diff --git a/bin/u_agent/src/main.rs b/bin/u_agent/src/main.rs
index 5950181..b0d80b5 100644
--- a/bin/u_agent/src/main.rs
+++ b/bin/u_agent/src/main.rs
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ async fn main() {
     //daemonize();
     let arg_ip = env::args().nth(1);
     let instance = ClientHandler::new(arg_ip);
-    let cli_info = agent::gather().await;
+    let cli_info = gather().await;
     retry_until_ok!(instance.init(&cli_info).await);
     loop {/*
         let jobs = retry_until_ok!(instance.get_jobs().await);
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/Cargo.toml b/lib/u_lib/Cargo.toml
index de5f1be..cba3a30 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lib/u_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ uuid = { version = "0.6.5", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 nix = "0.17"
 libc = "^0.2"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
-tokio = { version = "0.2.22", features = ["macros", "process"] }
+tokio = { version = "1.2.0", features = ["rt", "sync", "macros", "process", "time"] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.10.7", features = ["json"] }
 futures = "0.3.5"
 guess_host_triple = "0.1.2"
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/src/executor.rs b/lib/u_lib/src/executor.rs
index ffd82b4..321a84a 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/src/executor.rs
+++ b/lib/u_lib/src/executor.rs
@@ -1,35 +1,52 @@
-// list of jobs: job (cmd, args) OR rust fn OR python func + cron-like timing
+// list of jobs: job (cmd, args) OR rust fn OR python func + cron-like timing tokoi::time::interval:
 // job runner (thread)
 // every job runs in other thread/process
 
-use crate::{models::*, UResult, UError};
+use crate::{models::*, UResult, UError, OneOrMany};
 
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::task::Poll;
 
-use futures::{lock::Mutex, prelude::*, poll};
+use futures::{lock::{Mutex, MutexGuard}, future::BoxFuture};
 use lazy_static::lazy_static;
-use tokio::{prelude::*, spawn, task::JoinHandle};
+use tokio::{
+    spawn,
+    task::JoinHandle,
+    sync::mpsc::{channel, Receiver, Sender}
+};
 use uuid::Uuid;
-use crate::OneOrMany;
 
 pub type FutRes = UResult<JobResult>;
+pub type DynFut = BoxFuture<'static, FutRes>;
 
 lazy_static! {
-    static ref FUT_RESULTS: Mutex<HashMap<Uuid, JoinHandle<FutRes>>> = Mutex::new(HashMap::new());
+    static ref FUT_RESULTS: Mutex<HashMap<Uuid, JoinInfo>> = Mutex::new(HashMap::new());
+    static ref FUT_CHANNEL: (Mutex<Sender<Uuid>>, Mutex<Receiver<Uuid>>) = {
+        spawn(init_receiver());
+        let (tx, rx) = channel(100);
+        (Mutex::new(tx), Mutex::new(rx))
+    };
+}
+
+async fn get_static_channel() -> (Sender<Uuid>, MutexGuard<'static, Receiver<Uuid>>) {
+    (
+        FUT_CHANNEL.0.lock().await.clone(),
+        FUT_CHANNEL.1.lock().await
+    )
 }
 
-pub struct Waiter<T>
-where T: Future<Output=FutRes> + Send + 'static {
-    tasks: Vec<T>,
+struct JoinInfo {
+    handle: JoinHandle<FutRes>,
+    completed: bool,
+    collectable: bool // indicates if future can be popped from pool via pop_task_if_completed
+}
+
+pub struct Waiter {
+    tasks: Vec<DynFut>,
     fids: Vec<Uuid>
 }
 
