diff --git a/giambio/context.py b/giambio/context.py
index 89450ef..d7b00a9 100644
--- a/giambio/context.py
+++ b/giambio/context.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 
 import types
-from .core import AsyncScheduler
 from .objects import Task
+from .core import AsyncScheduler
 
 
 class TaskManager:
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class TaskManager:
         Spawns a child task
         """
 
-        task = Task(func(*args), func.__name__ or str(func))
+        task = Task(func(*args), func.__name__ or str(func), self)
         task.joiners = [self.loop.current_task]
         self.loop.tasks.append(task)
         self.loop.debugger.on_task_spawn(task)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class TaskManager:
         """
 
         assert n >= 0, "The time delay can't be negative"
-        task = Task(func(*args), func.__name__ or str(func))
+        task = Task(func(*args), func.__name__ or str(func), self)
         task.joiners = [self.loop.current_task]
         task.sleep_start = self.loop.clock()
         self.loop.paused.put(task, n)
diff --git a/giambio/core.py b/giambio/core.py
index 6ba735b..9a12142 100644
--- a/giambio/core.py
+++ b/giambio/core.py
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ class AsyncScheduler:
         self.to_send = None
         # Have we ever ran?
         self.has_ran = False
+        # The current pool
+        self.current_pool = None
 
     def done(self):
         """
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ class AsyncScheduler:
         while True:
             try:
                 if self.done():
-                    # If we're done, which means there is no 
+                    # If we're done, which means there is no
                     # sleeping tasks, no events to deliver,
                     # no I/O to do and no running tasks, we
                     # simply tear us down and return to self.start
@@ -111,14 +113,17 @@ class AsyncScheduler:
                     # we try to schedule the asleep ones
                     if self.paused:
                         self.awake_sleeping()
-                    # The next step is checking for I/O
-                    self.check_io()
+                    if self.selector.get_map():
+                        # The next step is checking for I/O
+                        self.check_io()
                     # Try to awake event-waiting tasks
-                    self.check_events()
+                    if self.events:
+                        self.check_events()
                 # Otherwise, while there are tasks ready to run, well, run them!
                 while self.tasks:
                     # Sets the currently running task
                     self.current_task = self.tasks.pop(0)
+                    self.current_pool = self.current_task.pool
                     self.debugger.before_task_step(self.current_task)
                     if self.current_task.cancel_pending:
                         # We perform the deferred cancellation
@@ -151,7 +156,6 @@ class AsyncScheduler:
                 self.current_task.cancel_pending = False
                 self.debugger.after_cancel(self.current_task)
                 self.join(self.current_task)
-                # TODO: Do we need to join?
             except StopIteration as ret:
                 # Coroutine ends
                 self.current_task.status = "end"
@@ -163,21 +167,22 @@ class AsyncScheduler:
                 # Coroutine raised
                 self.current_task.exc = err
                 self.current_task.status = "crashed"
+                self.debugger.on_exception_raised(self.current_task, err)
                 self.join(self.current_task)  # This propagates the exception
 
     def do_cancel(self, task: Task = None):
         """
-        Performs task cancellation by throwing CancelledError inside the current
+        Performs task cancellation by throwing CancelledError inside the given
         task in order to stop it from running. The loop continues to execute
         as tasks are independent
         """
 
         task = task or self.current_task
-        if not task.cancelled:
+        if not task.cancelled and not task.exc:
             self.debugger.before_cancel(task)
             task.throw(CancelledError())
 
-    def get_running(self):
+    def get_current(self):
         """
         Returns the current task to an async caller
         """
@@ -218,8 +223,8 @@ class AsyncScheduler:
         Checks and schedules task to perform I/O
         """
 
-        before_time = self.clock()
-        if self.tasks or self.events and not self.selector.get_map():
+        before_time = self.clock()   # Used for the debugger
+        if self.tasks or self.events:
             # If there are either tasks or events and no I/O, never wait
             timeout = 0.0
         elif self.paused:
@@ -227,13 +232,12 @@ class AsyncScheduler:
             timeout = max(0.0, self.paused[0][0] - self.clock())
         else:
             # If there is *only* I/O, we wait a fixed amount of time
-            timeout = 1
+            timeout = 1.0
         self.debugger.before_io(timeout)
-        if self.selector.get_map():
-            io_ready = self.selector.select(timeout)
-            # Get sockets that are ready and schedule their tasks
-            for key, _ in io_ready:
-                self.tasks.append(key.data)  # Resource ready? Schedule its task
+        io_ready = self.selector.select(timeout)
+        # Get sockets that are ready and schedule their tasks
+        for key, _ in io_ready:
+            self.tasks.append(key.data)  # Resource ready? Schedule its task
         self.debugger.after_io(self.clock() - before_time)
 
     def start(self, func: types.FunctionType, *args):
@@ -241,7 +245,7 @@ class AsyncScheduler:
         Starts the event loop from a sync context
         """
 
