diff --git a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/internal/react/stream/Runner.java b/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/internal/react/stream/Runner.java
index 932d2e7f9a..5ef73e9b00 100644
--- a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/internal/react/stream/Runner.java
+++ b/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/internal/react/stream/Runner.java
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ public boolean run(final LazyStreamWrapper<U> lastActive, final EmptyCollector<U
 
     }
 
-    public Continuation runContinuations(final LazyStreamWrapper lastActive, final EmptyCollector collector) {
+    public Continuation
+
+    runContinuations(final LazyStreamWrapper lastActive, final EmptyCollector collector, boolean blocking) {
 
         final Iterator<FastFuture> it = lastActive.injectFutures()
                                                   .iterator();
@@ -48,12 +50,23 @@ public Continuation runContinuations(final LazyStreamWrapper lastActive, final E
 
         final Continuation finish = new Continuation(
                                                      () -> {
+                                                            collector.afterResults(()->{
+                                                            runnable.run();
+                                                            throw new ClosedQueueException();
+                                                        });
+                                                        return Continuation.empty();
 
-                                                         collector.getResults();
-                                                         runnable.run();
-                                                         throw new ClosedQueueException();
 
                                                      });
+        final Continuation blockingFinish = new Continuation(
+            () -> {
+
+                    collector.getResults();
+                    runnable.run();
+                    throw new ClosedQueueException();
+
+
+            });
         final Continuation finishNoCollect = new Continuation(
                                                               () -> {
                                                                   runnable.run();
@@ -70,7 +83,7 @@ public Continuation runContinuations(final LazyStreamWrapper lastActive, final E
 
                                                final FastFuture f = it.next();
 
-                                               handleFilter(cont, f);//if completableFuture has been filtered out, we need to move to the next one instead
+                                               handleFilter(cont, f);//if FastFuture has been filtered out, we need to move to the next one instead
 
                                                collector.accept(f);
                                            }
@@ -78,7 +91,7 @@ public Continuation runContinuations(final LazyStreamWrapper lastActive, final E
                                            if (it.hasNext())
                                                return cont[0];
                                            else {
-                                               return finish.proceed();
+                                               return blocking ? blockingFinish.proceed() : finish.proceed();
                                            }
                                        } catch (final SimpleReactProcessingException e) {
 
diff --git a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/react/collectors/lazy/EmptyCollector.java b/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/react/collectors/lazy/EmptyCollector.java
index feb086105f..0fd2cf00bf 100644
--- a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/react/collectors/lazy/EmptyCollector.java
+++ b/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/react/collectors/lazy/EmptyCollector.java
@@ -96,19 +96,36 @@ public void block(final Function<FastFuture<T>, T> safeJoin) {
 
   }
 
-  /*
-   *	@return zero list
-   * @see com.oath.cyclops.react.collectors.lazy.LazyResultConsumer#getResults()
-   */
-  @Override
-  public Collection<FastFuture<T>> getResults() {
-    active.stream()
-      .forEach(cf -> safeJoin.apply(cf));
-    active.clear();
-    return new ArrayList<>();
+
+
+  public void afterResults(Runnable r){
+
+      if (active.size() > 0) {
+          FastFuture.allOf(()->{
+              active.stream()
+                  .filter(cf -> cf.isDone())
+                  .peek(this::handleExceptions)
+                  .collect(Collectors.toList());
+              r.run();
+          }, active.toArray(new FastFuture[0]));
+      }else{
+          active.stream()
+              .filter(cf -> cf.isDone())
+              .peek(this::handleExceptions)
+              .collect(Collectors.toList());
+          r.run();
+      }
   }
+    @Override
+    public Collection<FastFuture<T>> getResults() {
+        active.stream()
+            .forEach(cf -> safeJoin.apply(cf));
+        active.clear();
+        return new ArrayList<>();
+    }
 
