diff --git a/src/sled/system/thread_pool.cc b/src/sled/system/thread_pool.cc
index 51773f5..cfa35f2 100644
--- a/src/sled/system/thread_pool.cc
+++ b/src/sled/system/thread_pool.cc
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@
 #include "sled/task_queue/task_queue_base.h"
 
 namespace sled {
-ThreadPool::ThreadPool(int num_threads)
+ThreadPool::ThreadPool(int num_threads) : delayed_thread_(sled::Thread::Create())
 {
     if (num_threads == -1) { num_threads = std::thread::hardware_concurrency(); }
     scheduler_ = new sled::Scheduler(sled::Scheduler::Config().setWorkerThreadCount(num_threads));
+    delayed_thread_->Start();
 }
 
 ThreadPool::~ThreadPool() { delete scheduler_; }
@@ -27,12 +28,19 @@ ThreadPool::PostDelayedTaskImpl(std::function<void()> &&task,
                                 const PostDelayedTaskTraits &traits,
                                 const Location &location)
 {
+    auto move_task_to_fiber = [task]() { task(); };
     if (traits.high_precision) {
-        delayed_thread_->PostDelayedTaskWithPrecision(TaskQueueBase::DelayPrecision::kHigh, std::move(task), delay,
-                                                      location);
+        delayed_thread_->PostDelayedTaskWithPrecision(
+            TaskQueueBase::DelayPrecision::kHigh,
+            std::move(move_task_to_fiber),
+            delay,
+            location);
     } else {
-        delayed_thread_->PostDelayedTaskWithPrecision(TaskQueueBase::DelayPrecision::kLow, std::move(task), delay,
-                                                      location);
+        delayed_thread_->PostDelayedTaskWithPrecision(
+            TaskQueueBase::DelayPrecision::kLow,
+            std::move(move_task_to_fiber),
+            delay,
+            location);
     }
 }