diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 09d0a0f..93a6f4e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ description = "OpenCL Stream execution framework"
 repository = "https://github.com/parallel-programming-hwr/ocl-stream-rs"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.2.1"
+version = "0.3.0"
 authors = ["Trivernis <trivernis@protonmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
@@ -13,6 +13,5 @@ edition = "2018"
 [dependencies]
 ocl = "0.19.3"
 num_cpus = "1.13.0"
-scheduled-thread-pool = "0.2.5"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.23"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/executor/mod.rs b/src/executor/mod.rs
index 27c3140..929938b 100644
--- a/src/executor/mod.rs
+++ b/src/executor/mod.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ use crate::executor::context::ExecutorContext;
 use crate::executor::stream::{OCLStream, OCLStreamSender};
 use crate::utils::result::OCLStreamResult;
 use ocl::ProQue;
-use scheduled_thread_pool::ScheduledThreadPool;
 use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::thread;
 
 pub mod context;
 pub mod stream;
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ pub mod stream;
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct OCLStreamExecutor {
     pro_que: ProQue,
-    pool: Arc<ScheduledThreadPool>,
     concurrency: usize,
 }
 
@@ -33,7 +32,6 @@ impl OCLStreamExecutor {
     pub fn new(pro_que: ProQue) -> Self {
         Self {
             pro_que,
-            pool: Arc::new(ScheduledThreadPool::new(num_cpus::get())),
             concurrency: 1,
         }
     }
@@ -49,11 +47,6 @@ impl OCLStreamExecutor {
         self.concurrency = num_tasks;
     }
 
-    /// Replaces the used pool with a new one
-    pub fn set_pool(&mut self, pool: ScheduledThreadPool) {
-        self.pool = Arc::new(pool);
-    }
-
     /// Executes a closure in the ocl context with a bounded channel
     pub fn execute_bounded<F, T>(&self, size: usize, func: F) -> OCLStream<T>
     where
@@ -91,13 +84,16 @@ impl OCLStreamExecutor {
             let func = Arc::clone(&func);
             let context = self.build_context(task_id, sender.clone());
 
-            self.pool.execute(move || {
-                let sender2 = context.sender().clone();
+            thread::Builder::new()
+                .name(format!("ocl-{}", task_id))
+                .spawn(move || {
+                    let sender = context.sender().clone();
 
-                if let Err(e) = func(context) {
-                    sender2.err(e).unwrap();
-                }
-            });
+                    if let Err(e) = func(context) {
+                        sender.err(e).unwrap();
+                    }
+                })
+                .expect("Failed to spawn ocl thread");
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index edd9dce..ba884bd 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 pub mod executor;
+pub mod traits;
 pub mod utils;
 
 pub use executor::stream;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ pub use ocl;
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::executor::OCLStreamExecutor;
+    use crate::traits::*;
     use ocl::ProQue;
 
     #[test]
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut stream = stream_executor.execute_bounded(10, |ctx| {
             let pro_que = ctx.pro_que();
             let tx = ctx.sender();
-            let input_buffer = pro_que.buffer_builder().len(100).fill_val(0u32).build()?;
+            let input_buffer = vec![0u32; 100].to_ocl_buffer(pro_que)?;
 
             let kernel = pro_que
                 .kernel_builder("bench_int")
diff --git a/src/traits/mod.rs b/src/traits/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1720f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/traits/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+/*
+ * opencl stream executor
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 trivernis
+ * See LICENSE for more information
+ */
+
+pub mod to_ocl_buffer;
+pub use to_ocl_buffer::*;
diff --git a/src/traits/to_ocl_buffer.rs b/src/traits/to_ocl_buffer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78f1b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/traits/to_ocl_buffer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * opencl stream executor
+ * Copyright (C) 2021 trivernis
+ * See LICENSE for more information
+ */
+
+use ocl::{Buffer, OclPrm, ProQue};
+
+pub trait ToOclBuffer<T>
+where
+    T: OclPrm,
+{
+    fn to_ocl_buffer(&self, pro_que: &ProQue) -> ocl::Result<Buffer<T>>;
+}
+
+impl<T> ToOclBuffer<T> for Vec<T>
+where
+    T: OclPrm,
+{
+    fn to_ocl_buffer(&self, pro_que: &ProQue) -> ocl::Result<Buffer<T>> {
+        let buffer = pro_que.buffer_builder().len(self.len()).build()?;
+        buffer.write(&self[..]).enq()?;
+
+        Ok(buffer)
+    }
+}