-  /*
+
+    /*
    *	@return zero list
    * @see com.oath.cyclops.react.collectors.lazy.LazyResultConsumer#getAllResults()
    */
diff --git a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/BlockingStreamHelper.java b/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/BlockingStreamHelper.java
index 17ce9d8f4a..283a76ee89 100644
--- a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/BlockingStreamHelper.java
+++ b/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/BlockingStreamHelper.java
@@ -85,6 +85,20 @@ static Void captureGeneral(final Throwable t, final Optional<Consumer<Throwable>
         errorHandler.ifPresent((handler) -> handler.accept(t));
         return null;
     }
+    @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+    public static Object throwSafe(final FastFuture next, final Optional<Consumer<Throwable>> errorHandler) {
+        try {
+            return next.join();
+        } catch (final SimpleReactCompletionException e) {
+            capture(e.getCause(), errorHandler);
+        } catch (final RuntimeException e) {
+           throw e;
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            capture(e, errorHandler);
+        }
+
+        return MissingValue.MISSING_VALUE;
+    }
 
     @SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
     public static Object getSafe(final FastFuture next, final Optional<Consumer<Throwable>> errorHandler) {
diff --git a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/Continuation.java b/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/Continuation.java
deleted file mode 100644
index dbc720890a..0000000000
--- a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/Continuation.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package com.oath.cyclops.types.futurestream;
-
-import java.util.function.Supplier;
-
-import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
-
-@AllArgsConstructor
-public class Continuation {
-
-    private final Supplier<Continuation> remainderOfWorkToBeDone;
-
-    public Continuation proceed() {
-        return remainderOfWorkToBeDone.get();
-    }
-
-    public static Continuation empty() {
-
-        return new Continuation(
-                                () -> empty());
-    }
-}
diff --git a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/LazyStream.java b/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/LazyStream.java
index 05b502c45b..4ca03db32b 100644
--- a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/LazyStream.java
+++ b/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/LazyStream.java
@@ -70,7 +70,15 @@ default Continuation runContinuation(final Runnable r) {
         return new Runner(
                           r).runContinuations(getLastActive(),
                                               new EmptyCollector(
-                                                                 getMaxActive(), safeJoin));
+                                                                 getMaxActive(), safeJoin),false);
+
+    }
+    default Continuation blockingContinuation(final Runnable r) {
+        final Function<FastFuture, U> safeJoin = (final FastFuture cf) -> (U) BlockingStreamHelper.getSafe(cf, getErrorHandler());
+        return new Runner(
+            r).runContinuations(getLastActive(),
+            new EmptyCollector(
+                getMaxActive(), safeJoin),true);
 
     }
 
@@ -150,6 +158,7 @@ default void forEach(final Consumer<? super U> c) {
         if (getLastActive().isSequential()) {
             //if single threaded we can simply push from each Future into the toX to be returned
             try {
+
                 this.getLastActive()
                     .operation(f -> f.peek(c))
                     .injectFutures()
diff --git a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/LazyToQueue.java b/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/LazyToQueue.java
index 5bdbe8ba85..d7e85c242a 100644
--- a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/LazyToQueue.java
+++ b/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/LazyToQueue.java
@@ -73,15 +73,19 @@ default Queue<U> toQueue(final Function<Queue, Queue> fn) {
 
