diff --git a/packages/tasq/src/Executor.ts b/packages/tasq/src/Executor.ts
index 4488b34..049f58b 100644
--- a/packages/tasq/src/Executor.ts
+++ b/packages/tasq/src/Executor.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,21 @@ import { ITask } from './ITask'
 import cp from 'child_process'
 import { LinkedList } from './LinkedList'
 
-export interface IExecutor<T> {
-  execute(task: ITask<T>): Promise<void>
+export interface IExecutor<T, R> {
+  execute(task: ITask<T>): Promise<R>
+  shutdown(): void
 }
 
-export type ExecutorFactory<T> = () => IExecutor<T>
+export type ExecutorFactory<T, R> = () => IExecutor<T, R>
 
-export class PromiseExecutor<T> implements IExecutor<T> {
-  constructor(readonly execute: (task: ITask<T>) => Promise<void>) {}
+export class PromiseExecutor<T, R> implements IExecutor<T, R> {
+  constructor(readonly execute: (task: ITask<T>) => Promise<R>) {}
+  shutdown() {
+    // do nothing
+  }
 }
 
-class SubprocessExecutor<T> implements IExecutor<T> {
+class SubprocessExecutor<T, R> implements IExecutor<T, R> {
   process: cp.ChildProcess
 
   constructor(
@@ -21,16 +25,19 @@ class SubprocessExecutor<T> implements IExecutor<T> {
     this.process = cp.fork(sourceFile)
   }
 
-  async execute(task: ITask<T>): Promise<void> {
+  async execute(task: ITask<T>): Promise<R> {
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
       this.process.on('status_' + task.id, message => {
         if (message.error) {
           reject(message.error)
         } else {
-          resolve()
+          resolve(message.result)
         }
       })
       this.process!.send(task)
     })
   }
+  shutdown() {
+    this.process.kill('SIGKILL')
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/tasq/src/ITask.ts b/packages/tasq/src/ITask.ts
index 1885c5a..c60d904 100644
--- a/packages/tasq/src/ITask.ts
+++ b/packages/tasq/src/ITask.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 export interface ITask<T> {
-  id: number
-  definition: T
+  readonly id: number
+  readonly definition: T
 }
 
+export interface IResult<T> {
+  readonly id: number
+  readonly result: T
+}
diff --git a/packages/tasq/src/TaskManager.test.ts b/packages/tasq/src/TaskManager.test.ts
index e7d5fda..a6e3901 100644
--- a/packages/tasq/src/TaskManager.test.ts
+++ b/packages/tasq/src/TaskManager.test.ts
@@ -60,13 +60,38 @@ describe('TaskManager', () => {
 
   })
 
+  async function getError(p: Promise<unknown>): Promise<Error> {
+    let error: Error | undefined
+    try {
+      await p
+    } catch (err) {
+      error = err
+    }
+    expect(error).toBeDefined()
+    return error!
+  }
+
   describe('error handling', () => {
     it('does not fail on error', async () => {
+      const tm = new TaskManager<number>(2,
+        () => new PromiseExecutor(async task => {
+          await delay(task.definition)
+          if (task.definition % 2 === 0) {
+            throw new Error('Test error: ' + task.id)
+          }
+        }))
 
-    })
-
-    it('triggers failure event on error', async () => {
+      const results = await Promise.all([
+        tm.post(1),
+        getError(tm.post(2)),
+        tm.post(3),
+        getError(tm.post(4)),
+      ])
 
+      expect(results[0]).toBe(undefined)
+      expect(results[1].message).toMatch(/test error/i)
+      expect(results[2]).toBe(undefined)
+      expect(results[3].message).toMatch(/test error/i)
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/tasq/src/TaskManager.ts b/packages/tasq/src/TaskManager.ts
index f1a47ae..cf74af4 100644
--- a/packages/tasq/src/TaskManager.ts
+++ b/packages/tasq/src/TaskManager.ts
@@ -16,39 +16,22 @@ interface ITaskEventHandler {
 
 export interface ITaskManager<T> {
   post(task: T): void
-
   wait(): Promise<void>
-
-  addListener<E extends keyof ITaskEventHandler>(
-    event: E, listener: ITaskEventHandler[E]): void
-  removeListener<E extends keyof ITaskEventHandler>(
-    event: E, listener: ITaskEventHandler[E]): void
 }
 
