diff --git a/src/threads.zig b/src/threads.zig
index 752c5e4..46e7a07 100644
--- a/src/threads.zig
+++ b/src/threads.zig
@@ -1,23 +1,52 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 
+const util = @import("util.zig");
+
+const QueueWrap = struct {
+    alloc: std.mem.Allocator,
+    queue: *util.JobQueue,
+    job_pool: util.JobPool,
+
+    const Self = @This();
+
+    fn init(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, job_pool: util.JobPool) !Self {
+        var q = try alloc.create(util.JobQueue);
+        q.* = util.JobQueue.init(job_pool);
+        return Self {
+            .alloc = alloc,
+            .queue = q,
+            .job_pool = job_pool,
+        };
+    }
+    fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
+        self.job_pool.deinit();
+        self.alloc.destroy(self.queue);
+    }
+};
+
 pub const ThreadManager = struct {
     threads: std.ArrayList(std.Thread),
     arena: std.heap.ArenaAllocator,
+    queue: QueueWrap,
 
     const Self = @This();
 
     pub fn init(alloc: std.mem.Allocator, n_quant_jobs: usize) !Self {
         _ = n_quant_jobs;
         var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(alloc);
+        var arena_alloc = arena.allocator();
+        var job_pool = util.JobPool.init(alloc);
         var thread_mgr = Self {
-            .threads = std.ArrayList(std.Thread).init(arena.allocator()),
+            .threads = std.ArrayList(std.Thread).init(arena_alloc),
             .arena = arena,
+            .queue = try QueueWrap.init(arena_alloc, job_pool),
         };
         return thread_mgr;
     }
 
     pub fn deinit(self: *Self) void {
         self.threads.deinit();
+        self.queue.deinit();
         self.arena.deinit();
     }
 };
diff --git a/src/util.zig b/src/util.zig
index dcc845b..da77145 100644
--- a/src/util.zig
+++ b/src/util.zig
@@ -10,6 +10,28 @@ pub const Options = struct {
 pub const Block = [64]u8;
 pub const BlockQuantized = [64]i16;
 
+pub const ThreadList = std.ArrayList(std.Thread);
+pub const Job = struct {
+    source: *Block,
+    target: *BlockQuantized,
+};
+pub const JobQueue = struct {
+    mutex: std.Thread.Mutex,
+    queue: std.TailQueue(Job),
+    job_pool: JobPool,
+
+    const Self = @This();
+
+    pub fn init(pool: JobPool) Self {
+        return Self {
+            .mutex = std.Thread.Mutex{},
+            .queue = std.TailQueue(Job){},
+            .job_pool = pool,
+        };
+    }
+};
+pub const JobPool = std.heap.MemoryPool(Job);
+
 pub const Buffers = struct {
     arena: std.heap.ArenaAllocator,