     @Override
     default void addToQueue(final Queue queue) {
-
-        final Continuation continuation = thenSync(queue::add).self(s -> {
+        FutureStream str = thenSync(queue::add).self(s -> {
             if (this.getPopulator()
-                    .isPoolingActive())
+                .isPoolingActive())
                 s.peekSync(v -> {
                     throw new CompletedException(
-                                                 v);
+                        v);
                 });
-        }).runContinuation(() -> {throw new ClosedQueueException();
+        });
+
+
+        final Continuation continuation =  queue.getContinuationStrategy().isBlocking() ? str.blockingContinuation(() -> {
+            throw new ClosedQueueException();
+        }) : str.runContinuation(() -> {throw new ClosedQueueException();
                                    }
                            );
         queue.addContinuation(continuation);
diff --git a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/cyclops/futurestream/FutureStream.java b/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/cyclops/futurestream/FutureStream.java
index cbf4d6ef20..33810d17eb 100644
--- a/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/cyclops/futurestream/FutureStream.java
+++ b/cyclops-futurestream/src/main/java/cyclops/futurestream/FutureStream.java
@@ -2265,12 +2265,12 @@ default ReactiveSeq<U> dropUntilInclusive(final Predicate<? super U> p){
     @Override
     default FutureStream<U> takeWhile(final Predicate<? super U> predicate) {
         return fromStream(ReactiveSeq.oneShotStream(stream())
-                                     .takeWhile(predicate));
+                         .takeWhile(predicate));
     }
     @Override
     default FutureStream<U> takeWhileInclusive(final Predicate<? super U> predicate) {
         return fromStream(ReactiveSeq.oneShotStream(stream())
-                                     .takeWhileInclusive(predicate));
+                         .takeWhileInclusive(predicate));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -2283,7 +2283,7 @@ default FutureStream<U> takeWhileInclusive(final Predicate<? super U> predicate)
      */
     @Override
     default FutureStream<U> takeUntil(final Predicate<? super U> predicate) {
-        return fromStream(LazyFutureStreamFunctions.takeUntil(this, predicate));
+        return fromStream(LazyFutureStreamFunctions.takeUntil(this,predicate));
     }
     @Override
     default FutureStream<U> takeUntilInclusive(final Predicate<? super U> p) {
diff --git a/cyclops-futurestream/src/test/java/cyclops/futurestream/react/lazy/LazySeqAutoOptimizeTest.java b/cyclops-futurestream/src/test/java/cyclops/futurestream/react/lazy/LazySeqAutoOptimizeTest.java
index 52883bf1a7..15d0587cd9 100644
--- a/cyclops-futurestream/src/test/java/cyclops/futurestream/react/lazy/LazySeqAutoOptimizeTest.java
+++ b/cyclops-futurestream/src/test/java/cyclops/futurestream/react/lazy/LazySeqAutoOptimizeTest.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 import java.util.function.Supplier;
 
 import cyclops.futurestream.FutureStream;
@@ -55,12 +56,14 @@ public void longRunForEach(){
 	}
 	@Test
 	public void longRun(){
+        AtomicInteger count = new AtomicInteger(0);
 		new LazyReact().autoOptimizeOn().range(0, 1_000_000)
 						.map(i->i+2)
 						.map(i->Thread.currentThread().getId())
-					//	.peek(System.out::println)
+                         .peek(i->count.incrementAndGet())
+						//.peek(System.out::println)
 						.runOnCurrent();
-		System.out.println("Finished!");
+		System.out.println("Finished! " + count.get());
 	}
     @Override
     public void testSkipUntilWithNullsInclusive() {
diff --git a/cyclops-futurestream/src/test/java/cyclops/futurestream/react/lazy/LazySeqTest.java b/cyclops-futurestream/src/test/java/cyclops/futurestream/react/lazy/LazySeqTest.java
index 6de8f6ee13..b14a5881f3 100644
--- a/cyclops-futurestream/src/test/java/cyclops/futurestream/react/lazy/LazySeqTest.java
+++ b/cyclops-futurestream/src/test/java/cyclops/futurestream/react/lazy/LazySeqTest.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -44,6 +45,24 @@ public void testCycleLong() {
 		assertEquals(asList(1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2).size(),of(1, 2).cycle(3).to(ReactiveConvertableSequence::converter).listX().size());
 		assertEquals(asList(1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3).size(), of(1, 2, 3).cycle(2).to(ReactiveConvertableSequence::converter).listX().size());
 	}
+
+	@Test
+    public void takeWhileWithSleep(){
+	    new LazyReact().<Integer>fromIterableAsync(Arrays.asList(()->1,()->{
+	        System.out.println("Sleep one! " + Thread.currentThread().getId());
+	        sleep(1000000000);
+	        return 200;
+        })).map(i->{
+            sleep(100);
+            System.out.println("Map " + Thread.currentThread().getId());
+            return i+1;
+        }).takeWhile(i->{
+            System.out.println("Take while " + Thread.currentThread().getId());
+            return false;
+        }).forEach(System.out::println);
+
+      //  sleep(10000);
+    }
 	@Test
 	public void copy(){
 		of(1,2,3,4,5,6)
@@ -67,9 +86,13 @@ public void lazyCollection(){
 	}
 	@Test
 	public void switchOnNextMultiple(){
-        for(int i=0;i<500;i++) {
-            assertThat(react(() -> 1, () -> 2).mergeLatest(react(() -> 'a', () -> 'b'),
-                react(() -> 100, () -> 200)).toList().size(), equalTo(6));
+
+        for(int i=0;i<5000;i++) {
+            List<Object> list = react(() -> 1, () -> 2).mergeLatest(react(() -> 'a', () -> 'b'),
+                react(() -> 100, () -> 200)).toList();
+            System.out.println(list);
+
+            assertThat(list.size(), equalTo(6));
         }
 	}
 
diff --git a/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/async/adapters/AdaptersModule.java b/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/async/adapters/AdaptersModule.java
index 88763b0128..d9e8331f2d 100644
--- a/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/async/adapters/AdaptersModule.java
+++ b/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/async/adapters/AdaptersModule.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import com.oath.cyclops.util.ExceptionSoftener;
+import cyclops.control.Option;
 import cyclops.reactive.ReactiveSeq;
 
