diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 936eae4..e11c802 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ The project is reasonably easy:
 Changes
 -------
 
+- 1.0.1: Dispatcher now return jobs references instead of job ids. This allows to do some fancier stuff in the future, when the jobs infos are only available a short time after the job has been submitted.
 - 0.10.1: FIX: Listing functions will no longer execute setup functions.
 -  0.10.0: `Batch` is now named `JobBundling`. There is a method `join` for easier synchronization. `exec` allows to executed commands just like `srun` and `sbatch`, but uniform syntax with other slurmified functions. Functions can now also be called with `distribute_and_wait`. If you call `python3 -m slurminade.check --partition YOUR_PARTITION --constraint YOUR_CONSTRAINT` you can check if your slurm configuration is running correctly.
 -  0.9.0: Lots of improvements.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index ac8d859..3a6d25d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ where = ["src"]
 
 [project]
 name = "slurminade"
-version = "0.10.1"
+version = "1.0.1"
 authors = [
     { name = "TU Braunschweig, IBR, Algorithms Group (Dominik Krupke)", email = "krupke@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de" },
 ]
diff --git a/src/slurminade/bundling.py b/src/slurminade/bundling.py
index e3b7333..8f4f528 100644
--- a/src/slurminade/bundling.py
+++ b/src/slurminade/bundling.py
@@ -14,7 +14,21 @@
 from .function import SlurmFunction
 from .guard import BatchGuard
 from .options import SlurmOptions
+from .job_reference import JobReference
 
+class BundlingJobReference(JobReference):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__()
+        pass
+
+    def get_job_id(self) -> typing.Optional[int]:
+        return None
+    
+    def get_exit_code(self) -> typing.Optional[int]:
+        return None
+    
+    def get_info(self) -> typing.Dict[str, typing.Any]:
+        return {}
 
 class TaskBuffer:
     """
@@ -116,20 +130,20 @@ def _dispatch(
         funcs: typing.Iterable[FunctionCall],
         options: SlurmOptions,
         block: bool = False,
-    ) -> int:
+    ) -> JobReference:
         if block:
             # if blocking, we don't buffer, but dispatch immediately
             return self.subdispatcher._dispatch(funcs, options, block=True)
         for func in funcs:
             self._tasks.add(func, options)
-        return -1
+        return BundlingJobReference()
 
     def srun(
         self,
         command: str,
         conf: typing.Optional[typing.Dict] = None,
         simple_slurm_kwargs: typing.Optional[typing.Dict] = None,
-    ):
+    ) -> JobReference:
         conf = SlurmOptions(conf if conf else {})
         return self.subdispatcher.srun(command, conf, simple_slurm_kwargs)
 
@@ -138,7 +152,7 @@ def sbatch(
         command: str,
         conf: typing.Optional[typing.Dict] = None,
         simple_slurm_kwargs: typing.Optional[typing.Dict] = None,
-    ):
+    ) -> JobReference:
         conf = SlurmOptions(conf if conf else {})
         return self.subdispatcher.sbatch(command, conf, simple_slurm_kwargs)
 
diff --git a/src/slurminade/dispatcher.py b/src/slurminade/dispatcher.py
index a835f4d..059e354 100644
--- a/src/slurminade/dispatcher.py
+++ b/src/slurminade/dispatcher.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 import shutil
 import subprocess
 import typing
-
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 import simple_slurm
 
 from .conf import _get_conf
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 # MAX_ARG_STRLEN on a Linux system with PAGE_SIZE 4096 is 131072
 DEFAULT_MAX_ARG_LENGTH = 100000
 
+from .job_reference import JobReference
 
 class Dispatcher(abc.ABC):
     """
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ def _dispatch(
         funcs: typing.Iterable[FunctionCall],
         options: SlurmOptions,
         block: bool = False,
-    ) -> int:
+    ) -> JobReference:
         """
         Define how to dispatch a number of function calls.
         :param funcs: The function calls to be dispatched.
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ def srun(
         command: str,
         conf: typing.Optional[SlurmOptions] = None,
         simple_slurm_kwargs: typing.Optional[typing.Dict] = None,
-    ) -> int:
+    ) -> JobReference:
         """
         Define how you want to execute an `srun` command. This command is directly
         executed and only terminates after completion.
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ def sbatch(
         command: str,
         conf: typing.Optional[SlurmOptions] = None,
         simple_slurm_kwargs: typing.Optional[typing.Dict] = None,
-    ) -> int:
+    ) -> JobReference:
         """
         Define how you want to execute an `sbatch` command. The command is scheduled
         and the function return immediately.
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ def __call__(
         funcs: typing.Union[FunctionCall, typing.Iterable[FunctionCall]],
         options: SlurmOptions,
         block: bool = False,
-    ) -> int:
+    ) -> JobReference:
         """
         Dispatches a function call or a number of function calls.
         :param funcs: The function calls to be distributed.
@@ -124,6 +125,15 @@ def join(self):
         msg = "Joining is not implemented for this dispatcher."
         raise NotImplementedError(msg)
 
