diff --git a/datastore/threadbackend.nim b/datastore/threadbackend.nim
index bdcbf22..f7886f3 100644
--- a/datastore/threadbackend.nim
+++ b/datastore/threadbackend.nim
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ proc startupDatastore(
       ret[].value[].backendDatastore = ds.get()
       ret[].state = Success
   of TestBackend:
+    echo "startupDatastore: TestBackend"
     ret[].value[].backendDatastore = nil
     ret[].state = Success
   else:
@@ -117,10 +118,12 @@ proc createThreadDatastore*(
 ) =
 
   try:
-    ret[].value[].tp = Taskpool.new(num_threads = 1) ##\
+    echo "createThreadDatastore: start"
+    ret[].value[].tp = Taskpool.new(num_threads = 2) ##\
     ## Default to one thread, multiple threads \
     ## will require more work
     ret[].value[].tp.spawn startupDatastore(ret, backend)
+    echo "createThreadDatastore: done"
 
   except Exception as exc:
     ret[].state = Error
diff --git a/tests/datastore/testsharedds.nim b/tests/datastore/testsharedds.nim
index 99167ff..54b6ae0 100644
--- a/tests/datastore/testsharedds.nim
+++ b/tests/datastore/testsharedds.nim
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ suite "Test Basic SharedDatastore":
     let backend = ThreadBackend(
       kind: TestBackend,
     )
-    let sds = newSharedDataStore(backend)
+    let sds = await newSharedDataStore(backend)
+    echo "sds: ", repr sds
 
 # suite "Test Basic FSDatastore":
 #   let