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 import com.oath.cyclops.types.futurestream.Continuation;
 
 import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import sun.invoke.empty.Empty;
 
 public interface AdaptersModule {
 
@@ -43,21 +45,27 @@ public void addContinuation(final Continuation c) {
 
         }
 
+        public boolean isBlocking(){
+            return true;
+        }
         @Override
         public void handleContinuation() {
 
             continuation = ReactiveSeq.fromIterable(continuation)
-                              .<Optional<Continuation>> map(c -> {
+                              .concatMap(c -> {
                                   try {
-                                      return Optional.of(c.proceed());
-                                  } catch (final Queue.ClosedQueueException e) {
+                                      Continuation next = c.proceed();
+                                      if(next instanceof Continuation.EmptyRunnableContinuation) {
+                                                     ((Continuation.EmptyRunnableContinuation)next).run();
+                                                        return Option.some(next);
+                                      }
 
-                                      return Optional.empty();
+                                      return Option.some(next);
+                                  } catch (final Queue.ClosedQueueException e) {
+                                      return Option.none();
                                   }
 
                               })
-                              .filter(Optional::isPresent)
-                              .map(Optional::get)
                               .toList();
 
             if (continuation.size() == 0) {
diff --git a/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/async/adapters/ContinuationStrategy.java b/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/async/adapters/ContinuationStrategy.java
index bb32df6ceb..3a7296ccd3 100644
--- a/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/async/adapters/ContinuationStrategy.java
+++ b/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/async/adapters/ContinuationStrategy.java
@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ public interface ContinuationStrategy {
     public void addContinuation(Continuation c);
 
     public void handleContinuation();
+
+    default boolean isBlocking(){
+        return false;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/async/adapters/Queue.java b/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/async/adapters/Queue.java
index 57c8404170..6284334a86 100644
--- a/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/async/adapters/Queue.java
+++ b/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/async/adapters/Queue.java
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ public class Queue<T> implements Adapter<T> {
     private volatile Signal<Integer> sizeSignal;
 
     private volatile Continueable sub;
+    @Getter
     private ContinuationStrategy continuationStrategy;
     private volatile boolean shuttingDown = false;
 
@@ -472,6 +473,7 @@ public ClosedQueueException(List currentData) {
 
         public ClosedQueueException() {
             currentData = null;
+
         }
 
         public boolean isDataPresent() {
@@ -482,7 +484,6 @@ public boolean isDataPresent() {
         public Throwable fillInStackTrace() {
             return this;
         }
-
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/Continuation.java b/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/Continuation.java
index 41a542fe55..98193c0e7e 100644
--- a/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/Continuation.java
+++ b/cyclops/src/main/java/com/oath/cyclops/types/futurestream/Continuation.java
@@ -13,9 +13,33 @@ public Continuation proceed() {
         return remainderOfWorkToBeDone.get();
     }
 
-    public static Continuation empty() {
+    public static Empty empty() {
 
-        return new Continuation(
-                                () -> empty());
+        return new Empty();
+    }
+    public static EmptyRunnableContinuation emptyRunnable(Runnable r) {
+
+        return new EmptyRunnableContinuation(r);
+    }
+
+    public static class Empty extends Continuation {
+
+        public Empty() {
+            super(() -> empty());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static class EmptyRunnableContinuation extends Continuation implements Runnable {
+        final Runnable r;
+        public EmptyRunnableContinuation(Runnable r) {
+            super(() ->empty());
+            this.r = r;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+
+            r.run();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index a2a89bb017..4205f38be0 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version = 10.3.2
+version = 10.3.3
 agronaVersion=0.9.33
 reactiveStreamsVersion=1.0.2
 reactorVersion=3.2.6.RELEASE