-        entry = Task(func(*args), func.__name__ or str(func))
+        entry = Task(func(*args), func.__name__ or str(func), None)
         self.tasks.append(entry)
         self.debugger.on_start()
         self.run()
@@ -267,32 +271,49 @@ class AsyncScheduler:
 
     def cancel_all(self):
         """
-        Cancels all tasks in preparation for the exception
-        throwing from self.join
+        Cancels all tasks in the current pool,
+        preparing for the exception throwing
+        from self.join
         """
 
+        to_reschedule = []
         for to_cancel in chain(self.tasks, self.paused):
             try:
-                self.cancel(to_cancel)
+                if to_cancel.pool is self.current_pool:
+                    self.cancel(to_cancel)
+                elif to_cancel.status == "sleep":
+                    deadline = to_cancel.next_deadline - self.clock()
+                    to_reschedule.append((to_cancel, deadline))
+                else:
+                    to_reschedule.append((to_cancel, None))
             except CancelledError:
                 to_cancel.status = "cancelled"
                 to_cancel.cancelled = True
                 to_cancel.cancel_pending = False
                 self.debugger.after_cancel(to_cancel)
                 self.tasks.remove(to_cancel)
+        for task, deadline in to_reschedule:
+            if deadline is not None:
+                self.paused.put(task, deadline)
+            else:
+                self.tasks.append(task)
+        # If there is other work to do (nested pools)
+        # we tell so to our caller
+        return bool(to_reschedule)
 
     def join(self, task: Task):
         """
-        Handler for the 'join' event, does some magic to tell the scheduler
-        to wait until the current coroutine ends
+        Joins a task to its callers (implicitly, the parent
+        task, but also every other task who called await
+        task.join() on the task object)
         """
 
         task.joined = True
         if task.finished or task.cancelled:
             self.reschedule_joinee(task)
         elif task.exc:
-            self.cancel_all()
-            self.reschedule_joinee(task)
+            if not self.cancel_all():
+                self.reschedule_joinee(task)
 
     def sleep(self, seconds: int or float):
         """
@@ -300,16 +321,17 @@ class AsyncScheduler:
         """
 
         self.debugger.before_sleep(self.current_task, seconds)
-        if seconds:
+        if seconds:   # if seconds == 0, this acts as a switch!
             self.current_task.status = "sleep"
             self.current_task.sleep_start = self.clock()
             self.paused.put(self.current_task, seconds)
+            self.current_task.next_deadline = self.clock() + seconds
         else:
             self.tasks.append(self.current_task)
 
     def cancel(self, task: Task = None):
         """
-        Handler for the 'cancel' event, schedules the task to be cancelled later
+        Schedules the task to be cancelled later
         or does so straight away if it is safe to do so
         """
 
@@ -336,44 +358,30 @@ class AsyncScheduler:
         """
 
         event.waiters.append(self.current_task)
+        # Since we don't reschedule the task, it will
+        # not execute until check_events is called
 
     # TODO: More generic I/O rather than just sockets
-    def want_read(self, sock: socket.socket):
+    # Best way to do so? Probably threads
+    def read_or_write(self, sock: socket.socket, evt_type: str):
         """
-        Handler for the 'want_read' event, registers the socket inside the
+        Registers the given socket inside the
         selector to perform I/0 multiplexing
         """
 