+class TestJobReference(JobReference):
+    def get_job_id(self) -> None:
+        return None
+
+    def get_exit_code(self) -> None:
+        return None
+
+    def get_info(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return {"info": "test"}
 
 class TestDispatcher(Dispatcher):
     """
@@ -142,7 +152,7 @@ def _dispatch(
         funcs: typing.Iterable[FunctionCall],
         options: SlurmOptions,
         block: bool = False,
-    ) -> int:
+    ) -> JobReference:
         dispatch_guard()
         funcs = list(funcs)
         command = create_slurminade_command(
@@ -151,7 +161,7 @@ def _dispatch(
         logging.getLogger("slurminade").info(command)
         self.calls.append(funcs)
         self._cleanup(command)
-        return -1
+        return TestJobReference()
 
     def _cleanup(self, command):
         args = shlex.split(command)
@@ -170,6 +180,7 @@ def srun(
         dispatch_guard()
         self.sruns.append(command)
         logging.getLogger("slurminade").info("[test output] SRUN %s", command)
+        return TestJobReference()
 
     def sbatch(
         self,
@@ -180,10 +191,28 @@ def sbatch(
         dispatch_guard()
         self.sbatches.append(command)
         logging.getLogger("slurminade").info("[test output] SBATCH %s", command)
+        return TestJobReference()
 
     def is_sequential(self):
         return True
 
+class SlurmJobReference(JobReference):
+    def __init__(self, job_id, exit_code, mode: str):
+        self.job_id = job_id
+        self.exit_code = exit_code
+        self.mode = mode
+
+    def get_job_id(self) -> int:
+        return self.job_id
+
+    def get_exit_code(self) -> Optional[int]:
+        return self.exit_code
+
+    def get_info(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return {"job_id": self.job_id, 
+                "exit_code": self.exit_code, 
+                "on_slurm": True,
+                "mode": self.mode}
 
 class SlurmDispatcher(Dispatcher):
     """
@@ -214,7 +243,7 @@ def _dispatch(
         funcs: typing.Iterable[FunctionCall],
         options: SlurmOptions,
         block: bool = False,
-    ) -> typing.Optional[int]:
+    ) -> SlurmJobReference:
         dispatch_guard()
         if "job_name" not in options:
             funcs = list(funcs)
@@ -234,17 +263,17 @@ def _dispatch(
             logging.getLogger("slurminade").info(
                 "Returned from srun with exit code %s", ret
             )
-            return None
+            return SlurmJobReference(None, ret, "srun")
         jid = slurm.sbatch(command)
         self._all_job_ids.append(jid)
-        return jid
+        return SlurmJobReference(jid, None, "sbatch")
 
     def sbatch(
         self,
         command: str,
         conf: typing.Optional[typing.Dict] = None,
         simple_slurm_kwargs: typing.Optional[typing.Dict] = None,
-    ):
+    ) -> SlurmJobReference:
         dispatch_guard()
         conf = _get_conf(conf)
         slurm = simple_slurm.Slurm(**conf)
@@ -254,7 +283,7 @@ def sbatch(
         else:
             jid = slurm.sbatch(command)
         self._all_job_ids.append(jid)
-        return jid
+        return SlurmJobReference(jid, None, "sbatch")
 
     def join(self):
         if not self._all_job_ids:
@@ -266,7 +295,7 @@ def srun(
         command: str,
         conf: typing.Optional[typing.Dict] = None,
         simple_slurm_kwargs: typing.Optional[typing.Dict] = None,
-    ):
+    ) -> SlurmJobReference:
         dispatch_guard()
         conf = _get_conf(conf)
         slurm = simple_slurm.Slurm(**conf)
@@ -275,8 +304,20 @@ def srun(
             ret = slurm.srun(command, **simple_slurm_kwargs)
         else:
             ret = slurm.srun(command)
-        return ret
+        return SlurmJobReference(None, ret, "srun")
+
+class SubprocessJobReference(JobReference):
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+    def get_job_id(self) ->  Optional[int]:
+        return None
 
