diff --git a/lib/sched/scheduler/threads.rs b/lib/sched/scheduler/threads.rs
index 83ad267..6f6a9e1 100644
--- a/lib/sched/scheduler/threads.rs
+++ b/lib/sched/scheduler/threads.rs
@@ -88,10 +88,12 @@ impl Scheduler {
     /// 🧉 » schedule a task
     ///
     /// schedules a task to be executed at times determined by the provided rules.
-    pub fn schedule<F>(&mut self, name: &str, action: F, rules: SchedulingRule) -> TaskHandler
+    pub fn schedule<F, Str>(&mut self, name: Str, action: F, rules: SchedulingRule) -> TaskHandler
     where
         F: FnMut() + Send + Sync + 'static,
+        Str: AsRef<str>,
     {
+        let name = name.as_ref();
         self.schedule_many_rules(name, action, vec![rules])
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/sched/scheduler/tokio.rs b/lib/sched/scheduler/tokio.rs
index 58d97dd..f92d841 100644
--- a/lib/sched/scheduler/tokio.rs
+++ b/lib/sched/scheduler/tokio.rs
@@ -80,16 +80,18 @@ impl Scheduler {
     /// 🧉 » schedule a task
     ///
     /// schedules a task to be executed at times determined by the provided rules.
-    pub async fn schedule<F, Fut>(
+    pub async fn schedule<F, Fut, Str>(
         &mut self,
-        name: &str,
+        name: Str,
         func: F,
         rules: SchedulingRule,
     ) -> TaskHandler
     where
         F: FnMut() -> Fut + Send + 'static,
         Fut: Future<Output = ()> + Send + 'static,
+        Str: AsRef<str>,
     {
+        let name = name.as_ref();
         self.schedule_many_rules(name, func, vec![rules]).await
     }