diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8f0f4b8..5ea8e37 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2733,6 +2733,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "chrono",
  "lazy_static",
+ "log",
+ "tokio",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/quickpeep_raker/src/bin/qp-raker.rs b/quickpeep_raker/src/bin/qp-raker.rs
index 4743d4e..f059378 100644
--- a/quickpeep_raker/src/bin/qp-raker.rs
+++ b/quickpeep_raker/src/bin/qp-raker.rs
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@ use anyhow::{bail, Context};
 use reqwest::header::{HeaderMap, HeaderValue, USER_AGENT};
 use reqwest::redirect::Policy;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex, RwLock};
 use std::time::Duration;
-use tokio::sync::Semaphore;
+use log::error;
+use lru::LruCache;
+use tokio::sync::{mpsc, Semaphore};
 
 use quickpeep_raker::config;
-use quickpeep_raker::raking::{RAKER_USER_AGENT, TIME_LIMIT};
+use quickpeep_raker::raking::{Raker, RAKER_USER_AGENT, TIME_LIMIT};
+use quickpeep_raker::raking::task::{TaskContext, TaskResultSubmission};
 use quickpeep_raker::storage::RakerStore;
 
 /// Seeds a raker's queue with URLs
@@ -60,10 +63,49 @@ pub async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         .redirect(Policy::none())
         .build()?;
 
-    let _store = RakerStore::open(&config.workbench_dir.join("raker.mdbx"))?;
+    let store = RakerStore::open(&config.workbench_dir.join("raker.mdbx"))?;
 
-    let _num_tasks = opts.concurrent_jobs + opts.concurrent_sleepers;
-    let _semaphore = Arc::new(Semaphore::new(opts.concurrent_jobs as usize));
+    let raker = Raker {
+        adblock_engines: vec![],
+        antifeature_ip_set: todo!()
+    };
+
+    let num_tasks = opts.concurrent_jobs + opts.concurrent_sleepers;
+    let semaphore = Arc::new(Semaphore::new(opts.concurrent_jobs as usize));
+
+    let (pages_tx, pages_rx) = mpsc::channel(32);
+    let (refs_tx, refs_rx) = mpsc::channel(32);
+
+    let submission = TaskResultSubmission {
+        pages: pages_tx,
+        references: refs_tx
+    };
+
+    let task_context = TaskContext {
+        store: store.clone(),
+        client: Default::default(),
+        raker: Arc::new(raker),
+        busy_domains: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Default::default())),
+        robotstxt_cache: Arc::new(RwLock::new(LruCache::new(64))),
+        semaphore,
+        submission
+    };
+
+    let mut tasks = Vec::with_capacity(num_tasks as usize);
+
+    for task_num in 0..num_tasks {
+        let task_context = task_context.clone();
+
+        tasks.push(tokio::spawn(async move {
+            if let Err(err) = task_context.run().await {
+                error!("Raker task {:?} encountered an error: {:?}", task_num, err);
+            }
+        }));
+
+        // TODO spawn task
+    }
+
+    drop(task_context);
 
     eprintln!("{:#?}", config);
 
diff --git a/quickpeep_raker/src/raking.rs b/quickpeep_raker/src/raking.rs
index b08648f..d94773f 100644
--- a/quickpeep_raker/src/raking.rs
+++ b/quickpeep_raker/src/raking.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sitemap::reader::SiteMapEntity;
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::sync::Mutex;
 use tokio::time::Instant;
+use quickpeep_utils::threadguard::ThreadGuard;
 
 pub mod analysis;
 pub mod references;
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ async fn response_to_bytes_limited(
 }
 
 pub struct Raker {
-    pub adblock_engines: Vec<(AnalysisAntifeatures, Engine)>,
+    pub adblock_engines: Vec<(AnalysisAntifeatures, ThreadGuard<Engine, ()>)>,
     pub antifeature_ip_set: IpSet,
 }
 
@@ -247,7 +249,7 @@ impl Raker {
         {
             // We don't try any fallbacks for an HTML page
             return Ok(self
-                .rake_html_page(&content, url, is_cf, &headers)
+                .rake_html_page(&content, url, is_cf, &headers).await
                 .context("Raking HTML page")?);
         }
 
@@ -282,7 +284,7 @@ impl Raker {
         }));
     }
 
-    pub fn rake_html_page(
+    pub async fn rake_html_page(
         &self,
         content: &[u8],
         url: &Url,
@@ -343,20 +345,23 @@ impl Raker {
         }
 
         for (engine_antifeature_flag, adblock_engine) in &self.adblock_engines {
-            match analyse_with_ad_block_cosmetic_filter(
-                &root_node,
-                adblock_engine,
-                url.as_str(),
-                true,
-            ) {
-                Ok(cosmetic_filters_tripped) => {
-                    eprintln!("?cosmetic filters tripped: {}", cosmetic_filters_tripped);
-                    antifeature_flags |= *engine_antifeature_flag;
-                }
-                Err(err) => {
-                    eprintln!("Cosmetic Filter Err {:?}", err);
-                }
-            };
+            adblock_engine.apply(Box::new(|adblock_engine| {
+                match analyse_with_ad_block_cosmetic_filter(
+                    &root_node,
+                    &adblock_engine,
+                    url.as_str(),
+                    true,
+                ) {
+                    Ok(cosmetic_filters_tripped) => {
+                        eprintln!("?cosmetic filters tripped: {}", cosmetic_filters_tripped);
+                        antifeature_flags |= *engine_antifeature_flag;
+                    }
+                    Err(err) => {
+                        eprintln!("Cosmetic Filter Err {:?}", err);
+                    }
+                };
+                Ok(())
+            }));
         }
 