-impl<T> Waiter<T>
-where
-    T: Future<Output=FutRes> + Send + 'static
-{
-    pub fn new<S: OneOrMany<T>>(tasks: S) -> Self {
+impl Waiter {
+    pub fn new<S: OneOrMany<DynFut>>(tasks: S) -> Self {
         Self {
             tasks: tasks.into_vec(),
             fids: vec![]
@@ -37,11 +54,27 @@ where
     }
 
     pub async fn spawn(mut self) -> Self {
+        let collectable = self.tasks.len() != 1;
         for f in self.tasks.drain(..) {
+            //eprintln!("before static channel");
+            let tx = get_static_channel().await.0;
+            //eprintln!("after static channel");
             let fid = Uuid::new_v4();
-            let result = spawn(Box::pin(f));
-            FUT_RESULTS.lock().await.insert(fid, result);
             self.fids.push(fid);
+            let task_wrapper = async move {
+                //eprintln!("inside wrapper (started): {}", fid);
+                let result = f.await;
+                tx.send(fid).await.unwrap();
+                result
+            };
+            let handle = JoinInfo {
+                handle: spawn(task_wrapper),
+                completed: false,
+                collectable
+            };
+            //eprintln!("before push: {}", fid);
+            spawn(async {}).await.ok();
+            FUT_RESULTS.lock().await.insert(fid, handle);
         }
         self
     }
@@ -53,7 +86,8 @@ where
         let mut result = vec![];
         for fid in self.fids {
             if let Some(task) = pop_task(fid).await {
-                result.push(task.await.unwrap());
+                let r = task.handle.await;
+                result.push(r.unwrap());
             }
         }
         result
@@ -68,38 +102,44 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-async fn pop_task(fid: Uuid) -> Option<JoinHandle<FutRes>> {
+async fn pop_task(fid: Uuid) -> Option<JoinInfo> {
     FUT_RESULTS.lock().await.remove(&fid)
 }
 
-pub async fn task_present(fid: Uuid) -> bool {
-    FUT_RESULTS.lock().await.get(&fid).is_some()
+async fn init_receiver() {
+    while let Some(fid) = get_static_channel().await.1.recv().await {
+        eprintln!("task {} is done", fid);
+        if let Some(j) = FUT_RESULTS.lock().await.get_mut(&fid) {
+            j.completed = true;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
-pub async fn pop_task_if_completed(fid: Uuid) -> Option<FutRes>{
-    let mut tasks = FUT_RESULTS
+pub async fn pop_task_if_completed(fid: Uuid) -> Option<FutRes> {
+    let &mut JoinInfo {handle: _, collectable, completed} = match FUT_RESULTS
         .lock()
-        .await;
-    let task = tasks
-        .get_mut(&fid)
-        .expect(&UError::NoTask(fid).to_string());
-    let status = match poll!(task) {
-        Poll::Pending => None,
-        Poll::Ready(r) => Some(r.unwrap())
+        .await
+        .get_mut(&fid) {
+        Some(t) => t,
+        None => return None
     };
-    if status.is_some() {
-        pop_task(fid).await;
+    //eprint!("{}, {}: ", &fid, *collectable);
+    if collectable && completed {
+        let task = pop_task(fid).await.unwrap();
+        let result = task.handle.await.unwrap();
+        Some(result)
+    } else {
+        None
     }
-    status
 }
 
 pub async fn pop_completed() -> Vec<FutRes> {
+    let mut completed: Vec<FutRes> = vec![];
     let fids = FUT_RESULTS.lock()
         .await
         .keys()
         .map(|k| *k)
         .collect::<Vec<Uuid>>();
-    let mut completed: Vec<FutRes> = vec![];
     for fid in fids {
         if let Some(r) = pop_task_if_completed(fid).await {
             completed.push(r);
@@ -107,20 +147,29 @@ pub async fn pop_completed() -> Vec<FutRes> {
     }
     completed
 }
-/*
-pub async fn wait_for_task(fid: Uuid) -> FutRes {
-    pop_task(fid).await.await.unwrap()
-}
 