         self.current_task.status = "io"
         if self.current_task.last_io:
-            if self.current_task.last_io == ("READ", sock):
-                # Socket is already scheduled!
-                return
-            self.selector.unregister(sock)
-        self.current_task.last_io = "READ", sock
-        try:
-            self.selector.register(sock, EVENT_READ, self.current_task)
-        except KeyError:
-            # The socket is already registered doing something else
-            raise ResourceBusy("The given resource is busy!") from None
-
-    def want_write(self, sock: socket.socket):
-        """
-        Handler for the 'want_write' event, registers the socket inside the
-        selector to perform I/0 multiplexing
-        """
-
-        self.current_task.status = "io"
-        if self.current_task.last_io:
-            if self.current_task.last_io == ("WRITE", sock):
+            if self.current_task.last_io == (evt_type, sock):
                 # Socket is already scheduled!
                 return
             # TODO: Inspect why modify() causes issues
             self.selector.unregister(sock)
-        self.current_task.last_io = "WRITE", sock
+        self.current_task.last_io = evt_type, sock
+        evt = EVENT_READ if evt_type == "read" else EVENT_WRITE
         try:
-            self.selector.register(sock, EVENT_WRITE, self.current_task)
+            self.selector.register(sock, evt, self.current_task)
         except KeyError:
+            # The socket is already registered doing something else
             raise ResourceBusy("The given resource is busy!") from None
 
     def wrap_socket(self, sock):
diff --git a/giambio/objects.py b/giambio/objects.py
index dee93d0..d182d95 100644
--- a/giambio/objects.py
+++ b/giambio/objects.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ class Task:
 
     coroutine: types.CoroutineType
     name: str
+    pool: "giambio.context.TaskManager"
     cancelled: bool = False
     exc: BaseException = None
     result: object = None
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ class Task:
     joined: bool = False
     cancel_pending: bool = False
     sleep_start: float = 0.0
+    next_deadline: float = 0.0
 
     def run(self, what=None):
         """
@@ -164,4 +166,4 @@ class TimeQueue:
         Gets the first task that is meant to run
         """
 
-        return heappop(self.container)[2]
\ No newline at end of file
+        return heappop(self.container)[2]
diff --git a/giambio/traps.py b/giambio/traps.py
index e601205..ba08e8a 100644
--- a/giambio/traps.py
+++ b/giambio/traps.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ async def current_task():
     Gets the currently running task
     """
 
-    return await create_trap("get_running")
+    return await create_trap("get_current")
 
 
 async def join(task):
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ async def cancel(task):
     """
 
     await create_trap("cancel", task)
-    assert task.cancelled, f"Coroutine ignored CancelledError"
+    assert task.cancelled, f"Task ignored CancelledError"
 
 
 async def want_read(stream):
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ async def want_read(stream):
     :param stream: The resource that needs to be read
     """
 
-    await create_trap("want_read", stream)
+    await create_trap("read_or_write", stream, "read")
 
 
 async def want_write(stream):
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ async def want_write(stream):
     :param stream: The resource that needs to be written
     """
 
-    await create_trap("want_write", stream)
+    await create_trap("read_or_write", stream, "write")
 
 
 async def event_set(event):
diff --git a/giambio/util/debug.py b/giambio/util/debug.py
index 188e28d..c38c785 100644
--- a/giambio/util/debug.py
+++ b/giambio/util/debug.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 """
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from giambio.objects import Task
-from typing import Union
 
 
 class BaseDebugger(ABC):
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ class BaseDebugger(ABC):
       raise NotImplementedError
 
    @abstractmethod
-   def on_task_schedule(self, task: Task, delay: Union[int, float]):
+   def on_task_schedule(self, task: Task, delay: float):
       """
       This method is called when a new task is
       scheduled (not spawned)
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ class BaseDebugger(ABC):
       :type task: :class: giambio.objects.Task
       :param delay: The delay, in seconds, after which
       the task will start executing
-      :type delay: int
+      :type delay: float
       """
 
       raise NotImplementedError
@@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ class BaseDebugger(ABC):
       raise NotImplementedError
 
    @abstractmethod
-   def before_sleep(self, task: Task, seconds: Union[int, float]):
+   def before_sleep(self, task: Task, seconds: float):
       """
       This method is called before a task goes
       to sleep
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ class BaseDebugger(ABC):
       raise NotImplementedError
 
    @abstractmethod
-   def after_sleep(self, task: Task, seconds: Union[int, float]):
+   def after_sleep(self, task: Task, seconds: float):
       """
       This method is called after a tasks
       awakes from sleeping
@@ -137,13 +136,13 @@ class BaseDebugger(ABC):
       :type task: :class: giambio.objects.Task
       :param seconds: The amount of seconds the
       task actually slept
-      :type seconds: int
+      :type seconds: float
       """
 
