diff --git a/lib/connection_pool.rb b/lib/connection_pool.rb
index 547f587..2c50f7d 100644
--- a/lib/connection_pool.rb
+++ b/lib/connection_pool.rb
@@ -12,30 +12,35 @@ require 'timed_queue'
 #      redis.lpop('my-list') if redis.llen('my-list') > 0
 #    end
 #
-# Example usage replacing a global connection (slower):
+# Example usage replacing an existing connection (slower):
 #
-#    REDIS = ConnectionPool.new { Redis.new }
+#    $redis = ConnectionPool.wrap { Redis.new }
 #
 #    def do_work
-#      REDIS.lpop('my-list') if REDIS.llen('my-list') > 0
+#      $redis.lpop('my-list') if $redis.llen('my-list') > 0
 #    end
 #
 # Accepts the following options:
 # - :size - number of connections to pool, defaults to 5
 # - :timeout - amount of time to wait for a connection if none currently available, defaults to 5 seconds
 #
-class ConnectionPool < BasicObject
+class ConnectionPool
   DEFAULTS = { :size => 5, :timeout => 5 }
 
-  def initialize(options={}, &block)
-    ::Kernel.raise ::ArgumentError, 'Connection pool requires a block' unless block
+  def self.wrap(options, &block)
+    Wrapper.new(options, &block)
+  end
 
-    @available = ::TimedQueue.new
-    @oid = @available.object_id
-    @options = DEFAULTS.merge(options)
-    @options[:size].times do
-      @available << block.call
-    end
+  def initialize(options={}, &block)
+    raise ArgumentError, 'Connection pool requires a block' unless block
+
+    options = DEFAULTS.merge(options)
+
+    @size = options[:size] || DEFAULTS[:size]
+    @timeout = options[:timeout] || DEFAULTS
+
+    @available = ::TimedQueue.new(@size, &block)
+    @key = :"current-#{@available.object_id}"
   end
 
   def with(&block)
@@ -45,26 +50,29 @@ class ConnectionPool < BasicObject
   end
   alias_method :with_connection, :with
 
-  def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
-    checkout.send(name, *args, &block)
-  ensure
-    checkin
-  end
-
   private
 
   def checkout
-    ::Thread.current[:"current-#{@oid}"] ||= begin
-      @available.timed_pop(@options[:timeout])
-    end
+    ::Thread.current[@key] ||= @available.timed_pop(@timeout)
   end
 
   def checkin
-    conn = ::Thread.current[:"current-#{@oid}"]
-    ::Thread.current[:"current-#{@oid}"] = nil
+    conn = ::Thread.current[@key]
+    ::Thread.current[@key] = nil
     return unless conn
     @available << conn
     nil
   end
 
+  class Wrapper < BasicObject
+    def initialize(options = {}, &block)
+      @pool = ::ConnectionPool.new(options, &block)
+    end
+
+    def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
+      @pool.with do |connection|
+        connection.send(name, *args, &block)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/timed_queue.rb b/lib/timed_queue.rb
index 442e79b..2bb3e09 100644
--- a/lib/timed_queue.rb
+++ b/lib/timed_queue.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ require 'thread'
 require 'timeout'
 
 class TimedQueue
-  def initialize
-    @que = []
+  def initialize(size = 0)
+    @que = Array.new(size) { yield }
     @mutex = Mutex.new
     @resource = ConditionVariable.new
   end
diff --git a/test/test_connection_pool.rb b/test/test_connection_pool.rb
index 1f88969..88295fe 100644
--- a/test/test_connection_pool.rb
+++ b/test/test_connection_pool.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class TestConnectionPool < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
     end
     sleep 0.05
     assert_raises Timeout::Error do
-      pool.do_something
+      pool.with { |net| net.do_something }
     end
 
     sleep 0.05
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class TestConnectionPool < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def test_passthru
-    pool = ConnectionPool.new(:timeout => 0.1, :size => 1) { NetworkConnection.new }
+    pool = ConnectionPool.wrap(:timeout => 0.1, :size => 1) { NetworkConnection.new }
     assert_equal 1, pool.do_something
     assert_equal 2, pool.do_something
     assert_equal 5, pool.do_something_with_block { 3 }