-pub async fn wait_for_tasks(fids: Vec<Uuid>) -> Vec<FutRes> {
-    let mut results = vec![];
-    for fid in fids {
-        results.push(wait_for_task(fid).await);
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+
+    // WTF
+    // WTF
+    // WTF
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_spawn() {
+        use std::sync::Arc;
+
+        let val = Arc::new(Mutex::new(0));
+        let t = {
+            let v = val.clone();
+            spawn(async move {
+                *v.lock().await = 5;
+            })
+        };
+        assert_eq!(0, *val.lock().await);
+        spawn(async {}).await.ok();
+        assert_eq!(5, *val.lock().await);
+        t.await.ok();
+        assert_eq!(5, *val.lock().await);
     }
-    results
-}
-
-pub async fn run_until_complete(task: impl Future<Output=FutRes> + Send + 'static) -> FutRes {
-    let fid = append_task(task).await;
-    wait_for_task(fid).await
-}*/
\ No newline at end of file
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/src/messaging.rs b/lib/u_lib/src/messaging.rs
index 03f7b3a..c10a5a5 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/src/messaging.rs
+++ b/lib/u_lib/src/messaging.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ impl<'cow, I> Message<'cow, I>
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct RawMsg(pub String);
 
-impl<T: ToMsg> ToMsg for Vec<T> {}
+impl<T: ToMsg> ToMsg for Vec<T> {} //TODO: impl this for all collections
 
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/src/models/agent.rs b/lib/u_lib/src/models/agent.rs
index 9e20dc4..6a038e6 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/src/models/agent.rs
+++ b/lib/u_lib/src/models/agent.rs
@@ -53,9 +53,11 @@ pub struct IAgent {
 
 pub async fn gather() -> IAgent {
     async fn run_cmd_fast<S: Into<String>>(cmd: S) -> String {
-        let job_result = build_jobs(JobMeta::from_shell(cmd))
+        let jm = JobMeta::from_shell(cmd);
+        let job_result = build_jobs(jm)
             .run_one_until_complete()
             .await
+            .unwrap()
             .result
             .unwrap();
         JobOutput::from_raw(&job_result)
diff --git a/lib/u_lib/src/models/jobs.rs b/lib/u_lib/src/models/jobs.rs
index a494bb0..3b80168 100644
--- a/lib/u_lib/src/models/jobs.rs
+++ b/lib/u_lib/src/models/jobs.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use std::{
-//    process::Command,
-    time::SystemTime,
-    cmp::PartialEq,
+    time::{SystemTime, Duration},
+    thread,
+    cmp::PartialEq
 };
 use serde::{
     Serialize,
@@ -10,7 +10,15 @@ use serde::{
 use uuid::Uuid;
 use guess_host_triple::guess_host_triple;
 use tokio::process::Command;
-use crate::{models::schema::*, UError, UResult, UID, Waiter, OneOrMany};
+use crate::{
+    models::schema::*,
+    UError,
+    UResult,
+    UID,
+    Waiter,
+    OneOrMany,
+    DynFut,
+};
 use diesel_derive_enum::DbEnum;
 use diesel::{
     Queryable,
@@ -53,12 +61,12 @@ pub enum JobType {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub struct JobOutput<'s> {
-    pub stdout: &'s [u8],
-    pub stderr: &'s [u8],
+pub struct JobOutput {
+    pub stdout: Vec<u8>,
+    pub stderr: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
-impl<'s, 'src: 's> JobOutput<'s> {
+impl JobOutput {
     const STREAM_BORDER: &'static str = "***";
     const STDOUT: &'static str = "STDOUT";
     const STDERR: &'static str = "STDERR";
@@ -73,18 +81,18 @@ impl<'s, 'src: 's> JobOutput<'s> {
 
     pub fn new() -> Self {
         Self {
-            stdout: &[],
-            stderr: &[],
+            stdout: vec![],
+            stderr: vec![],
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn stdout(mut self, data: &'s [u8]) -> Self {
-        self.stdout = data;
+    pub fn stdout(mut self, data: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        self.stdout = data.to_owned();
         self
     }
 
-    pub fn stderr(mut self, data: &'s [u8]) -> Self {
-        self.stderr = data;
+    pub fn stderr(mut self, data: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        self.stderr = data.to_owned();
         self
     }
 
