diff --git a/ctru-rs/Cargo.toml b/ctru-rs/Cargo.toml
index 4635fa6..4807f32 100644
--- a/ctru-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ctru-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ toml = "0.5"
 ferris-says = "0.2.1"
 futures = "0.3"
 time = "0.3.7"
+tokio = { version = "1.16", features = ["rt", "time", "sync", "macros"] }
 
 [features]
 default = ["romfs"]
diff --git a/ctru-rs/examples/futures-tokio-basic.rs b/ctru-rs/examples/futures-tokio-basic.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..60753a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ctru-rs/examples/futures-tokio-basic.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+use ctru::console::Console;
+use ctru::services::hid::KeyPad;
+use ctru::services::ps::Ps;
+use ctru::services::{Apt, Hid};
+use ctru::Gfx;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+fn main() {
+    ctru::init();
+    let gfx = Gfx::default();
+    let hid = Hid::init().expect("Couldn't obtain HID controller");
+    let apt = Apt::init().expect("Couldn't obtain APT controller");
+    let _ps = Ps::init().expect("Couldn't initialize PS service");
+    let _console = Console::init(gfx.top_screen.borrow_mut());
+
+    // Give ourselves up to 30% of the system core's time
+    apt.set_app_cpu_time_limit(30)
+        .expect("Failed to enable system core");
+
+    println!("Starting runtime...");
+
+    let (exit_sender, mut exit_receiver) = tokio::sync::oneshot::channel();
+    let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_current_thread()
+        .enable_time()
+        .build()
+        .expect("Couldn't build runtime");
+
+    let runtime_thread = ctru::thread::Builder::new()
+        // Run on the system core
+        .affinity(1)
+        // Use a bigger stack size. Default is 0x1000 but we'd easily overflow that.
+        .stack_size(0x200000)
+        .spawn(move || {
+            runtime.block_on(async move {
+                let mut wake_time = tokio::time::Instant::now() + Duration::from_secs(1);
+                let mut iteration = 0;
+                loop {
+                    let sleep_future = tokio::time::sleep_until(wake_time);
+
+                    tokio::select! {
+                        // Use the first available future instead of randomizing
+                        biased;
+
+                        _ = sleep_future => {
+                            println!("Tick {}", iteration);
+                            iteration += 1;
+                            wake_time += Duration::from_secs(1);
+                        }
+                        _ = &mut exit_receiver => break,
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        })
+        .expect("Failed to create runtime thread");
+
+    println!("Runtime started!");
+
+    while apt.main_loop() {
+        hid.scan_input();
+
+        if hid.keys_down().contains(KeyPad::KEY_START) {
+            println!("Shutting down...");
+            let _ = exit_sender.send(());
+            let _ = runtime_thread.join();
+            break;
+        }
+
+        gfx.flush_buffers();
+        gfx.swap_buffers();
+        gfx.wait_for_vblank();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ctru-rs/examples/thread_locals.rs b/ctru-rs/examples/thread_locals.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..937855a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ctru-rs/examples/thread_locals.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+use ctru::console::Console;
+use ctru::services::hid::KeyPad;
+use ctru::services::{Apt, Hid};
+use ctru::Gfx;
+use std::cell::RefCell;
+
+std::thread_local! {
+    static MY_LOCAL: RefCell<&'static str> = RefCell::new("initial value");
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    ctru::init();
+    let gfx = Gfx::default();
+    gfx.top_screen.borrow_mut().set_wide_mode(true);
+    let hid = Hid::init().expect("Couldn't obtain HID controller");
+    let apt = Apt::init().expect("Couldn't obtain APT controller");
+    let _console = Console::init(gfx.top_screen.borrow_mut());
+
+    // Give ourselves up to 30% of the system core's time
+    apt.set_app_cpu_time_limit(30)
+        .expect("Failed to enable system core");
+
+    MY_LOCAL.with(|local| {
+        println!("Initial value on main thread: {}", local.borrow());
+        *local.borrow_mut() = "second value";
+    });
+    MY_LOCAL.with(|local| {
+        println!("Value on main thread after mutation: {}", local.borrow());
+    });
+
+    ctru::thread::Builder::new()
+        .affinity(1)
+        .spawn(move || {
+            MY_LOCAL.with(|local| {
+                println!("Initial value on second thread: {}", local.borrow());
+                *local.borrow_mut() = "third value";
+            });
+            MY_LOCAL.with(|local| {
+                println!("Value on second thread after mutation: {}", local.borrow());
+            });
+        })
+        .expect("Failed to create thread")
+        .join()
+        .expect("Failed to join on thread");
+
+    MY_LOCAL.with(|local| {
+        println!(
+            "Value on main thread after second thread exits: {}",
+            local.borrow()
+        );
+    });
+
+    println!("Press Start to exit");
+
+    while apt.main_loop() {
+        hid.scan_input();
+
+        if hid.keys_down().contains(KeyPad::KEY_START) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        gfx.flush_buffers();
+        gfx.swap_buffers();
+        gfx.wait_for_vblank();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ctru-rs/src/thread.rs b/ctru-rs/src/thread.rs
index 225b1f8..14d7a56 100644
--- a/ctru-rs/src/thread.rs
+++ b/ctru-rs/src/thread.rs
@@ -1040,7 +1040,10 @@ mod thread_info {
     }
 
     pub fn set(thread: Thread) {
-        CTRU_THREAD_INFO.with(|c| assert!(c.borrow().is_none()));
-        CTRU_THREAD_INFO.with(move |c| *c.borrow_mut() = Some(ThreadInfo { thread }));
+        CTRU_THREAD_INFO.with(move |c| {
+            let mut thread_info = c.borrow_mut();
+            assert!(thread_info.is_none());
+            *thread_info = Some(ThreadInfo { thread });
+        });
     }
 }