diff --git a/a_sync/utils/iterators.py b/a_sync/utils/iterators.py
index 51d4e3d1..5e1daed0 100644
--- a/a_sync/utils/iterators.py
+++ b/a_sync/utils/iterators.py
@@ -11,13 +11,10 @@
 T = TypeVar('T')
 
 async def exhaust_iterator(iterator: AsyncIterator[T], *, queue: Optional[asyncio.Queue] = None) -> None:
-    if queue:
-        async for thing in iterator:
+    async for thing in iterator:
+        if queue:
             logger.debug('putting %s from %s to queue %s', thing, iterator, queue)
             queue.put_nowait(thing)
-    else:
-        async for thing in iterator:
-            pass
         
 async def exhaust_iterators(iterators, *, queue: Optional[asyncio.Queue] = None) -> None:
     await asyncio.gather(*[exhaust_iterator(iterator, queue=queue) for iterator in iterators]) 
@@ -33,6 +30,8 @@ async def exhaust_iterators(iterators, *, queue: Optional[asyncio.Queue] = None)
 T8 = TypeVar('T8')
 T9 = TypeVar('T9')
 
+@overload
+async def as_yielded(*iterators: AsyncIterator[T]) -> AsyncIterator[T]:...
 @overload
 async def as_yielded(iterator0: AsyncIterator[T0], iterator1: AsyncIterator[T1], iterator2: AsyncIterator[T2], iterator3: AsyncIterator[T3], iterator4: AsyncIterator[T4], iterator5: AsyncIterator[T5], iterator6: AsyncIterator[T6], iterator7: AsyncIterator[T7], iterator8: AsyncIterator[T8], iterator9: AsyncIterator[T9]) -> AsyncIterator[Union[T0, T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9]]:...
 @overload
@@ -62,10 +61,13 @@ def done_callback(t: asyncio.Task) -> None:
     task.add_done_callback(done_callback)
     while not task.done():
         next_fut = asyncio.get_event_loop().create_future()
-        _chain_future(asyncio.create_task(queue.get()), next_fut)
+        get_task = asyncio.create_task(coro=queue.get(), name=str(queue))
+        _chain_future(get_task, next_fut)
         yield await next_fut
         for next in queue.get_nowait(-1):
             yield next
+    
     if e := task.exception():
+        get_task.cancel()
         raise e