       raise NotImplementedError
 
    @abstractmethod
-   def before_io(self, timeout: Union[int, float]):
+   def before_io(self, timeout: float):
       """
       This method is called right before
       the event loop checks for I/O events
@@ -151,13 +150,13 @@ class BaseDebugger(ABC):
       :param timeout: The max. amount of seconds
       that the loop will hang when using the select()
       system call
-      :type timeout: int
+      :type timeout: float
       """
 
       raise NotImplementedError
 
    @abstractmethod
-   def after_io(self, timeout: Union[int, float]):
+   def after_io(self, timeout: float):
       """
       This method is called right after
       the event loop has checked for I/O events
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ class BaseDebugger(ABC):
       :param timeout: The actual amount of seconds
       that the loop has hung when using the select()
       system call
-      :type timeout: int
+      :type timeout: float
       """
 
       raise NotImplementedError
@@ -196,3 +195,18 @@ class BaseDebugger(ABC):
 
       raise NotImplementedError
 
+   @abstractmethod
+   def on_exception_raised(self, task: Task, exc: BaseException):
+      """
+      This method is called right after a task
+      has raised an exception
+
+      :param task: The Task object representing a
+      giambio Task and wrapping a coroutine
+      :type task: :class: giambio.objects.Task
+      :param exc: The exception that was raised
+      :type exc: BaseException
+      """
+
+      raise NotImplementedError
+
diff --git a/tests/__init__.py b/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/tests/cancel.py b/tests/cancel.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c87cba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/cancel.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import giambio
+from debugger import Debugger
+
+
+async def child():
+    print("[child] Child spawned!! Sleeping for 2 seconds")
+    await giambio.sleep(2)
+    print("[child] Had a nice nap!")
+
+
+async def child1():
+    print("[child 1] Child spawned!! Sleeping for 2 seconds")
+    await giambio.sleep(2)
+    print("[child 1] Had a nice nap!")
+
+
+async def main():
+    start = giambio.clock()
+    async with giambio.create_pool() as pool:
+        pool.spawn(child)
+        task = pool.spawn(child1)
+        await task.cancel()
+        print("[main] Children spawned, awaiting completion")
+    print(f"[main] Children execution complete in {giambio.clock() - start:.2f} seconds")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    giambio.run(main)
diff --git a/tests/debugger.py b/tests/debugger.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7447fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/debugger.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import giambio
+
+
+class Debugger(giambio.debug.BaseDebugger):
+    """
+    A simple debugger for giambio
+    """
+
+    def on_start(self):
+        print("## Started running")
+
+    def on_exit(self):
+        print("## Finished running")
+
+    def on_task_schedule(self, task, delay: int):
+        print(f">> A task named '{task.name}' was scheduled to run in {delay:.2f} seconds")
+
+    def on_task_spawn(self, task):
+        print(f">> A task named '{task.name}' was spawned")
+
+    def on_task_exit(self, task):
+        print(f"<< Task '{task.name}' exited")
+
+    def before_task_step(self, task):
+        print(f"-> About to run a step for '{task.name}'")
+
+    def after_task_step(self, task):
+        print(f"<- Ran a step for '{task.name}'")
+
+    def before_sleep(self, task, seconds):
+        print(f"# About to put '{task.name}' to sleep for {seconds:.2f} seconds")
+
+    def after_sleep(self, task, seconds):
+        print(f"# Task '{task.name}' slept for {seconds:.2f} seconds")
+
+    def before_io(self, timeout):
+        print(f"!! About to check for I/O for up to {timeout:.2f} seconds")
+
+    def after_io(self, timeout):
+        print(f"!! Done I/O check (waited for {timeout:.2f} seconds)")
+
+    def before_cancel(self, task):
+        print(f"// About to cancel '{task.name}'")
+
+    def after_cancel(self, task):
+        print(f"// Cancelled '{task.name}'")
+
+    def on_exception_raised(self, task, exc):
+        print(f"== '{task.name}' raised {repr(exc)}")
+
diff --git a/tests/exceptions.py b/tests/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac4cb39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+import giambio
+from debugger import Debugger
+
+
+async def child():
+    print("[child] Child spawned!! Sleeping for 2 seconds")
+    await giambio.sleep(2)
+    print("[child] Had a nice nap!")
+    raise TypeError("rip")  # Watch the exception magically propagate!
+
+
+async def child1():
+    print("[child 1] Child spawned!! Sleeping for 2 seconds")
+    await giambio.sleep(2)
+    print("[child 1] Had a nice nap!")
+
+
+async def main():
+    start = giambio.clock()
+    try:
+        async with giambio.create_pool() as pool:
+            pool.spawn(child)
+            pool.spawn(child1)
+            print("[main] Children spawned, awaiting completion")
+    except Exception as error:
+        # Because exceptions just *work*!
+        print(f"[main] Exception from child caught! {repr(error)}")
+    print(f"[main] Children execution complete in {giambio.clock() - start:.2f} seconds")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    giambio.run(main, debugger=Debugger())
diff --git a/tests/nested_exception.py b/tests/nested_exception.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74417b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/nested_exception.py
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import giambio
+from debugger import Debugger
+
+
+
+async def child():
+    print("[child] Child spawned!! Sleeping for 2 seconds")
+    await giambio.sleep(2)
+    print("[child] Had a nice nap!")
+    raise TypeError("rip")  # Watch the exception magically propagate!
+
+
+async def child1():
+    print("[child 1] Child spawned!! Sleeping for 2 seconds")
+    await giambio.sleep(2)
+    print("[child 1] Had a nice nap!")
+
+
+async def child2():
+    print("[child 2] Child spawned!! Sleeping for 4 seconds")
+    await giambio.sleep(4)
+    print("[child 2] Had a nice nap!")
+
+
+async def main():
+    start = giambio.clock()
+    try:
+        async with giambio.create_pool() as pool:
+            pool.spawn(child)
+            pool.spawn(child1)
+            print("[main] Children spawned, awaiting completion")
+            async with giambio.create_pool() as new_pool:
+                new_pool.spawn(child2)
+                print("[main] 3rd child spawned")
+    except Exception as error:
+        # Because exceptions just *work*!
+        print(f"[main] Exception from child caught! {repr(error)}")
+    print(f"[main] Children execution complete in {giambio.clock() - start:.2f} seconds")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    giambio.run(main, debugger=None)
diff --git a/tests/sleep.py b/tests/sleep.py
index 671834a..4184fbf 100644
--- a/tests/sleep.py
+++ b/tests/sleep.py
@@ -1,56 +1,10 @@
 import giambio
 
