diff --git a/datastore/threads/threadproxyds.nim b/datastore/threads/threadproxyds.nim
index 207ce62..28789be 100644
--- a/datastore/threads/threadproxyds.nim
+++ b/datastore/threads/threadproxyds.nim
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type
   ThreadResult*[T: ThreadTypes] = Result[T, DataBuffer]
 
   TaskCtx*[T: ThreadTypes] = object
+    head: int
     ds*: ptr Datastore
     res*: ThreadResult[T]
     cancelled: Atomic[bool]
@@ -61,9 +62,13 @@ proc new*[T](
     ds: Datastore,
 ): ref TaskCtx[T] =
   # let res = cast[ptr TaskCtx[T]](allocShared0(sizeof(TaskCtx[T])))
-  let res = (ref TaskCtx[T])()
-  res.ds = unsafeAddr ds
-  res
+  result = (ref TaskCtx[T])()
+  result.ds = unsafeAddr ds
+  echo ""
+  echo "TaskCtx:new: ", "addrOf: ", addrOf(result).pointer.repr
+  echo "TaskCtx:new: ", "head:ptr: ", unsafeAddr(result.head).pointer.repr
+  echo "TaskCtx:new: ", " result:repr:\n", result.repr
+  echo ""
 
 template withLocks(
   self: ThreadDatastore,
@@ -94,6 +99,7 @@ template dispatchTask(
   key: ?Key = Key.none,
   runTask: proc): untyped =
   try:
+    # GC_ref(ctx)
     await self.semaphore.acquire()
     ctx[].signal = ThreadSignalPtr.new().valueOr:
       result = failure(error())
@@ -115,11 +121,12 @@ template dispatchTask(
       # but for now it'd at least be better to leak than possibly
       # corrupt memory since it's easier to detect and fix leaks
       warn "request was cancelled while thread task is running", exc = exc.msg
-      GC_ref(ctx)
+      # GC_ref(ctx)
     ctx.cancelled.store(true, moAcquireRelease)
     await ctx.signal.fire()
     raise exc
   finally:
+    # GC_unref(ctx)
     discard ctx.signal.close()
     self.semaphore.release()
 
@@ -171,8 +178,6 @@ proc hasTask(ctx: ptr TaskCtx, key: ptr Key) =
 
 method has*(self: ThreadDatastore, key: Key): Future[?!bool] {.async.} =
   var
-    signal = ThreadSignalPtr.new().valueOr:
-        return failure(error())
 
     ctx = TaskCtx[bool].new( ds = self.ds)
 
@@ -209,8 +214,6 @@ method delete*(
   self: ThreadDatastore,
   key: Key): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
   var
-    signal = ThreadSignalPtr.new().valueOr:
-        return failure(error())
 
     ctx = TaskCtx[void].new( ds= self.ds)
 
@@ -236,12 +239,21 @@ proc asyncPutTask(
   data: ptr UncheckedArray[byte],
   len: int) {.async.} =
 
-  echo "PUT TASK: ", ctx.repr
+  echo ""
+  echo "ASYNC PUT TASK:ptr: ", ctx.pointer.repr
+  # echo "PUT TASK:\n", ctx[].repr
+  echo "ASYNC PUT TASK:ds: ", ctx[].ds.pointer.repr
+  echo "ASYNC PUT TASK:res: ", ctx[].res.repr
+  echo "ASYNC PUT TASK:signal: ", ctx[].signal.pointer.repr
+  echo "ASYNC PUT TASK:cancelled: ", ctx[].cancelled.repr
+  echo "ASYNC PUT TASK:semaphore: ", ctx[].semaphore.repr
+  echo "ASYNC PUT TASK:ds: ", ctx[].ds[].repr
+
   defer:
-    discard ctx[].signal.fireSync()
+    discard ctx.signal.fireSync()
 
   let
-    fut = ctx[].ds[].put(key[], @(data.toOpenArray(0, len - 1)))
+    fut = ctx.ds[].put(key[], @(data.toOpenArray(0, len - 1)))
 
   asyncSpawn signalMonitor(ctx, fut)
   without res =? (await fut).catch, error:
@@ -259,6 +271,15 @@ proc putTask(
   ## run put in a thread task
   ##
 
+  echo ""
+  echo "PUT TASK:ptr: ", ctx.pointer.repr
+  # echo "PUT TASK:\n", ctx[].repr
+  echo "PUT TASK:ds: ", ctx[].ds.pointer.repr
+  echo "PUT TASK:res: ", ctx[].res.repr
+  echo "PUT TASK:signal: ", ctx[].signal.pointer.repr
+  echo "PUT TASK:cancelled: ", ctx[].cancelled.repr
+  echo "PUT TASK:semaphore: ", ctx[].semaphore.repr
+
   try:
     waitFor asyncPutTask(ctx, key, data, len)
   except CatchableError as exc:
@@ -269,10 +290,8 @@ method put*(
   self: ThreadDatastore,
   key: Key,
   data: seq[byte]): Future[?!void] {.async.} =
-  var
-    signal = ThreadSignalPtr.new().valueOr:
-        return failure(error())
 
+  var
     ctx = TaskCtx[void].new( ds= self.ds)
 
   proc runTask() =
@@ -407,8 +426,6 @@ method query*(
       return success (Key.none, EmptyBytes)
 
     var
-      signal = ThreadSignalPtr.new().valueOr:
-        return failure("Failed to create signal")
 
       ctx = TaskCtx[(bool, DataBuffer, DataBuffer)].new( ds= self.ds)