diff --git a/src/thread_runtime.rs b/src/thread_runtime.rs
index 70365a6..cee3dbf 100644
--- a/src/thread_runtime.rs
+++ b/src/thread_runtime.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::{cell::Cell, rc::Rc};
 use mlua::prelude::*;
 use smol::{
     channel::{Receiver, Sender},
-    future::FutureExt,
+    future::{yield_now, FutureExt},
     lock::Mutex,
     stream::StreamExt,
     *,
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ impl ThreadRuntime {
         let queue_defer = Rc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
         let (tx, rx) = channel::unbounded();
 
+        // HACK: Extract mlua "pending" constant value and store it
+        let pending = lua
+            .create_async_function(|_, ()| async move {
+                yield_now().await;
+                Ok(())
+            })?
+            .into_lua_thread(lua)?
+            .resume::<_, LuaValue>(())?;
+        let pending_key = lua.create_registry_value(pending)?;
+
         // Create spawn function (push to start of queue)
         let b_spawn = Rc::clone(&queue_status);
         let q_spawn = Rc::clone(&queue_spawn);
@@ -42,12 +52,26 @@ impl ThreadRuntime {
             move |lua, (tof, args): (LuaThreadOrFunction, LuaMultiValue)| {
                 let thread = tof.into_thread(lua)?;
                 if thread.status() == LuaThreadStatus::Resumable {
-                    let stored = ThreadWithArgs::new(lua, thread.clone(), args);
-                    q_spawn.lock_blocking().push(stored);
-                    b_spawn.replace(true);
-                    tx_spawn.try_send(()).map_err(|_| {
-                        LuaError::runtime("Tried to spawn thread to a dropped queue")
-                    })?;
+                    // HACK: We need to resume the thread once instantly for correct behavior,
+                    // and only if we get the pending value back we can spawn to async executor
+                    let pending: LuaValue = lua.registry_value(&pending_key)?;
+                    match thread.resume::<_, LuaValue>(args.clone()) {
+                        Err(e) => {
+                            eprintln!("{:?}", e);
+                            // TODO: Forward error
+                        }
+                        Ok(v) if v == pending => {
+                            let stored = ThreadWithArgs::new(lua, thread.clone(), args);
+                            q_spawn.lock_blocking().push(stored);
+                            b_spawn.replace(true);
+                            tx_spawn.try_send(()).map_err(|_| {
+                                LuaError::runtime("Tried to spawn thread to a dropped queue")
+                            })?;
+                        }
+                        Ok(_) => {
+                            // TODO: Forward value
+                        }
+                    }
                     Ok(thread)
                 } else {
                     Err(LuaError::runtime("Tried to spawn non-resumable thread"))
@@ -133,6 +157,12 @@ impl ThreadRuntime {
                 };
                 let fut_tick = async {
                     lua_exec.tick().await;
+                    // Do as much work as possible
+                    loop {
+                        if !lua_exec.try_tick() {
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
                 };
                 fut_recv.or(fut_tick).await;