@@ -92,19 +100,19 @@ impl<'s, 'src: 's> JobOutput<'s> {
         let mut result: Vec<u8> = vec![];
         if self.stdout.len() > 0 {
             result.extend(JobOutput::create_delim(JobOutput::STDOUT).into_bytes());
-            result.extend(self.stdout);
+            result.extend(&self.stdout);
             result.push(b'\n');
         }
 
         if self.stderr.len() > 0 {
             result.extend(JobOutput::create_delim(JobOutput::STDERR).into_bytes());
-            result.extend(self.stderr);
+            result.extend(&self.stderr);
             result.push(b'\n');
         }
         result
     }
 
-    pub fn from_raw(raw: &'src [u8]) -> Option<Self> {
+    pub fn from_raw(raw: &[u8]) -> Option<Self> {
         let raw = String::from_utf8_lossy(raw);
         let err_header = JobOutput::create_delim(JobOutput::STDERR);
         raw.strip_prefix(&JobOutput::create_delim(JobOutput::STDOUT))
@@ -119,13 +127,13 @@ impl<'s, 'src: 's> JobOutput<'s> {
             })
     }
 
-    pub fn into_appropriate(self) -> &'s [u8] {
+    pub fn into_appropriate(self) -> Vec<u8> {
         if self.stdout.len() > 0 {
             self.stdout
         } else if self.stderr.len() > 0 {
             self.stderr
         } else {
-            b"No data"
+            b"No data".to_vec()
         }
     }
 }
@@ -264,54 +272,28 @@ impl Job {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn build_jobs<J: OneOrMany<JobMeta>>(job_metas: J) -> Waiter<_> {
-    let prepared_jobs = job_metas.into_vec().into_iter().map(|job| {
+pub fn build_jobs<J: OneOrMany<JobMeta>>(job_metas: J) -> Waiter {
+    let prepared_jobs = job_metas.into_vec().into_iter().map(|job| -> DynFut {
         let j = Job::build(job).unwrap();
-        j.run()
-    }).collect();
+        Box::pin(j.run())
+    }).collect::<Vec<DynFut>>();
     Waiter::new(prepared_jobs)
 }
 
-/*
-pub async fn exec_jobs(jobs: Vec<JobMeta>) -> Vec<UResult<JobResult>> {
-    let fids = exec_jobs_nowait(jobs).await.unwrap();
-    wait_for_tasks(fids).await
-}
-
-pub async fn exec_jobs_nowait(jobs: Vec<JobMeta>) -> UResult<Vec<Uuid>> {
-    let prepared_jobs = jobs.into_iter().map(|job| {
-        let j = Job::build(job).unwrap();
-        j.run()
-    }).collect();
-    let fids = append_tasks(prepared_jobs).await;
-    Ok(fids)
-}
-
-pub async fn exec_job(job_meta: JobMeta) -> UResult<JobResult> {
-    let job = Job::build(job_meta)?;
-    run_until_complete(job.run()).await
-}
-
-pub async fn exec_job_nowait(job_meta: JobMeta) -> UResult<Uuid> {
-    let job = Job::build(job_meta)?;
-    let fid = append_task(job.run()).await;
-    Ok(fid)
-}
-*/
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
-    use crate::{build_jobs, utils::vec_to_string};
+    use crate::{build_jobs, utils::vec_to_string, pop_completed, spawn_dummy};
 
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_is_really_async() {
         const SLEEP_SECS: u64 = 1;
         let job = JobMeta::from_shell(format!("sleep {}", SLEEP_SECS));
-        let sleep_jobs = vec![job.clone(), job.clone(), job.clone()];
+        let sleep_jobs: Vec<JobMeta> = (0..50).map(|_| job.clone()).collect();
         let now = SystemTime::now();
-        let fids = build_jobs(sleep_jobs).run_until_complete().await;
-        assert_eq!(now.elapsed().unwrap().as_secs(), SLEEP_SECS)
+        build_jobs(sleep_jobs).run_until_complete().await;
+        assert!(now.elapsed().unwrap().as_secs() < SLEEP_SECS+2)
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
@@ -320,30 +302,37 @@ mod tests {
         let job_result = build_jobs(job)
             .run_one_until_complete()
             .await;
-        let stdout = JobOutput::from_raw(&job_result.result.unwrap()).unwrap().stdout;
+        let stdout = JobOutput::from_raw(
+            &job_result.unwrap().result.unwrap()
+        ).unwrap().stdout;
         assert_eq!(
-            vec_to_string(stdout).trim(),
+            vec_to_string(&stdout).trim(),
             "plazmoid"
         );
         Ok(())
     }
 