         let dense_doc = DenseTree::from_body(root_node.clone());
diff --git a/quickpeep_raker/src/raking/task.rs b/quickpeep_raker/src/raking/task.rs
index f81e45f..25b3a2f 100644
--- a/quickpeep_raker/src/raking/task.rs
+++ b/quickpeep_raker/src/raking/task.rs
@@ -26,31 +26,31 @@ enum NextAction {
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct TaskResultSubmission {
-    pages: Sender<(Url, RakedPageEntry)>,
-    references: Sender<(Url, RakedReferrerEntry)>,
+    pub pages: Sender<(Url, RakedPageEntry)>,
+    pub references: Sender<(Url, RakedReferrerEntry)>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct TaskContext {
     /// The backing database store
-    store: RakerStore,
+    pub store: RakerStore,
 
     /// HTTP client
-    client: Client,
+    pub client: Client,
 
     /// The raker
-    raker: Arc<Raker>,
+    pub raker: Arc<Raker>,
 
     /// Busy domains (that are being processed by other tasks)
-    busy_domains: Arc<StdMutex<HashSet<String>>>,
+    pub busy_domains: Arc<StdMutex<HashSet<String>>>,
 
     /// Cache of robots.txt entries for recently-made dormant sites
-    robotstxt_cache: Arc<RwLock<LruCache<String, Option<Cylon>>>>,
+    pub robotstxt_cache: Arc<RwLock<LruCache<String, Option<Cylon>>>>,
 
     /// Semaphore that gives permits to make HTTP requests
-    semaphore: Arc<Semaphore>,
+    pub semaphore: Arc<Semaphore>,
 
-    submission: TaskResultSubmission,
+    pub submission: TaskResultSubmission,
 }
 
 impl TaskContext {
diff --git a/quickpeep_utils/Cargo.toml b/quickpeep_utils/Cargo.toml
index 197992c..e3f01e4 100644
--- a/quickpeep_utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/quickpeep_utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 chrono = "0.4.19"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 anyhow = "1.0.56"
-
+tokio = { version = "1.17.0", features = ["sync"] }
+log = "0.4.14"
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diff --git a/quickpeep_utils/src/lib.rs b/quickpeep_utils/src/lib.rs
index 6bcb8ed..39634ce 100644
--- a/quickpeep_utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/quickpeep_utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pub mod dates;
 pub mod lazy;
+pub mod threadguard;
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diff --git a/quickpeep_utils/src/threadguard.rs b/quickpeep_utils/src/threadguard.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd29ed1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quickpeep_utils/src/threadguard.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+use std::sync::mpsc;
+use std::sync::mpsc::Sender;
+use std::thread::JoinHandle;
+use anyhow::anyhow;
+use tokio::sync::oneshot::Sender as OneshotSender;
+use log::warn;
+
+pub type ThreadGuardJob<T, R> = Box<dyn FnOnce(&T) -> anyhow::Result<R> + Send + Sync>;
+
+/// Helper to use structs that aren't Sync or Send.
+/// Spawns a thread upon which operations can be sent to.
+pub struct ThreadGuard<T, R> {
+    jobs: Sender<(ThreadGuardJob<T, R>, OneshotSender<anyhow::Result<R>>)>,
+    thread: Option<JoinHandle<anyhow::Result<()>>>
+}
+
+impl<T, R> Drop for ThreadGuard<T, R> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        if let Some(thread) = self.thread.take() {
+            if let Err(err) = thread.join()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|e| Err(anyhow!("Can't join: {:?}", e))) {
+                warn!("Failed to join threadguard, or it returned an error.");
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T: 'static, R: Send + 'static> ThreadGuard<T, R> {
+    pub fn new(initialiser: Box<dyn FnOnce() -> T + Send>) -> ThreadGuard<T, R> {
+        let (jobs_tx, jobs_rx) = mpsc::channel::<(ThreadGuardJob<T, R>, OneshotSender<anyhow::Result<R>>)>();
+
+        let thread = Some(std::thread::spawn(move || -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+            let object = initialiser();
+
+            while let Ok((job, job_return_tx)) = jobs_rx.recv() {
+                let result = job(&object);
+                job_return_tx.send(result);
+            }
+
+            Ok(())
+        }));
+
+        ThreadGuard {
+            jobs: jobs_tx,
+            thread
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub async fn apply(&self, function: ThreadGuardJob<T, R>) -> anyhow::Result<R> {
+        let (return_tx, return_rx) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
+        self.jobs.send((function, return_tx))?;
+
+        Ok(return_rx.await??)
+    }
+}
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