diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 48385bf..9c34f0d 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,20 +3,21 @@ module github.com/golang-queue/nats
 go 1.18
 
 require (
-	github.com/golang-queue/queue v0.1.0
-	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.13.1-0.20220308171302-2f2f6968e98d
-	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1
+	github.com/golang-queue/queue v0.1.3
+	github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.16.0
+	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.3
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.12
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/goccy/go-json v0.9.7 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.7.4 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220112180741-5e0467b6c7ce // indirect
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 // indirect
-	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c // indirect
+	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index cdbe030..9c705ef 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
-github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/golang-queue/queue v0.1.0 h1:SVzDMgqjjb09tRkYCjeDHU5FyErFLR6lt0qbcw40Nx4=
-github.com/golang-queue/queue v0.1.0/go.mod h1:g1yxxDl8JMo4gUfxt11fjjU3SXU1ah61EvwshmDoSIs=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/goccy/go-json v0.9.7 h1:IcB+Aqpx/iMHu5Yooh7jEzJk1JZ7Pjtmys2ukPr7EeM=
+github.com/goccy/go-json v0.9.7/go.mod h1:6MelG93GURQebXPDq3khkgXZkazVtN9CRI+MGFi0w8I=
+github.com/golang-queue/queue v0.1.3 h1:FGIrn8e0fN8EmL3glP0rFEcYVtWUGMEeqX4h4nnzh40=
+github.com/golang-queue/queue v0.1.3/go.mod h1:h/PhaoMwT5Jc4sQNus7APgWBUItm6QC9k6JtmwrsRos=
 github.com/golang/mock v1.6.0 h1:ErTB+efbowRARo13NNdxyJji2egdxLGQhRaY+DUumQc=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.0/go.mod h1:FsONVRAS9T7sI+LIUmWTfcYkHO4aIWwzhcaSAoJOfIk=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 h1:ROPKBNFfQgOUMifHyP+KYbvpjbdoFNs+aK7DXlji0Tw=
@@ -17,8 +20,8 @@ github.com/minio/highwayhash v1.0.2 h1:Aak5U0nElisjDCfPSG79Tgzkn2gl66NxOMspRrKnA
 github.com/nats-io/jwt/v2 v2.2.1-0.20220113022732-58e87895b296 h1:vU9tpM3apjYlLLeY23zRWJ9Zktr5jp+mloR942LEOpY=
 github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.7.4 h1:c+BZJ3rGzUKCBIM4IXO8uNT2u1vajGbD1kPA6wqCEaM=
 github.com/nats-io/nats-server/v2 v2.7.4/go.mod h1:1vZ2Nijh8tcyNe8BDVyTviCd9NYzRbubQYiEHsvOQWc=
-github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.13.1-0.20220308171302-2f2f6968e98d h1:zJf4l8Kp67RIZhoVeniSLZs69SHNgjLHz0aNsqPPlx8=
-github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.13.1-0.20220308171302-2f2f6968e98d/go.mod h1:BPko4oXsySz4aSWeFgOHLZs3G4Jq4ZAyE6/zMCxRT6w=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.16.0 h1:zvLE7fGBQYW6MWaFaRdsgm9qT39PJDQoju+DS8KsO1g=
+github.com/nats-io/nats.go v1.16.0/go.mod h1:BPko4oXsySz4aSWeFgOHLZs3G4Jq4ZAyE6/zMCxRT6w=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.3.0 h1:cgM5tL53EvYRU+2YLXIK0G2mJtK12Ft9oeooSZMA2G8=
 github.com/nats-io/nkeys v0.3.0/go.mod h1:gvUNGjVcM2IPr5rCsRsC6Wb3Hr2CQAm08dsxtV6A5y4=
 github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1 h1:5iA8DT8V7q8WK2EScv2padNa/rTESc1KdnPw4TC2paw=
@@ -26,17 +29,19 @@ github.com/nats-io/nuid v1.0.1/go.mod h1:19wcPz3Ph3q0Jbyiqsd0kePYG7A95tJPxeL+1OS
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.4.0/go.mod h1:YvHI0jy2hoMjB+UWwv71VJQ9isScKT/TqJzVSSt89Yw=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1 h1:5TQK59W5E3v0r2duFAb7P95B6hEeOyEnHRa8MjYSMTY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.3 h1:dAm0YRdRQlWojc3CrCRgPBzG5f941d0zvAKu7qY4e+I=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.3/go.mod h1:yNjHg4UonilssWZ8iaSj1OCr/vHnekPRkoO+kdMU+MU=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.3.5/go.mod h1:mwnBkeHKe2W/ZEtQ+71ViKU8L12m81fl3OWwC1Zlc8k=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.12 h1:gZAh5/EyT/HQwlpkCy6wTpqfH9H8Lz8zbm3dZh+OyzA=
 go.uber.org/goleak v1.1.12/go.mod h1:cwTWslyiVhfpKIDGSZEM2HlOvcqm+tG4zioyIeLoqMQ=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191011191535-87dc89f01550/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20210314154223-e6e6c4f2bb5b/go.mod h1:T9bdIzuCu7OtxOm1hfPfRQxPLYneinmdGuTeoZ9dtd4=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220112180741-5e0467b6c7ce h1:Roh6XWxHFKrPgC/EQhVubSAGQ6Ozk6IdxHSzt1mR0EI=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220112180741-5e0467b6c7ce/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d h1:sK3txAijHtOK88l68nt020reeT1ZdKLIYetKl95FzVY=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20220622213112-05595931fe9d/go.mod h1:IxCIyHEi3zRg3s0A5j5BB6A9Jmi73HwBIUl50j+osU4=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de h1:5hukYrvBGR8/eNkX5mdUezrA6JiaEZDtJb9Ei+1LlBs=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20190930215403-16217165b5de/go.mod h1:6SW0HCj/g11FgYtHlgUYUwCkIfeOF89ocIRzGO/8vkc=
 golang.org/x/mod v0.4.2/go.mod h1:s0Qsj1ACt9ePp/hMypM3fl4fZqREWJwdYDEqhRiZZUA=
@@ -73,5 +78,6 @@ google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0/go.mod h1:HV8QOd/L58Z+nl8r43ehVNZIU/HEI6OcFqw
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127 h1:qIbj1fsPNlZgppZ+VLlY7N33q108Sa+fhmuc+sWQYwY=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20180628173108-788fd7840127/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
-gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
 gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/nats.go b/nats.go
index da0a70f..a9419dd 100644
--- a/nats.go
+++ b/nats.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func (w *Worker) startConsumer() (err error) {
 	return err
 }
 