     #[tokio::test]
-    async fn test_complex_shell_jobs_load() -> UResult<()> {
+    async fn test_complex_load() -> UResult<()> {
         const SLEEP_SECS: u64 = 1;
         let now = SystemTime::now();
         let longest_job = JobMeta::from_shell(format!("sleep {}", SLEEP_SECS));
         let longest_job = build_jobs(longest_job).spawn().await;
         let ls = build_jobs(JobMeta::from_shell("ls"))
             .run_one_until_complete()
-            .await;
+            .await
+            .unwrap();
         assert_eq!(ls.retcode.unwrap(), 0);
         let result = JobOutput::from_raw(&ls.result.unwrap()).unwrap();
         let folders = String::from_utf8_lossy(
             &result.stdout
         );
+        let subfolders_jobs: Vec<JobMeta> = folders
+            .lines()
+            .map(|f| JobMeta::from_shell(format!("ls {}", f)))
+            .collect();
         let ls_subfolders = build_jobs(
-            folders.lines().map(|f| JobMeta::from_shell(format!("ls {}", f))).collect()
+            subfolders_jobs
         ).run_until_complete().await;
         for result in ls_subfolders {
             assert_eq!(result.unwrap().retcode.unwrap(), 0);
@@ -353,10 +342,27 @@ mod tests {
         Ok(())
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_exec_multiple_jobs_nowait() -> UResult<()> {
+        const REPEATS: usize = 10;
+        let job = JobMeta::from_shell("whoami");
+        let sleep_jobs: Vec<JobMeta> = (0..=REPEATS).map(|_| job.clone()).collect();
+        build_jobs(sleep_jobs).spawn().await;
+        let mut completed = 0;
+        while completed < REPEATS {
+            let c = pop_completed().await.len();
+            if c > 0 {
+                completed += c;
+                println!("{}", c);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_failing_shell_job() -> UResult<()> {
         let job = JobMeta::from_shell("lol_kek_puk");
-        let job_result = build_jobs(job).run_one_until_complete().await;
+        let job_result = build_jobs(job).run_one_until_complete().await.unwrap();
         let output = JobOutput::from_raw(&job_result.result.unwrap());
         assert!(output.is_none());
         assert!(job_result.retcode.is_none());
@@ -366,29 +372,29 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_to_multiline() {
         let mut output = JobOutput::new();
-        output.stdout = b"lol";
-        output.stderr = b"kek";
+        output.stdout = b"lol".to_vec();
+        output.stderr = b"kek".to_vec();
         assert_eq!(
-            output.multiline(),
+            vec_to_string(&output.multiline()),
             String::from(
                 "*** STDOUT ***\n\
                 lol\n\
                 *** STDERR ***\n\
                 kek\n"
-            ).into_bytes()
+            )
         )
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_to_multiline_stderr_only() {
         let mut output = JobOutput::new();
-        output.stderr = b"kek";
+        output.stderr = b"kek".to_vec();
         assert_eq!(
-            output.multiline(),
+            vec_to_string(&output.multiline()),
             String::from(
                 "*** STDERR ***\n\
                 kek\n"
-            ).into_bytes()
+            )
         )
     }
 
@@ -398,8 +404,8 @@ mod tests {
                     puk\n".as_bytes();
         let output = JobOutput::from_raw(txt).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
-            output.stdout,
-            b"puk".to_vec()
+            vec_to_string(&output.stdout),
+            "puk".to_string()
         );
         assert_eq!(output.stderr.len(), 0);
     }