diff --git a/datastore/sql/sqliteds.nim b/datastore/sql/sqliteds.nim
index 1ce8d55..8b07c39 100644
--- a/datastore/sql/sqliteds.nim
+++ b/datastore/sql/sqliteds.nim
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ proc readOnly*[K,V](self: SQLiteBackend[K,V]): bool = self.db.readOnly
 proc timestamp*(t = epochTime()): int64 =
   (t * 1_000_000).int64
 
-proc has*[K,V](self: SQLiteBackend[K,V], key: DbKey): ?!bool =
+proc has*[K,V](self: SQLiteBackend[K,V], key: K): ?!bool =
   var
     exists = false
     key = key
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ proc has*[K,V](self: SQLiteBackend[K,V], key: DbKey): ?!bool =
 proc delete*[K,V](self: SQLiteBackend[K,V], key: K): ?!void =
   return self.db.deleteStmt.exec((key))
 
-proc delete*[K,V](self: SQLiteBackend[K,V], keys: openArray[DbKey]): ?!void =
+proc delete*[K,V](self: SQLiteBackend[K,V], keys: openArray[K]): ?!void =
   if err =? self.db.beginStmt.exec().errorOption:
     return failure(err)
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ proc get*[K,V](self: SQLiteBackend[K,V], key: K): ?!seq[byte] =
 
   if bytes.len <= 0:
     return failure(
-      newException(DatastoreKeyNotFound, "DbKey doesn't exist"))
+      newException(DatastoreKeyNotFound, "key doesn't exist"))
 
   return success bytes
 
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ iterator iter*[K, V](handle: var DbQueryHandle[K, V, RawStmtPtr]): ?!DbQueryResp
   handle.close()
 
 
-proc contains*[K,V](self: SQLiteBackend[K,V], key: DbKey): bool =
+proc contains*[K,V](self: SQLiteBackend[K,V], key: K): bool =
   return self.has(key).get()
 
 
diff --git a/datastore/threads/threadproxyds.nim b/datastore/threads/threadproxyds.nim
index 715a051..eb635de 100644
--- a/datastore/threads/threadproxyds.nim
+++ b/datastore/threads/threadproxyds.nim
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ type
 
 
   TaskCtx[D; T: ThreadTypes] = object
-    ds: D
+    key: KeyId
     res: ThreadResult[T]
     signal: ThreadSignalPtr
     running: bool
@@ -74,14 +74,20 @@ proc setCancelled(ctx: var TaskCtx): bool =
       ctx.cancelled = true
       return true
 
-proc dispatchTask[D, T](self: ThreadDatastore,
-                        ctx: var TaskCtx[D, T],
-                        key: ?KeyId = KeyId.none,
-                        runTask: proc(): void
-                       ): Future[?!T] {.async.} =
+template dispatchTask(self: ThreadDatastore,
+                      signal: ThreadSignalPtr,
+                      fn: untyped): auto =
+  var
+    ctx = TaskCtx[SqliteDB, bool](signal: signal)
   try:
-    runTask()
-    await wait(ctx.signal)
+    case self.backend.kind:
+    of Sqlite:
+      var ds = self.backend.sql
+      proc runTask() =
+        `fn`(addr ctx, ds)
+      runTask()
+
+      await wait(ctx.signal)
   except CancelledError as exc:
     trace "Cancelling thread future!", exc = exc.msg
     while not ctx.setCancelled():
@@ -98,13 +104,13 @@ proc acquireSignal(): ?!ThreadSignalPtr =
   else:
     success signal.get()
 
-proc hasTask(ctx: ptr TaskCtx, key: KeyId) =
+proc hasTask[D](ctx: ptr TaskCtx, ds: D) =
   defer:
     if not ctx.isNil:
       discard ctx[].signal.fireSync()
 
   try:
-    let res = has(ctx.ds, key)
+    let res = has(ds, key)
     ctx.res = res.mapErr() do(e: ref CatchableError) -> ThreadResErr:
       e.toThreadErr()
   except CatchableError as exc:
@@ -118,16 +124,7 @@ method has*(self: ThreadDatastore, key: Key): Future[?!bool] {.async.} =
   without signal =? acquireSignal(), err:
     return bool.failure err
 
-  case self.backend.kind:
-  of Sqlite:
-    var
-      ds = self.backend.sql
-      ctx = TaskCtx[SqliteDB, bool](ds: self.backend.sql, signal: signal)
-
-    proc runTask() =
-      self.tp.spawn hasTask(addr ctx, key)
-
-    return await self.dispatchTask(ctx, key.some, runTask)
+  dispatchTask(self, signal, hasTask)
 
 # proc asyncDelTask(ctx: ptr TaskCtx[void], key: ptr Key) {.async.} =
 #   if ctx.isNil: