diff --git a/examples/simple_worker/src/main.rs b/examples/simple_worker/src/main.rs
index 0b322cc..9f39b86 100644
--- a/examples/simple_worker/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/simple_worker/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ use backie::{PgTaskStore, Queue, WorkerPool};
 use diesel_async::pg::AsyncPgConnection;
 use diesel_async::pooled_connection::{bb8::Pool, AsyncDieselConnectionManager};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
@@ -134,7 +133,7 @@ async fn main() {
     let task2 = MyTask::new(20_000);
     let task3 = MyFailingTask::new(50_000);
 
-    let queue = Queue::new(Arc::new(task_store)); // or use the `queue` instance returned by the worker pool
+    let queue = Queue::new(task_store); // or use the `queue` instance returned by the worker pool
     queue.enqueue(task1).await.unwrap();
     queue.enqueue(task2).await.unwrap();
     queue.enqueue(task3).await.unwrap();
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4be5de4..3dfd171 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ impl Default for RetentionMode {
 pub use queue::Queue;
 pub use runnable::BackgroundTask;
 pub use store::{PgTaskStore, TaskStore};
-pub use task::{CurrentTask, Task, TaskId, TaskState};
+pub use task::{CurrentTask, NewTask, Task, TaskId, TaskState};
 pub use worker::Worker;
 pub use worker_pool::{QueueConfig, WorkerPool};
 
diff --git a/src/queue.rs b/src/queue.rs
index 51813b7..8d0a20e 100644
--- a/src/queue.rs
+++ b/src/queue.rs
@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@ impl<S> Queue<S>
 where
     S: TaskStore + Clone,
 {
-    pub fn new(task_store: Arc<S>) -> Self {
-        Queue { task_store }
+    pub fn new(task_store: S) -> Self {
+        Queue {
+            task_store: Arc::new(task_store),
+        }
     }
 
     pub async fn enqueue<BT>(&self, background_task: BT) -> Result<(), BackieError>
diff --git a/src/worker_pool.rs b/src/worker_pool.rs
index f2c45b0..7c15bac 100644
--- a/src/worker_pool.rs
+++ b/src/worker_pool.rs
@@ -51,14 +51,13 @@ where
     where
         A: Fn(Queue<S>) -> AppData + Send + Sync + 'static,
     {
-        let queue_store = Arc::new(task_store);
-        let queue = Queue::new(queue_store.clone());
+        let queue = Queue::new(task_store.clone());
         let application_data_fn = {
             let queue = queue.clone();
             move || application_data_fn(queue.clone())
         };
         Self {
-            task_store: queue_store,
+            task_store: Arc::new(task_store),
             queue,
             application_data_fn: Arc::new(application_data_fn),
             task_registry: BTreeMap::new(),