-export class TaskManager<T> implements ITaskManager<T> {
+export class TaskManager<T, R> implements ITaskManager<T> {
   protected taskQueue = new LinkedList<ITask<T>>()
   protected workers: Set<Promise<void>> = new Set()
-  protected events = new EventEmitter()
-
-  protected deferredTasks = new Map<number, Deferred<void>>()
+  protected deferredTasks = new Map<number, Deferred<R>>()
 
   protected taskCount = 0
 
   constructor(
     readonly n: number = 1,
-    readonly createExecutor: ExecutorFactory<T>,
+    readonly createExecutor: ExecutorFactory<T, R>,
   ) {
   }
 
-  addListener<E extends keyof ITaskEventHandler>(
-    event: E, listener: ITaskEventHandler[E]): void {
-    this.events.addListener(event, listener)
-  }
-  removeListener<E extends keyof ITaskEventHandler>(
-    event: E, listener: ITaskEventHandler[E]): void {
-    this.events.removeListener(event, listener)
-  }
-
   async post(definition: T) {
     const id = this.getNextTaskId()
     this.taskQueue.push({
@@ -56,7 +39,7 @@ export class TaskManager<T> implements ITaskManager<T> {
       definition,
     })
 
-    const deferred = new Deferred<void>()
+    const deferred = new Deferred<R>()
     this.deferredTasks.set(id, deferred)
 
     if (this.workers.size < this.n) {
@@ -76,17 +59,16 @@ export class TaskManager<T> implements ITaskManager<T> {
     const promise = new Worker(
       this.createExecutor(),
       this.taskQueue,
-      (id, err) => {
-        const deferred = this.deferredTasks.get(id)
+      (err, result) => {
+        const deferred = this.deferredTasks.get(result.id)
         if (!deferred) {
-          throw new Error('No deferred found for task id:' + id)
-          // TODO this should not happen!
+          throw new Error('No deferred found for task id:' + result.id)
           return
         }
         if (err) {
           deferred.reject(err)
         } else {
-          deferred.resolve()
+          deferred.resolve(result.result)
         }
       },
     )
diff --git a/packages/tasq/src/Worker.ts b/packages/tasq/src/Worker.ts
index 00a49fc..675b2c1 100644
--- a/packages/tasq/src/Worker.ts
+++ b/packages/tasq/src/Worker.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 import cp from 'child_process'
 import { LinkedList } from './LinkedList'
 import { IExecutor } from './Executor'
-import { ITask } from './ITask'
+import { IResult, ITask } from './ITask'
 
 export interface IWorker<T> {
   start(): Promise<void>
 }
 
-export class Worker<T> implements IWorker<T> {
+export type ICallback<R> = (err: Error | undefined, result: IResult<R>) => void
+
+export class Worker<T, R> implements IWorker<T> {
   constructor(
-    protected executor: IExecutor<T>,
+    protected executor: IExecutor<T, R>,
     protected taskQueue: LinkedList<ITask<T>>,
-    protected callback: (id: number, err?: Error) => void,
+    protected callback: ICallback<R>,
   ) {
   }
 
@@ -19,10 +21,16 @@ export class Worker<T> implements IWorker<T> {
     let task = this.taskQueue.shift()
     while (task !== undefined) {
       try {
-        await this.executor.execute(task)
-        this.callback(task.id)
+        const result = await this.executor.execute(task)
+        this.callback(undefined, {
+          id: task.id,
+          result,
+        })
       } catch (err) {
-        this.callback(task.id, err)
+        this.callback(err, {
+          id: task.id,
+          result: {} as any,
+        })
       }
       task = this.taskQueue.shift()
     }
diff --git a/packages/tasq/src/fork.ts b/packages/tasq/src/fork.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/packages/tasq/src/sample/fork-add.ts b/packages/tasq/src/sample/fork-add.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcf147b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tasq/src/sample/fork-add.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import {ITask} from '../ITask'
+
+process.on('message', async (task: ITask<[number, number]>) => {
+  await new Promise(delay => {
+    delay(task.definition)
+    process.send!('status_' + task.id, {
+      id: task.id,
+      result: task.definition[0] + task.definition[1],
+    })
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/tasq/src/sample/fork.ts b/packages/tasq/src/sample/fork.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d5d65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tasq/src/sample/fork.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+process.on('message', async task => {
+  process.send('message', 
+})