diff --git a/src/runtime2/scheduler.rs b/src/runtime2/scheduler.rs
index 2ed3f6eac8d91490b86f8752a7e9a99964a06d6e..9286998dd0f41e3ff8e36d78657323061b4a1bd4 100644
--- a/src/runtime2/scheduler.rs
+++ b/src/runtime2/scheduler.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 
 use super::component::*;
@@ -6,16 +7,16 @@ use super::communication::*;
 
 /// Data associated with a scheduler thread
 pub(crate) struct Scheduler {
-    runtime: RuntimeHandle,
+    runtime: Arc<RuntimeInner>,
     scheduler_id: u32,
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct SchedulerCtx<'a> {
-    pub runtime: &'a Runtime,
+    pub runtime: &'a RuntimeInner,
 }
 
 impl<'a> SchedulerCtx<'a> {
-    pub fn new(runtime: &'a Runtime) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(runtime: &'a RuntimeInner) -> Self {
         return Self {
             runtime,
         }
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ impl<'a> SchedulerCtx<'a> {
 impl Scheduler {
     // public interface to thread
 
-    pub fn new(runtime: RuntimeHandle, scheduler_id: u32) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(runtime: Arc<RuntimeInner>, scheduler_id: u32) -> Self {
         return Scheduler{ runtime, scheduler_id }
     }