diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-julia-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-julia-nightly.yml
index eb12df8..3eaf9a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-julia-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-julia-nightly.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ on:
       - '.github/workflows/TagBot.yml'
 jobs:
   test-julia-nightly:
-    timeout-minutes: 10
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     name: Julia ${{ matrix.version }} - ${{ matrix.os }} - ${{ matrix.arch }} - ${{ github.event_name }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 330fba1..e0257b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ on:
       - '.github/workflows/TagBot.yml'
 jobs:
   test:
-    timeout-minutes: 10
+    timeout-minutes: 30
     name: Julia ${{ matrix.version }} - ${{ matrix.os }} - ${{ matrix.arch }} - ${{ github.event_name }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index ac2849e..22488e4 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "ThreadingUtilities"
 uuid = "8290d209-cae3-49c0-8002-c8c24d57dab5"
 authors = ["Chris Elrod <elrodc@gmail.com> and contributors"]
-version = "0.4.7"
+version = "0.5.0"
 
 [deps]
 ManualMemory = "d125e4d3-2237-4719-b19c-fa641b8a4667"
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ julia = "1.5"
 
 [extras]
 Aqua = "4c88cf16-eb10-579e-8560-4a9242c79595"
+BenchmarkTools = "6e4b80f9-dd63-53aa-95a3-0cdb28fa8baf"
 InteractiveUtils = "b77e0a4c-d291-57a0-90e8-8db25a27a240"
 StaticArrays = "90137ffa-7385-5640-81b9-e52037218182"
 Test = "8dfed614-e22c-5e08-85e1-65c5234f0b40"
 
 [targets]
-test = ["Aqua", "InteractiveUtils", "StaticArrays", "Test"]
+test = ["Aqua", "BenchmarkTools", "InteractiveUtils", "StaticArrays", "Test"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c8a3e3a..7338417 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,3 +9,6 @@
 Utilities for low overhead threading in Julia.
 
 Please see the [documentation](https://JuliaSIMD.github.io/ThreadingUtilities.jl/stable).
+
+If you're using Windows, please note that Windows often allocates memory when neither Mac or Linux do. I do not know why. If you can help diagnose/fix the problem, please take a look at `count_allocated()` in `/test/staticarrays.jl`.
+
diff --git a/src/ThreadingUtilities.jl b/src/ThreadingUtilities.jl
index 8fdd567..509bf23 100644
--- a/src/ThreadingUtilities.jl
+++ b/src/ThreadingUtilities.jl
@@ -40,27 +40,16 @@ function initialize_task(tid)
   return nothing
 end
 
-if Sys.WORD_SIZE == 32
-  retnothing(::Ptr{UInt}) = nothing
-end
 function __init__()
   _print_exclusivity_warning()
-  nt = min(Threads.nthreads(), (Sys.CPU_THREADS)::Int) - 1
+  sys_threads::Int = parse(Bool, get(ENV, "GITHUB_ACTIONS", "false")) ? Threads.nthreads() : (Sys.CPU_THREADS)::Int
+  nt = min(Threads.nthreads(), sys_threads) - 1
   resize!(THREADPOOL, (THREADBUFFERSIZE ÷ sizeof(UInt)) * nt + (LINESPACING ÷ sizeof(UInt)) - 1)
   copyto!(THREADPOOL, zero(UInt))
   # align to LINESPACING boundary, and then subtract THREADBUFFERSIZE to make the pointer 1-indexed
   THREADPOOLPTR[] = reinterpret(Ptr{UInt}, (reinterpret(UInt, pointer(THREADPOOL))+LINESPACING-1) & (-LINESPACING)) - THREADBUFFERSIZE
   resize!(TASKS, nt)
   foreach(initialize_task, 1:nt)
-  @static if Sys.WORD_SIZE == 32
-    if nt > 0
-      fptr = @cfunction(retnothing, Cvoid, (Ptr{UInt},))
-      store!(taskpointer(1), fptr, sizeof(UInt))
-      _atomic_xchg!(taskpointer(1), TASK)
-      wake_thread!(1)
-      wait(1)
-    end
-  end
 end
 
 end # module
diff --git a/src/threadtasks.jl b/src/threadtasks.jl
index c7bd3ce..5475990 100644
--- a/src/threadtasks.jl
+++ b/src/threadtasks.jl
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ end
 @inline function launch(f::F, tid::Integer, args::Vararg{Any,K}) where {F,K}
   p = taskpointer(tid)
   f(p, args...)
-  state = _atomic_xchg!(p, TASK) # exchange must happen atomically, to prevent it from switching to `WAIT` after reading
+  # exchange must happen atomically, to prevent it from switching to `WAIT` after reading
+  state = _atomic_xchg!(p, TASK)
   state == WAIT && wake_thread!(tid)
   return nothing
 end
@@ -26,7 +27,6 @@ function (tt::ThreadTask)()
     while true
       if _atomic_state(p) == TASK
         _call(p)
-        _atomic_store!(p, SPIN)
         wait_counter = zero(UInt32)
         continue
       end
@@ -39,6 +39,24 @@ function (tt::ThreadTask)()
   end
 end
 
