diff --git a/libfuse/lib/bounded_queue.hpp b/libfuse/lib/bounded_queue.hpp
index 5e5fa261..5b9d5d42 100644
--- a/libfuse/lib/bounded_queue.hpp
+++ b/libfuse/lib/bounded_queue.hpp
@@ -13,13 +13,14 @@ public:
   explicit
   BoundedQueue(std::size_t max_size_,
                bool        block_ = true)
-    : _block(block),
+    : _block(block_),
       _max_size(max_size_)
   {
-    if(_max_size == 0)
-      _max_size = 1;
   }
 
+  BoundedQueue(const BoundedQueue&) = delete;
+  BoundedQueue(BoundedQueue&&) = default;
+
   bool
   push(const T& item_)
   {
diff --git a/libfuse/lib/bounded_thread_pool.hpp b/libfuse/lib/bounded_thread_pool.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f44cef21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libfuse/lib/bounded_thread_pool.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "bounded_queue.hpp"
+
+#include <tuple>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <vector>
+#include <thread>
+#include <memory>
+#include <future>
+#include <utility>
+#include <functional>
+#include <type_traits>
+
+
+class BoundedThreadPool
+{
+private:
+  using Proc   = std::function<void(void)>;
+  using Queue  = BoundedQueue<Proc>;
+  using Queues = std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Queue>>;
+  
+public:
+  explicit
+  BoundedThreadPool(const std::size_t thread_count_ = std::thread::hardware_concurrency())
+    : _queues(),
+      _count(thread_count_)
+  {
+    printf("threads: %d\n",thread_count_);
+    for(std::size_t i = 0; i < thread_count_; i++)
+      _queues.emplace_back(std::make_shared<Queue>(1));
+    
+    auto worker = [this](std::size_t i)
+    {
+      while(true)
+        {
+          Proc f;
+
+          for(std::size_t n = 0; n < (_count * K); ++n)
+            {
+              if(_queues[(i + n) % _count]->pop(f))
+                break;
+            }
+
+          if(!f && !_queues[i]->pop(f))
+            break;
+
+          f();
+        }
+    };
+
+    _threads.reserve(thread_count_);
+    for(std::size_t i = 0; i < thread_count_; ++i)
+      _threads.emplace_back(worker, i);
+  }
+
+  ~BoundedThreadPool()
+  {
+    for(auto& queue : _queues)
+      queue->unblock();
+    for(auto& thread : _threads)
+      thread.join();
+  }
+
+  template<typename F>
+  void
+  enqueue_work(F&& f_)
+  {
+    auto i = _index++;
+
+    for(std::size_t n = 0; n < (_count * K); ++n)
+      {
+        if(_queues[(i + n) % _count]->push(f_))
+          return;
+      }
+
+    _queues[i % _count]->push(std::move(f_));
+  }
+
+  template<typename F>
+  [[nodiscard]]
+  std::future<typename std::result_of<F()>::type>
+  enqueue_task(F&& f_)
+  {
+    using TaskReturnType = typename std::result_of<F()>::type;
+    using Promise        = std::promise<TaskReturnType>;
+
+    auto i       = _index++;
+    auto promise = std::make_shared<Promise>();
+    auto future  = promise->get_future();
+    auto work    = [=]() {
+      auto rv = f_();
+      promise->set_value(rv);
+    };
+
+    for(std::size_t n = 0; n < (_count * K); ++n)
+      {
+        if(_queues[(i + n) % _count]->push(work))
+          return future;
+      }
+
+    _queues[i % _count]->push(std::move(work));
+
+    return future;
+  }
+
+public:
+  std::vector<pthread_t>
+  threads()
+  {
+    std::vector<pthread_t> rv;
+
+    for(auto &thread : _threads)
+      rv.push_back(thread.native_handle());
+
+    return rv;
+  }
+
+private:
+  Queues _queues;
+
+private:
+  std::vector<std::thread> _threads;
+
+private:
+  const std::size_t _count;
+  std::atomic_uint _index;
+
+  static const unsigned int K = 2;
+};
diff --git a/libfuse/lib/fuse.c b/libfuse/lib/fuse.c
index f5729c17..6a134df3 100644
--- a/libfuse/lib/fuse.c
+++ b/libfuse/lib/fuse.c
@@ -3831,7 +3831,7 @@ fuse_maintenance_loop(void *fuse_)
           gc = lfmp_gc(&f->node_fmp);
         }
 
-      msgbuf_gc();
+      //msgbuf_gc();
 
       if(g_LOG_METRICS)
         metrics_log_nodes_info_to_tmp_dir(f);
diff --git a/libfuse/lib/fuse_loop_mt.cpp b/libfuse/lib/fuse_loop_mt.cpp
index dc726ff4..8440d8de 100644
--- a/libfuse/lib/fuse_loop_mt.cpp
+++ b/libfuse/lib/fuse_loop_mt.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #endif
 
-#include "thread_pool.hpp"
+#include "bounded_thread_pool.hpp"
 #include "cpu.hpp"
 #include "fmt/core.h"
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ struct fuse_worker_data_t
   struct fuse_session *se;
   sem_t finished;
   std::function<void(fuse_worker_data_t*,fuse_msgbuf_t*)> msgbuf_processor;
-  std::shared_ptr<ThreadPool> tp;
+  std::shared_ptr<BoundedThreadPool> tp;
 };
 
 class WorkerCleanup
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ fuse_session_loop_mt(struct fuse_session *se_,
 
   if(process_thread_count > 0)
     {
-      wd.tp = std::make_shared<ThreadPool>(process_thread_count);
+      wd.tp = std::make_shared<BoundedThreadPool>(process_thread_count);
       wd.msgbuf_processor = process_msgbuf_async;
       process_threads = wd.tp->threads();
     }
diff --git a/libfuse/lib/fuse_msgbuf.cpp b/libfuse/lib/fuse_msgbuf.cpp
index 60bff4f1..48514bd1 100644
--- a/libfuse/lib/fuse_msgbuf.cpp
+++ b/libfuse/lib/fuse_msgbuf.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ __attribute__((destructor))
 void
 msgbuf_destroy()
 {
-  msgbuf_gc();
+
 }
 
 uint32_t