+    def get_exit_code(self) -> Optional[int]:
+        return None
+
+    def get_info(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return {"on_slurm": False}
 
 class SubprocessDispatcher(Dispatcher):
     """
@@ -325,6 +366,16 @@ def sbatch(
     def is_sequential(self):
         return True
 
+class LocalJobReference(JobReference):
+    def get_job_id(self) -> None:
+        return None
+    
+    def get_exit_code(self) ->  None:
+        return None
+    
+    def get_info(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        return {"on_slurm": False}
+
 
 class DirectCallDispatcher(Dispatcher):
     """
@@ -338,11 +389,11 @@ def _dispatch(
         funcs: typing.Iterable[FunctionCall],
         options: SlurmOptions,
         block: bool = False,
-    ) -> int:
+    ) -> LocalJobReference:
         dispatch_guard()
         for func in funcs:
             FunctionMap.call(func.func_id, func.args, func.kwargs)
-        return -1
+        return LocalJobReference()
 
     def srun(
         self,
@@ -352,6 +403,7 @@ def srun(
     ):
         dispatch_guard()
         subprocess.run(command, check=True)
+        return LocalJobReference()
 
     def sbatch(
         self,
@@ -359,7 +411,7 @@ def sbatch(
         conf: typing.Optional[typing.Dict] = None,
         simple_slurm_kwargs: typing.Optional[typing.Dict] = None,
     ):
-        self.srun(command)
+        return self.srun(command)
 
     def is_sequential(self):
         return True
diff --git a/src/slurminade/function.py b/src/slurminade/function.py
index bb908c6..ae30bfb 100644
--- a/src/slurminade/function.py
+++ b/src/slurminade/function.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 from .function_map import FunctionMap
 from .guard import guard_recursive_distribution
 from .options import SlurmOptions
-
+from .job_reference import JobReference
 
 class CallPolicy(Enum):
     """
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def update_options(self, conf: typing.Dict[str, typing.Any]):
         self.special_slurm_opts.update(conf)
 
     def wait_for(
-        self, job_ids: typing.Union[int, typing.Iterable[int]], method: str = "afterany"
+        self, job_ids: typing.Union[JobReference, typing.Iterable[JobReference]], method: str = "afterany"
     ) -> "SlurmFunction":
         """
         Add a dependency to a distribution.
@@ -69,17 +69,17 @@ def wait_for(
         """
         sfunc = SlurmFunction(self.special_slurm_opts, self.func, self.func_id)
         job_ids = (
-            [job_ids] if isinstance(job_ids, int) else list(job_ids)
+            [job_ids] if isinstance(job_ids, JobReference) else list(job_ids)
         )  # make sure it is a list
         if not job_ids and not get_dispatcher().is_sequential():
             msg = "Creating a dependency on an empty list of job ids."
             msg += " This is probably an error in your code."
             msg += " Maybe you are using `Batch` but flush outside of the `with` block?"
             raise RuntimeError(msg)
-        if any(jid < 0 for jid in job_ids) and not get_dispatcher().is_sequential():
+        if any(jid.get_job_id() is None for jid in job_ids) and not get_dispatcher().is_sequential():
             msg = "Invalid job id. Not every dispatcher can directly return job ids, because it may not directly distribute them or doesn't distribute them at all."
             raise RuntimeError(msg)
-        sfunc.special_slurm_opts.add_dependencies(list(job_ids), method)
+        sfunc.special_slurm_opts.add_dependencies(list(jid.get_job_id() for jid in job_ids), method)
         return sfunc
 
     def with_options(self, **kwargs) -> "SlurmFunction":
diff --git a/src/slurminade/job_reference.py b/src/slurminade/job_reference.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ff3af9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/slurminade/job_reference.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import abc
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
+
+class JobReference(abc.ABC):
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def get_job_id(self) -> Optional[int]:
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def get_exit_code(self) -> Optional[int]:
+        pass
+
+    @abc.abstractmethod
+    def get_info(self) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        pass
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