diff --git a/esp-link/task.c b/esp-link/task.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..879a694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esp-link/task.c
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * task.c
+ *
+ * Copyright 2015 Susi's Strolch
+ *
+ * For license information see projects "License.txt"
+ *
+ * Not sure if it's save to use ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR, so we're running from RAM
+ */
+
+#undef USRTASK_DBG
+
+#include "esp8266.h"
+#include <task.h>
+
+#define MAXUSRTASKS	 8
+
+#ifdef USRTASK_DBG
+#define DBG_USRTASK(format, ...) os_printf(format, ## __VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+#define DBG_USRTASK(format, ...) do { } while(0)
+#endif
+
+LOCAL os_event_t *_task_queue   = NULL;		// system_os_task queue
+LOCAL os_task_t  *usr_task_queue = NULL;	// user task queue
+
+// it seems save to run the usr_event_handler from RAM, so no ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR here...
+
+LOCAL void usr_event_handler(os_event_t *e)
+{
+  DBG_USRTASK("usr_event_handler: event %p (sig=%d, par=%p)\n", e, (int)e->sig, (void *)e->par);
+  if (usr_task_queue[e->sig] == NULL || e->sig < 0 || e->sig >= MAXUSRTASKS) {
+    os_printf("usr_event_handler: task %d %s\n", (int)e->sig,
+	       usr_task_queue[e->sig] == NULL ? "not registered" : "out of range");
+    return;
+  }
+  (usr_task_queue[e->sig])(e);
+}
+
+LOCAL void init_usr_task() {
+  if (_task_queue == NULL)
+    _task_queue = (os_event_t *)os_zalloc(sizeof(os_event_t) * _task_queueLen);
+
+  if (usr_task_queue == NULL)
+    usr_task_queue = (os_task_t *)os_zalloc(sizeof(os_task_t) * MAXUSRTASKS);
+
+  system_os_task(usr_event_handler, _taskPrio, _task_queue, _task_queueLen);
+}
+
+// public functions
+bool post_usr_task(uint8_t task, os_param_t par)
+{
+  return system_os_post(_taskPrio, task, par);
+}
+
+uint8_t register_usr_task (os_task_t event)
+{
+  int task;
+
+  DBG_USRTASK("register_usr_task: %p\n", event);
+  if (_task_queue   == NULL || usr_task_queue == NULL)
+    init_usr_task();
+
+  for (task = 0; task < MAXUSRTASKS; task++) {
+    if (usr_task_queue[task] == event)
+      return task;		// task already registered - bail out...
+  }
+
+  for (task = 0; task < MAXUSRTASKS; task++) {
+    if (usr_task_queue[task] == NULL) {
+      DBG_USRTASK("register_usr_task: assign task #%d\n", task);
+      usr_task_queue[task] = event;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return task;
+}
+
diff --git a/esp-link/task.h b/esp-link/task.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2dfd5d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esp-link/task.h
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * task.h
+ *
+  * Copyright 2015 Susi's Strolch
+ *
+ * For license information see projects "License.txt"
+ *
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef	USRTASK_H
+#define USRTASK_H
+
+#define _taskPrio        1
+#define _task_queueLen  64
+
+uint8_t register_usr_task (os_task_t event);
+bool	post_usr_task(uint8_t task, os_param_t par);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/serial/uart.c b/serial/uart.c
index 8e61f7e..f7f07fa 100644
--- a/serial/uart.c
+++ b/serial/uart.c
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  * Heavily modified and enhanced by Thorsten von Eicken in 2015
  */
 #include "esp8266.h"
+#include "task.h"
 #include "uart.h"
 
 #ifdef UART_DBG
@@ -26,14 +27,10 @@
 #define DBG_UART(format, ...) do { } while(0)
 #endif
 
-#define recvTaskPrio        1
-#define recvTaskQueueLen    64
+LOCAL uint8_t uart_recvTaskNum;
 
 // UartDev is defined and initialized in rom code.
 extern UartDevice    UartDev;
-
-os_event_t    recvTaskQueue[recvTaskQueueLen];
-
 #define MAX_CB 4
 static UartRecv_cb uart_recv_cb[4];
 
@@ -208,7 +205,7 @@ uart0_rx_intr_handler(void *para)
   {
     //DBG_UART("stat:%02X",*(uint8 *)UART_INT_ENA(uart_no));
     ETS_UART_INTR_DISABLE();
-    system_os_post(recvTaskPrio, 0, 0);
+    post_usr_task(uart_recvTaskNum, 0);
   }
 }
 
@@ -284,7 +281,7 @@ uart_init(UartBautRate uart0_br, UartBautRate uart1_br)
   // install uart1 putc callback
   os_install_putc1((void *)uart0_write_char);
 
-  system_os_task(uart_recvTask, recvTaskPrio, recvTaskQueue, recvTaskQueueLen);
+  uart_recvTaskNum = register_usr_task(uart_recvTask);
 }
 
 void ICACHE_FLASH_ATTR