diff --git a/tractor/to_asyncio.py b/tractor/to_asyncio.py
index ef7d595..92320a0 100644
--- a/tractor/to_asyncio.py
+++ b/tractor/to_asyncio.py
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def _run_asyncio_task(
 
     coro = func(**kwargs)
 
-    # cancel_scope = trio.CancelScope()
+    cancel_scope = trio.CancelScope()
 
     # start the asyncio task we submitted from trio
     if inspect.isawaitable(coro):
@@ -109,12 +109,13 @@ def _run_asyncio_task(
         if aio_err:
             log.exception(f"asyncio task errorred:\n{aio_err}")
 
-        # cancel_scope.cancel()
+        cancel_scope.cancel()
         from_aio._err = aio_err
+        from_aio.close()
 
     task.add_done_callback(cancel_trio)
 
-    return task, from_aio, to_trio
+    return task, from_aio, to_trio, cancel_scope
 
 
 async def run_task(
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ async def run_task(
     # if inspect.isasyncgenfunction(meth) or :
     if _treat_as_stream:
 
-        task, from_aio, to_trio = _run_asyncio_task(
+        task, from_aio, to_trio, cs = _run_asyncio_task(
             func,
             qsize=2**8,
             **kwargs,
@@ -218,7 +219,7 @@ async def run_task(
 
     # simple async func
     try:
-        task, from_aio, to_trio = _run_asyncio_task(
+        task, from_aio, to_trio, cs = _run_asyncio_task(
             func,
             qsize=1,
             **kwargs,
@@ -227,12 +228,13 @@ async def run_task(
         # with cancel_scope:
         # async with from_aio:
             # return single value
-        return await from_aio.receive()
+        with cs:
+            return await from_aio.receive()
 
-        # if cancel_scope.cancelled_caught:
-        #     # always raise from any captured asyncio error
-        #     if aio_err:
-        #         raise aio_err
+        if cs.cancelled_caught:
+            # always raise from any captured asyncio error
+            if from_aio._err:
+                raise from_aio._err
 
     # Do we need this?
     except Exception as err: