diff --git a/ringloop.cpp b/ringloop.cpp
index 40a43323c..7116b2d80 100644
--- a/ringloop.cpp
+++ b/ringloop.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ ring_loop_t::ring_loop_t(int qd)
 ring_loop_t::~ring_loop_t()
 {
     free(ring_data);
+    io_uring_queue_exit(&ring);
 }
 
 struct io_uring_sqe* ring_loop_t::get_sqe()
@@ -47,11 +48,7 @@ void ring_loop_t::unregister_consumer(int number)
 void ring_loop_t::loop(bool sleep)
 {
     struct io_uring_cqe *cqe;
-    if (sleep)
-    {
-        io_uring_wait_cqe(&ring, &cqe);
-    }
-    while ((io_uring_peek_cqe(&ring, &cqe), cqe))
+    while (!io_uring_peek_cqe(&ring, &cqe))
     {
         struct ring_data_t *d = (struct ring_data_t*)cqe->user_data;
         if (d->callback)
@@ -64,4 +61,8 @@ void ring_loop_t::loop(bool sleep)
     {
         consumers[i].loop();
     }
+    if (sleep)
+    {
+        io_uring_wait_cqe(&ring, &cqe);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/test.cpp b/test.cpp
index 92c971b09..5e23221a4 100644
--- a/test.cpp
+++ b/test.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static void test_write(struct io_uring *ring, int fd)
     uint8_t *buf = (uint8_t*)memalign(512, 1024*1024*1024);
     struct iovec iov = { buf, 1024*1024*1024 };
     io_uring_prep_writev(sqe, fd, &iov, 1, 0);
-    io_uring_sqe_set_data(sqe, 0);
+    io_uring_sqe_set_data(sqe, buf);
     io_uring_submit_and_wait(ring, 1);
     struct io_uring_cqe *cqe;
     io_uring_peek_cqe(ring, &cqe);
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ static void test_write(struct io_uring *ring, int fd)
     if (ret < 0)
         printf("cqe failed: %d %s\n", ret, strerror(-ret));
     else
-        printf("result: %d\n", ret);
+        printf("result: %d user_data: %d -> %d\n", ret, sqe->user_data, cqe->user_data);
     io_uring_cqe_seen(ring, cqe);
     free(buf);
 }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ inline bool operator == (const obj_ver_id & a, const obj_ver_id & b)
     return a.oid == b.oid && a.version == b.version;
 }
 
-int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+int main00(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     // queue with random removal: vector is best :D
     // deque: 8.1s
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ int main1(int argc, char *argv[])
     return 0;
 }
 
-int main2(int argc, char *argv[])
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     std::map<int, std::string> strs;
     strs.emplace(12, "str");
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ int main2(int argc, char *argv[])
     it--;
     printf("s = %d %s\n", it->first, it->second.c_str());
     struct io_uring ring;
-    int fd = open("testfile", O_RDWR | O_DIRECT, 0644);
+    int fd = open("/dev/loop0", O_RDWR | O_DIRECT, 0644);
     if (fd < 0)
     {
         perror("open infile");
diff --git a/test_blockstore.cpp b/test_blockstore.cpp
index ce19563a9..4871a3b3b 100644
--- a/test_blockstore.cpp
+++ b/test_blockstore.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,67 @@
+#include <sys/timerfd.h>
+#include <sys/poll.h>
 #include <iostream>
 #include "blockstore.h"
 
+class timerfd_interval
+{
+    int wait_state;
+    int timerfd;
+    int status;
+    ring_loop_t *ringloop;
+    ring_consumer_t consumer;
+public:
+    timerfd_interval(ring_loop_t *ringloop, int seconds)
+    {
+        wait_state = 0;
+        timerfd = timerfd_create(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, TFD_NONBLOCK);
+        if (timerfd < 0)
+        {
+            throw std::runtime_error(std::string("timerfd_create: ") + strerror(errno));
+        }
+        struct itimerspec exp = {
+            .it_interval = { seconds, 0 },
+            .it_value = { seconds, 0 },
+        };
+        if (timerfd_settime(timerfd, 0, &exp, NULL))
+        {
+            throw std::runtime_error(std::string("timerfd_settime: ") + strerror(errno));
+        }
+        consumer.loop = [this]() { loop(); };
+        ringloop->register_consumer(consumer);
+        this->ringloop = ringloop;
+    }
+
+    ~timerfd_interval()
+    {
+        ringloop->unregister_consumer(consumer.number);
+        close(timerfd);
+    }
+
+    void loop()
+    {
+        if (wait_state == 1)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        struct io_uring_sqe *sqe = ringloop->get_sqe();
+        if (!sqe)
+        {
+            wait_state = 0;
+            return;
+        }
+        struct ring_data_t *data = ((ring_data_t*)sqe->user_data);
+        io_uring_prep_poll_add(sqe, timerfd, POLLIN);
+        data->callback = [&](ring_data_t *data)
+        {
+            wait_state = 0;
+            printf("tick\n");
+        };
+        wait_state = 1;
+        ringloop->submit();
+    }
+};
+
 int main(int narg, char *args[])
 {
     spp::sparse_hash_map<std::string, std::string> config;
@@ -8,9 +69,15 @@ int main(int narg, char *args[])
     config["journal_device"] = "./test_journal.bin";
     config["data_device"] = "./test_data.bin";
     ring_loop_t *ringloop = new ring_loop_t(512);
-    blockstore *bs = new blockstore(config, ringloop);
+    // print "tick" each second
+    timerfd_interval tick_tfd(ringloop, 1);
+    while (true)
+    {
+        ringloop->loop(true);
+    }
+    //blockstore *bs = new blockstore(config, ringloop);
     
-    delete bs;
+    //delete bs;
     delete ringloop;
     return 0;
 }