diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1a8145ba..fd3ec2e1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ wav = "1.0.0"
 yoke = { version = "0.7.2", features = ["derive"] }
 zip = { version = "0.6.6", default-features = false }
 metal = { git = "https://github.com/ivarflakstad/metal-rs.git", features = ["mps"] }
+dispatch = "0.2.0"
 
 [profile.release-with-debug]
 inherits = "release"
diff --git a/candle-core/Cargo.toml b/candle-core/Cargo.toml
index 71ec99c4..c5a071e2 100644
--- a/candle-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/candle-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ safetensors = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 yoke = { workspace = true }
 zip = { workspace = true }
+dispatch = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
@@ -41,4 +42,4 @@ cuda = ["cudarc", "dep:candle-kernels"]
 cudnn = ["cuda", "cudarc/cudnn"]
 mkl = ["dep:libc", "dep:intel-mkl-src"]
 accelerate = ["dep:libc", "dep:accelerate-src"]
-metal = ["dep:metal", "dep:candle-metal-kernels"]
+metal = ["dep:metal", "dep:candle-metal-kernels", "dep:dispatch"]
diff --git a/candle-core/src/metal_backend.rs b/candle-core/src/metal_backend.rs
index 7145d42b..727749e8 100644
--- a/candle-core/src/metal_backend.rs
+++ b/candle-core/src/metal_backend.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ use half::f16;
 use metal;
 use metal::{Buffer, CommandBuffer, CommandQueue, MTLResourceOptions, NSUInteger};
 use std::sync::{Arc, RwLock};
+use dispatch::{Queue, QueueAttribute};
 
 /// Metal related errors
 #[derive(thiserror::Error, Debug)]
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ pub struct MetalDevice {
     device: metal::Device,
     command_queue: metal::CommandQueue,
     command_buffer: Arc<RwLock<metal::CommandBuffer>>,
+    queue : Queue,
     kernels: Arc<candle_metal_kernels::Kernels>,
 }
 
@@ -328,13 +330,23 @@ impl BackendStorage for MetalStorage {
     }
 
     fn unary_impl<B: UnaryOpT>(&self, layout: &Layout) -> Result<Self> {
+
+
         let device = self.device();
         let dtype = self.dtype;
         let shape = layout.shape();
         let el_count = shape.elem_count();
-        let mut buffer = device.new_buffer(el_count, dtype);
-        let command_buffer = device.command_buffer();
+        let buffer = device.new_buffer(el_count, dtype);
+        let metal = self.device.clone();
+        let mut cloned = buffer.clone();
+        let inbuffer = self.buffer.clone();
+        let ldims = layout.dims().to_owned();
+        let lstride = layout.stride().to_owned();
+        let loffset = layout.start_offset() * dtype.size_in_bytes();
         if layout.is_contiguous() && layout.start_offset() == 0 {
+        self.device.queue.exec_async(move || {
+            let device = metal;
+        let command_buffer = device.command_buffer();
             use candle_metal_kernels::unary::contiguous;
 
             let kernel_name = match (B::KERNEL, dtype) {
@@ -372,11 +384,15 @@ impl BackendStorage for MetalStorage {
                 &device.kernels,
                 kernel_name,
                 el_count,
-                &self.buffer,
-                &mut buffer,
+                &inbuffer,
+                &mut cloned,
             )
-            .map_err(MetalError::from)?;
+            .unwrap();
+        });
         } else {
+        self.device.queue.exec_async(move || {
+            let device = metal;
+        let command_buffer = device.command_buffer();
             use candle_metal_kernels::unary::strided;
             let kernel_name = match (B::KERNEL, dtype) {
                 ("ucos", DType::F32) => strided::cos::FLOAT,
@@ -412,15 +428,17 @@ impl BackendStorage for MetalStorage {
                 &command_buffer,
                 &device.kernels,
                 kernel_name,
-                layout.dims(),
-                &self.buffer,
-                layout.stride(),
-                layout.start_offset() * self.dtype.size_in_bytes(),
-                &mut buffer,
+                &ldims,
+                &inbuffer,
+                &lstride,
+                loffset,
+                &mut cloned,
                 0,
             )
-            .map_err(MetalError::from)?;
+            .unwrap();
+        });
         }
+
         Ok(Self {
             buffer,
             device: device.clone(),
@@ -896,10 +914,12 @@ impl BackendDevice for MetalDevice {
         let command_queue = device.new_command_queue();
         let command_buffer = Arc::new(RwLock::new(command_queue.new_command_buffer().to_owned()));
         let kernels = Arc::new(Kernels::new());
+        let queue = Queue::create("co.huggingface.candle", QueueAttribute::Serial);
         Ok(Self {
             device,
             command_queue,
             command_buffer,
+            queue,
             kernels,
         })
     }