 
-class Debugger(giambio.debug.BaseDebugger):
-    """
-    A simple debugger for this test
-    """
-
-    def on_start(self):
-        print("## Started running")
-
-    def on_exit(self):
-        print("## Finished running")
-
-    def on_task_schedule(self, task, delay: int):
-        print(f">> A task named '{task.name}' was scheduled to run in {delay:.2f} seconds")
-
-    def on_task_spawn(self, task):
-        print(f">> A task named '{task.name}' was spawned")
-
-    def on_task_exit(self, task):
-        print(f"<< Task '{task.name}' exited")
-
-    def before_task_step(self, task):
-        print(f"-> About to run a step for '{task.name}'")
-
-    def after_task_step(self, task):
-        print(f"<- Ran a step for '{task.name}'")
-
-    def before_sleep(self, task, seconds):
-        print(f"# About to put '{task.name}' to sleep for {seconds:.2f} seconds")
-  
-    def after_sleep(self, task, seconds):
-        print(f"# Task '{task.name}' slept for {seconds:.2f} seconds")
-
-    def before_io(self, timeout):
-        print(f"!! About to check for I/O for up to {timeout:.2f} seconds")
-
-    def after_io(self, timeout):
-        print(f"!! Done I/O check (waited for {timeout:.2f} seconds)")
-
-    def before_cancel(self, task):
-        print(f"// About to cancel '{task.name}'")
-
-    def after_cancel(self, task):
-        print(f"// Cancelled '{task.name}'")
-
-
 async def child():
     print("[child] Child spawned!! Sleeping for 2 seconds")
     await giambio.sleep(2)
     print("[child] Had a nice nap!")
-    # raise TypeError("rip")  # Uncomment this line and watch the exception magically propagate!
 
 
 async def child1():
@@ -61,14 +15,10 @@ async def child1():
 
 async def main():
     start = giambio.clock()
-    try:
-        async with giambio.create_pool() as pool:
-            pool.spawn(child)
-            pool.spawn(child1)
-            print("[main] Children spawned, awaiting completion")
-    except Exception as error:
-        # Because exceptions just *work*!
-        print(f"[main] Exception from child caught! {repr(error)}")
+    async with giambio.create_pool() as pool:
+        pool.spawn(child)
+        pool.spawn(child1)
+        print("[main] Children spawned, awaiting completion")
     print(f"[main] Children execution complete in {giambio.clock() - start:.2f} seconds")