diff --git a/common-rust/src/implementation.rs b/common-rust/src/implementation.rs
index f41ddab..9bbe0d0 100644
--- a/common-rust/src/implementation.rs
+++ b/common-rust/src/implementation.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::fs::read_dir;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::default::Default;
+use std::thread;
 
 pub struct Hello {
     emit: HelloEmitter,
@@ -105,6 +106,10 @@ impl<T: Item> RGeneralItemModel<T> {
         };
         if self.entries[p].children.is_none() {
             self.retrieve(p);
+            let emit = self.emit.clone();
+            thread::spawn(move || {
+                emit.new_data_ready();
+            });
         }
         p
     }
@@ -150,6 +155,9 @@ impl<T: Item> RItemModelTrait<T> for RGeneralItemModel<T> {
             entries: vec![none, root]
         }
     }
+    fn emit(&self) -> &RItemModelEmitter {
+        &self.emit
+    }
     fn column_count(&mut self, _: QModelIndex) -> c_int {
         2
     }
diff --git a/common-rust/src/interface.rs b/common-rust/src/interface.rs
index f15ed6d..39d57ce 100644
--- a/common-rust/src/interface.rs
+++ b/common-rust/src/interface.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 use std::slice;
 use libc::{c_int, uint16_t, size_t, c_void};
 use types::*;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+use std::ptr::null;
 
 use implementation::*;
 
@@ -53,17 +55,32 @@ pub extern fn hello_get(ptr: *mut Hello) -> QString {
     QString::from(hello.get_hello())
 }
 
+
 pub struct RItemModelQObject {}
 
+#[derive (Clone)]
 pub struct RItemModelEmitter {
-    qobject: *const RItemModelQObject
+    qobject: Arc<Mutex<*const RItemModelQObject>>,
+    new_data_ready: fn (*const RItemModelQObject)
 }
 
+unsafe impl Send for RItemModelEmitter {}
+
 impl RItemModelEmitter {
+    pub fn new_data_ready(&self) {
+        let ptr = *self.qobject.lock().unwrap();
+        if !ptr.is_null() {
+            (self.new_data_ready)(ptr);
+        }
+    }
+    fn clear(&self) {
+        *self.qobject.lock().unwrap() = null();
+    }
 }
 
 pub trait RItemModelTrait<T> {
     fn create(emit: RItemModelEmitter, root: T) -> Self;
+    fn emit(&self) -> &RItemModelEmitter;
     fn column_count(&mut self, parent: QModelIndex) -> c_int;
     fn row_count(&mut self, parent: QModelIndex) -> c_int;
     fn index(&mut self, row: c_int, column: c_int, parent: QModelIndex) -> QModelIndex;
@@ -72,9 +89,10 @@ pub trait RItemModelTrait<T> {
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
-pub extern fn ritemmodel_new(qobject: *const RItemModelQObject) -> *mut RItemModel {
+pub extern fn ritemmodel_new(qobject: *const RItemModelQObject, new_data_ready: fn(*const RItemModelQObject)) -> *mut RItemModel {
     let emit = RItemModelEmitter {
-        qobject: qobject
+        qobject: Arc::new(Mutex::new(qobject)),
+        new_data_ready: new_data_ready
     };
     let ritemmodel = RItemModel::create(emit, DirEntry::create("/"));
     Box::into_raw(Box::new(ritemmodel))
@@ -82,8 +100,8 @@ pub extern fn ritemmodel_new(qobject: *const RItemModelQObject) -> *mut RItemMod
 
 #[no_mangle]
 pub extern fn ritemmodel_free(ptr: *mut RItemModel) {
-    if ptr.is_null() { return }
-    unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr); }
+    let ritemmodel = unsafe { Box::from_raw(ptr) };
+    ritemmodel.emit().clear();
 }
 
 #[no_mangle]
diff --git a/src/RMailObject.cpp b/src/RMailObject.cpp
index 263f918..e1a2fe5 100644
--- a/src/RMailObject.cpp
+++ b/src/RMailObject.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 namespace {
-    typedef struct {
+    struct qbytearray_t {
     private:
         const char* data;
         int len;
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace {
         operator QByteArray() const {
             return QByteArray(data, len);
         }
-    } qbytearray_t;
+    };
     struct qstring_t {
     private:
         const char* data;
@@ -23,16 +23,18 @@ namespace {
             return QString::fromUtf8(data, len);
         }
     };
-    typedef struct {
+    struct qmodelindex_t {
         int row;
         int column;
         uint64_t id;
-    } qmodelindex_t;
-    typedef struct qvariant_t {
+        qmodelindex_t(const QModelIndex& m):
+           row(m.row()), column(m.column()), id(m.internalId()) {}
+    };
+    struct qvariant_t {
         unsigned int type;
         int value;
         const char* data;
-    } qvariant_t;
+    };
     QVariant variant(const qvariant_t& v) {
         switch (v.type) {
             case QVariant::Bool: return QVariant((bool)v.value);
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ extern "C" {
     void hello_set(RMailObjectInterface*, const uint16_t *, size_t);
     qstring_t hello_get(RMailObjectInterface*);
 