-func (w *Worker) handle(job queue.Job) error {
+func (w *Worker) handle(job *queue.Job) error {
 	// create channel with buffer size 1 to avoid goroutine leak
 	done := make(chan error, 1)
 	panicChan := make(chan interface{}, 1)
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func (w *Worker) handle(job queue.Job) error {
 
 // Run start the worker
 func (w *Worker) Run(task core.QueuedMessage) error {
-	data, _ := task.(queue.Job)
+	data, _ := task.(*queue.Job)
 
 	if err := w.handle(data); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ loop:
 			}
 			var data queue.Job
 			_ = json.Unmarshal(task.Data, &data)
-			return data, nil
+			return &data, nil
 		case <-time.After(1 * time.Second):
 			if clock == 5 {
 				break loop
diff --git a/nats_test.go b/nats_test.go
index 73f8218..fa6fe8b 100644
--- a/nats_test.go
+++ b/nats_test.go
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ func TestGoroutinePanic(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestHandleTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	job := queue.Job{
+	job := &queue.Job{
 		Timeout: 100 * time.Millisecond,
 		Payload: []byte("foo"),
 	}
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func TestHandleTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, context.DeadlineExceeded, err)
 	assert.NoError(t, w.Shutdown())
 
-	job = queue.Job{
+	job = &queue.Job{
 		Timeout: 150 * time.Millisecond,
 		Payload: []byte("foo"),
 	}
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ func TestHandleTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestJobComplete(t *testing.T) {
-	job := queue.Job{
+	job := &queue.Job{
 		Timeout: 100 * time.Millisecond,
 		Payload: []byte("foo"),
 	}
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ func TestJobComplete(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, errors.New("job completed"), err)
 	assert.NoError(t, w.Shutdown())
 
-	job = queue.Job{
+	job = &queue.Job{
 		Timeout: 250 * time.Millisecond,
 		Payload: []byte("foo"),
 	}
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ func TestJobComplete(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestReQueueTaskInWorkerBeforeShutdown(t *testing.T) {
-	job := queue.Job{
+	job := &queue.Job{
 		Payload: []byte("foo"),
 	}
 	w := NewWorker(