+function _sleep(p::Ptr{UInt})
+  _atomic_store!(p, WAIT)
+  Base.wait();
+  return nothing
+end
+
+function sleep_all_tasks()
+  fptr = @cfunction(_sleep, Cvoid, (Ptr{UInt},))
+  for tid ∈ eachindex(TASKS)
+    p = taskpointer(tid)
+    ThreadingUtilities.store!(p, fptr, sizeof(UInt))
+    _atomic_cas_cmp!(p, SPIN, TASK)
+  end
+  for tid ∈ eachindex(TASKS)
+    wait(tid)
+  end
+end
+
 # 1-based tid, pushes into task 2-nthreads()
 @noinline function wake_thread!(_tid::T) where {T <: Integer}
   tid = _tid % Int
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 79ffaf5..2748b9b 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ include("test-suite-preamble.jl")
 
 include("internals.jl")
 include("threadingutilities.jl")
-if (!parse(Bool, get(ENV, "GITHUB_ACTIONS", "false"))) && Threads.nthreads() > 3
-    include("staticarrays.jl")
+if Threads.nthreads() > 3
+  include("staticarrays.jl")
 end
 include("threadpool.jl")
 include("warnings.jl")
diff --git a/test/staticarrays.jl b/test/staticarrays.jl
index f82577b..366af15 100644
--- a/test/staticarrays.jl
+++ b/test/staticarrays.jl
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-using StaticArrays, ThreadingUtilities
+using StaticArrays, ThreadingUtilities, BenchmarkTools
 struct MulStaticArray{P} end
 function (::MulStaticArray{P})(p::Ptr{UInt}) where {P}
   _, (ptry,ptrx) = ThreadingUtilities.load(p, P, 2*sizeof(UInt))
   unsafe_store!(ptry, unsafe_load(ptrx) * 2.7)
+  ThreadingUtilities._atomic_store!(p, ThreadingUtilities.SPIN)
   nothing
 end
 @generated function mul_staticarray_ptr(::A, ::B) where {A,B}
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ end
 
 function waste_time(a, b)
   s = a * b'
-  for i ∈ 1:00
+  for _ ∈ 1:0
     s += a * b'
   end
   s
@@ -48,13 +49,25 @@ function mul_svector_threads(a::T, b::T, c::T) where {T}
     end
     rx[], ry[], rz[], w
 end
+function count_allocated()
+  a = @SVector rand(16);
+  b = @SVector rand(16);
+  c = @SVector rand(16);
+  @ballocated(mul_svector_threads($a,$b,$c))
+end
+
 
 @testset "SVector Test" begin
   a = @SVector rand(16);
   b = @SVector rand(16);
   c = @SVector rand(16);
   w,x,y,z = mul_svector_threads(a, b, c)
-  @test @allocated(mul_svector_threads(a, b, c)) == 0
+  count_allocated()
+  if !Sys.iswindows()
+    @test count_allocated() == 0
+  else
+    @show count_allocated()
+  end
   @test w == a*2.7
   @test x == b*2.7
   @test y == c*2.7
@@ -62,12 +75,15 @@ end
   A = @SMatrix rand(7,9);
   B = @SMatrix rand(7,9);
   C = @SMatrix rand(7,9);
-  Wans = A*2.7; Xans = B*2.7; Yans = C*2.7; Zans = waste_time(A, B)
+  Wans = A*2.7; Xans = B*2.7; Yans = C*2.7;
   for i ∈ 1:100 # repeat rapdily
+    C, A, B = A, B, C
     W,X,Y,Z = mul_svector_threads(A, B, C)
+    iseven(i) && ThreadingUtilities.sleep_all_tasks()
+    (Yans, Wans, Xans) = Wans, Xans, Yans
     @test W == Wans
     @test X == Xans
     @test Y == Yans
-    @test Z ≈ Zans
+    @test Z ≈ waste_time(A, B)
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/threadingutilities.jl b/test/threadingutilities.jl
index 6215c1b..bc6767b 100644
--- a/test/threadingutilities.jl
+++ b/test/threadingutilities.jl
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ function (::Copy{P})(p::Ptr{UInt}) where {P}
   @simd ivdep for n ∈ 1:N
     unsafe_store!(ptry, unsafe_load(ptrx, n), n)
   end
+  ThreadingUtilities._atomic_store!(p, ThreadingUtilities.SPIN)
 end
 @generated function copy_ptr(::A, ::B) where {A,B}
   c = Copy{Tuple{A,B,Int}}()
diff --git a/test/threadpool.jl b/test/threadpool.jl
index 47ab8a1..06e50f8 100644
--- a/test/threadpool.jl
+++ b/test/threadpool.jl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @testset "THREADPOOL" begin
-    @test isconst(ThreadingUtilities, :THREADPOOL) # test that ThreadingUtilities.THREADPOOL is a constant
-    @test ThreadingUtilities.THREADPOOL isa Vector{UInt}
-    @test eltype(ThreadingUtilities.THREADPOOL) === UInt
-    @test length(ThreadingUtilities.THREADPOOL) == (ThreadingUtilities.THREADBUFFERSIZE÷sizeof(UInt)) * (min(Threads.nthreads(),(Sys.CPU_THREADS)::Int) - 1) + (256 ÷ sizeof(UInt)) - 1
+  @test isconst(ThreadingUtilities, :THREADPOOL) # test that ThreadingUtilities.THREADPOOL is a constant
+  @test ThreadingUtilities.THREADPOOL isa Vector{UInt}
+  @test eltype(ThreadingUtilities.THREADPOOL) === UInt
+  sys_threads::Int = parse(Bool, get(ENV, "GITHUB_ACTIONS", "false")) ? Threads.nthreads() : (Sys.CPU_THREADS)::Int
+  @test length(ThreadingUtilities.THREADPOOL) == (ThreadingUtilities.THREADBUFFERSIZE÷sizeof(UInt)) * (min(Threads.nthreads(),sys_threads) - 1) + (256 ÷ sizeof(UInt)) - 1
 end