diff --git a/src/Task.ts b/src/Task.ts
index 4f4ad604e..57256baac 100644
--- a/src/Task.ts
+++ b/src/Task.ts
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export interface Task<A> {
  * @category natural transformations
  * @since 2.0.0
  */
-export const fromIO: FromIO1<URI>['fromIO'] = (ma) => () => Promise.resolve(ma())
+export const fromIO: FromIO1<URI>['fromIO'] = (ma) => () => Promise.resolve().then(ma)
 
 // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // combinators
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export function delay(millis: number): <A>(ma: Task<A>) => Task<A> {
     new Promise((resolve) => {
       setTimeout(() => {
         // tslint:disable-next-line: no-floating-promises
-        ma().then(resolve)
+        Promise.resolve().then(ma).then(resolve)
       }, millis)
     })
 }
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ const _chain: Chain1<URI>['chain'] = (ma, f) => pipe(ma, chain(f))
  * @category Functor
  * @since 2.0.0
  */
-export const map: <A, B>(f: (a: A) => B) => (fa: Task<A>) => Task<B> = (f) => (fa) => () => fa().then(f)
+export const map: <A, B>(f: (a: A) => B) => (fa: Task<A>) => Task<B> = (f) => (fa) => () =>
+  Promise.resolve().then(fa).then(f)
 
 /**
  * Apply a function to an argument under a type constructor.
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ export const map: <A, B>(f: (a: A) => B) => (fa: Task<A>) => Task<B> = (f) => (f
  * @since 2.0.0
  */
 export const ap: <A>(fa: Task<A>) => <B>(fab: Task<(a: A) => B>) => Task<B> = (fa) => (fab) => () =>
-  Promise.all([fab(), fa()]).then(([f, a]) => f(a))
+  Promise.all([Promise.resolve().then(fab), Promise.resolve().then(fa)]).then(([f, a]) => f(a))
 
 /**
  * @category Pointed
@@ -143,7 +144,9 @@ export const of: Pointed1<URI>['of'] = (a) => () => Promise.resolve(a)
  * @since 2.0.0
  */
 export const chain: <A, B>(f: (a: A) => Task<B>) => (ma: Task<A>) => Task<B> = (f) => (ma) => () =>
-  ma().then((a) => f(a)())
+  Promise.resolve()
+    .then(ma)
+    .then((a) => f(a)())
 
 /**
  * Derivable from `Chain`.
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ declare module './HKT' {
  */
 export function getRaceMonoid<A = never>(): Monoid<Task<A>> {
   return {
-    concat: (x, y) => () => Promise.race([x(), y()]),
+    concat: (x, y) => () => Promise.race([Promise.resolve().then(x), Promise.resolve().then(y)]),
     empty: never
   }
 }
@@ -480,7 +483,7 @@ export const ApT: Task<readonly []> =
  */
 export const traverseReadonlyNonEmptyArrayWithIndex = <A, B>(f: (index: number, a: A) => Task<B>) => (
   as: ReadonlyNonEmptyArray<A>
-): Task<ReadonlyNonEmptyArray<B>> => () => Promise.all(as.map((a, i) => f(i, a)())) as any
+): Task<ReadonlyNonEmptyArray<B>> => () => