diff --git a/django_q/tasks.py b/django_q/tasks.py
index af23b7f..b7029fc 100644
--- a/django_q/tasks.py
+++ b/django_q/tasks.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Provides task functionality."""
+from copy import deepcopy
 from multiprocessing import Queue, Value
 
 # django
@@ -17,31 +18,32 @@ from django_q.brokers import get_broker
 def async(func, *args, **kwargs):
     """Queue a task for the cluster."""
     # get options from q_options dict or direct from kwargs
-    options = kwargs.pop('q_options', kwargs)
+    keywords = deepcopy(kwargs)
+    options = keywords.pop('q_options', keywords)
     broker = options.pop('broker', get_broker())
     # pop optionals
-    opts = {'hook': None,
-            'group': None,
-            'save': None,
-            'sync': None,
-            'cached': Conf.CACHED,
-            'iter_count': None,
-            'iter_cached': None,
-            'chain': None}
-    for key in opts:
-        opts[key] = options.pop(key, opts[key])
+    opt_keys = {'hook': None,
+                'group': None,
+                'save': None,
+                'sync': None,
+                'cached': Conf.CACHED,
+                'iter_count': None,
+                'iter_cached': None,
+                'chain': None}
+    for key in opt_keys:
+        opt_keys[key] = options.pop(key, opt_keys[key])
         # get an id
     tag = uuid()
     # build the task package
     task = {'id': tag[1], 'name': tag[0],
             'func': func,
             'args': args,
-            'kwargs': kwargs,
+            'kwargs': keywords,
             'started': timezone.now()}
     # push optionals
-    for key in opts:
-        if opts[key] is not None:
-            task[key] = opts[key]
+    for key in opt_keys:
+        if opt_keys[key] is not None:
+            task[key] = opt_keys[key]
     # sign it
     pack = signing.SignedPackage.dumps(task)
     if task.get('sync', False) or Conf.SYNC:
@@ -560,6 +562,101 @@ class Chain(object):
         return len(self.chain)
 
 
+class Async(object):
+    def __init__(self, func, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.id = ''
+        self.started = False
+        self.func = func
+        self.args = args
+        self.kwargs = kwargs
+
+    @property
+    def broker(self):
+        return self._get_option('broker', None)
+
+    @broker.setter
+    def broker(self, value):
+        self._set_option('broker', value)
+
+    @property
+    def sync(self):
+        return self._get_option('sync', None)
+
+    @sync.setter
+    def sync(self, value):
+        self._set_option('sync', value)
+
+    @property
+    def save(self):
+        return self._get_option('save', None)
+
+    @save.setter
+    def save(self, value):
+        self._set_option('save', value)
+
+    @property
+    def hook(self):
+        return self._get_option('hook', None)
+
+    @hook.setter
+    def hook(self, value):
+        self._set_option('hook', value)
+
+    @property
+    def group(self):
+        return self._get_option('group', None)
+
+    @group.setter
+    def group(self, value):
+        self._set_option('group', value)
+
+    @property
+    def cached(self):
+        return self._get_option('cached', Conf.CACHED)
+
+    @cached.setter
+    def cached(self, value):
+        self._set_option('cached', value)
+
+    def _set_option(self, key, value):
+        if 'q_options' in self.kwargs:
+            self.kwargs['q_options'][key] = value
+        else:
+            self.kwargs[key] = value
+        self.started = False
+
+    def _get_option(self, key, default=None):
+        if 'q_options' in self.kwargs:
+            return self.kwargs['q_options'].get(key, default)
+        else:
+            return self.kwargs.get(key, default)
+
+    def run(self):
+        self.id = async(self.func, *self.args, **self.kwargs)
+        self.started = True
+        return self.id
+
+    def result(self, wait=0):
+
+        if self.started:
+            return result(self.id, wait=wait, cached=self.cached)
+
+    def fetch(self, wait=0):
+
+        if self.started:
+            return fetch(self.id, wait=wait, cached=self.cached)
+
+    def result_group(self, failures=False, wait=0, count=None):
+
+        if self.started and self.group:
+            return result_group(self.group, failures=failures, wait=wait, count=count, cached=self.cached)
+
+    def fetch_group(self, failures=True, wait=0, count=None):
+
+        if self.started and self.group:
+            return fetch_group(self.group, failures=failures, wait=wait, count=count, cached=self.cached)
+
+
 def _sync(pack):
     """Simulate a package travelling through the cluster."""
     task_queue = Queue()