePtr[T], src: UniquePtr[T]
+) {.error: "UniquePtr cannot be copied, only moved".}
+
+proc `=sink`*[T](dest: var UniquePtr[T], src: UniquePtr[T]) =
+  if dest.data != nil:
+    `=destroy`(dest)
+  dest.data = src.data
+  # We need to nil out the source data to prevent double-free
+  # This is handled by Nim's destructive move semantics
+
+proc `[]`*[T](p: UniquePtr[T]): lent T =
+  ## Access the data (read-only)
+  if p.data == nil:
+    raise newException(NilAccessDefect, "accessing nil UniquePtr")
+  p.data[]
+
+# proc `[]`*[T](p: var UniquePtr[T]): var T =
+#   ## Access the data (mutable)
+#   if p.data == nil:
+#     raise newException(NilAccessDefect, "accessing nil UniquePtr")
+#   p.data[]
+
+proc isNil*[T](p: UniquePtr[T]): bool =
+  ## Check if the UniquePtr is nil
+  p.data == nil
+
+proc extractValue*[T](p: var UniquePtr[T]): T =
+  ## Extract the value from the UniquePtr and release the memory
+  if p.data == nil:
+    raise newException(NilAccessDefect, "extracting from nil UniquePtr")
+
+  # Move the value out
+  var isolated = isolate(p.data[])
+  result = extract(isolated)
+
+  # Free the shared memory
+  deallocShared(p.data)
+  p.data = nil
diff --git a/vendor/nim-leopard b/vendor/nim-leopard
index aa5f8d77..7506b90f 160000
--- a/vendor/nim-leopard
+++ b/vendor/nim-leopard
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit aa5f8d7748a3299a3dbdc384f5e3fed330d30d51
+Subproject commit 7506b90f9c650c02b96bf525d4fd1bd4942a495f