-    RItemModelInterface* ritemmodel_new(void*);
+    RItemModelInterface* ritemmodel_new(void*, void (*)(RItemModel*));
     void ritemmodel_free(RItemModelInterface*);
     int ritemmodel_column_count(RItemModelInterface*, qmodelindex_t parent);
     int ritemmodel_row_count(RItemModelInterface*, qmodelindex_t parent);
@@ -111,31 +113,30 @@ RMailObject::setTree(const QVariantMap& tree) {
 
 RItemModel::RItemModel(QObject *parent):
     QAbstractItemModel(parent),
-    d(ritemmodel_new(this))
+    d(ritemmodel_new(this,
+        [](RItemModel* o) { emit o->newDataReady(); }
+    ))
 {
+    connect(this, &RItemModel::newDataReady, this, &RItemModel::handleNewData,
+        Qt::QueuedConnection);
+    qDebug() << sizeof(QObject) << sizeof(RItemModel);
 }
 
 RItemModel::~RItemModel() {
     ritemmodel_free(d);
 }
 
+void RItemModel::handleNewData() {
+    qDebug() << "new data!";
+}
+
 int RItemModel::columnCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const
 {
-    const qmodelindex_t p = {
-        .row = parent.row(),
-        .column = parent.column(),
-        .id = parent.internalId()
-    };
-    return ritemmodel_column_count(d, p);
+    return ritemmodel_column_count(d, parent);
 }
 int RItemModel::rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const
 {
-    const qmodelindex_t p = {
-        .row = parent.row(),
-        .column = parent.column(),
-        .id = parent.internalId()
-    };
-    return ritemmodel_row_count(d, p);
+    return ritemmodel_row_count(d, parent);
 }
 
 void set_variant(void* v, qvariant_t* val) {
@@ -144,23 +145,13 @@ void set_variant(void* v, qvariant_t* val) {
 
 QVariant RItemModel::data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const
 {
-    const qmodelindex_t i = {
-        .row = index.row(),
-        .column =  index.column(),
-        .id = index.internalId()
-    };
     QVariant v;
-    ritemmodel_data(d, i, role, &v, set_variant);
+    ritemmodel_data(d, index, role, &v, set_variant);
     return v;
 }
 QModelIndex RItemModel::index(int row, int column, const QModelIndex &parent) const
 {
-    const qmodelindex_t p = {
-        .row = parent.row(),
-        .column =  parent.column(),
-        .id = parent.internalId()
-    };
-    const qmodelindex_t i = ritemmodel_index(d, row, column, p);
+    const qmodelindex_t i = ritemmodel_index(d, row, column, parent);
     return i.id ?createIndex(i.row, i.column, i.id) :QModelIndex();
 }
 QModelIndex RItemModel::parent(const QModelIndex &index) const
@@ -168,11 +159,6 @@ QModelIndex RItemModel::parent(const QModelIndex &index) const
     if (!index.isValid()) {
         return QModelIndex();
     }
-    const qmodelindex_t i = {
-        .row = index.row(),
-        .column =  index.column(),
-        .id = index.internalId()
-    };
-    const qmodelindex_t parent = ritemmodel_parent(d, i);
+    const qmodelindex_t parent = ritemmodel_parent(d, index);
     return parent.id ?createIndex(parent.row, parent.column, parent.id) :QModelIndex();
 }
diff --git a/src/RMailObject.h b/src/RMailObject.h
index f1ae001..34c12ce 100644
--- a/src/RMailObject.h
+++ b/src/RMailObject.h
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ public:
     QModelIndex index(int row, int column, const QModelIndex &parent) const;
     QModelIndex parent(const QModelIndex &index) const;
     int rowCount(const QModelIndex &parent) const;
+
+private slots:
+    void handleNewData();
+
+signals:
+    void newDataReady();
 };
 
 #endif // RMAIL_OBJECT_H