diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 34c1018..e61929f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ jobs:
           - name: Run the default tests
             package: ractor
             # flags: 
+          - name: Test ractor without async-trait
+            package: ractor
+            flags: --no-default-features -F tokio_runtime,message_span_propogation
           - name: Test ractor without span propogation
             package: ractor
             flags: --no-default-features -F tokio_runtime,async-trait
diff --git a/ractor/Cargo.toml b/ractor/Cargo.toml
index 8e3d9e1..6d484eb 100644
--- a/ractor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ractor/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ractor"
-version = "0.14.0"
+version = "0.14.1"
 authors = ["Sean Lawlor", "Evan Au", "Dillon George"]
 description = "A actor framework for Rust"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/ractor"
diff --git a/ractor/src/factory/worker.rs b/ractor/src/factory/worker.rs
index 6d68ed8..2d58cd1 100644
--- a/ractor/src/factory/worker.rs
+++ b/ractor/src/factory/worker.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 
 use std::collections::{HashMap, VecDeque};
 use std::fmt::Debug;
+#[cfg(not(feature = "async-trait"))]
+use std::future::Future;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use bon::Builder;
@@ -336,8 +338,9 @@ where
             custom_start,
         }: Self::Arguments,
     ) -> impl Future<Output = Result<Self::State, ActorProcessingErr>> + Send {
-        let inner_state = <Self as Worker>::pre_start(&self, wid, &factory, custom_start).await?;
-        async {
+        async move {
+            let inner_state =
+                <Self as Worker>::pre_start(&self, wid, &factory, custom_start).await?;
             Ok(Self::State {
                 wid,
                 factory,
@@ -352,7 +355,7 @@ where
         _: ActorRef<Self::Msg>,
         state: &mut Self::State,
     ) -> impl Future<Output = Result<(), ActorProcessingErr>> + Send {
-        async {
+        async move {
             <Self as Worker>::post_start(&self, state.wid, &state.factory, &mut state.state).await
         }
     }
@@ -372,7 +375,7 @@ where
         _: ActorRef<Self::Msg>,
         state: &mut Self::State,
     ) -> impl Future<Output = Result<(), ActorProcessingErr>> + Send {
-        async {
+        async move {
             <Self as Worker>::post_stop(&self, state.wid, &state.factory, &mut state.state).await
         }
     }
@@ -393,7 +396,7 @@ where
         message: Self::Msg,
         state: &mut Self::State,
     ) -> impl Future<Output = Result<(), ActorProcessingErr>> + Send {
-        async {
+        async move {
             match message {
                 WorkerMessage::FactoryPing(time) => {
                     tracing::trace!("Worker {} - ping", state.wid);
@@ -403,7 +406,7 @@ where
                         .cast(FactoryMessage::WorkerPong(state.wid, time.elapsed()))?;
                 }
                 WorkerMessage::Dispatch(mut job) => {
-                    let key = if let Some(span) = job.options.span.take() {
+                    let key = if let Some(span) = job.options.take_span() {
                         <Self as Worker>::handle(
                             &self,
                             state.wid,
@@ -426,9 +429,9 @@ where
                     state
                         .factory
                         .cast(FactoryMessage::Finished(state.wid, key))?;
-                    Ok(())
                 }
             }
+            Ok(())
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/ractor_cluster/Cargo.toml b/ractor_cluster/Cargo.toml
index 51938f2..c727b3b 100644
--- a/ractor_cluster/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ractor_cluster/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ractor_cluster"
-version = "0.14.0"
+version = "0.14.1"
 authors = ["Sean Lawlor <slawlor>"]
 description = "Distributed cluster environment of Ractor actors"
 documentation = "https://docs.rs/ractor"
diff --git a/ractor_cluster_derive/Cargo.toml b/ractor_cluster_derive/Cargo.toml
index cf0cccb..ea0775e 100644
--- a/ractor_cluster_derive/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ractor_cluster_derive/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ractor_cluster_derive"
-version = "0.14.0"
+version = "0.14.1"
 authors = ["Sean Lawlor <slawlor>"]
 description = "Derives for ractor_cluster"
 license = "MIT"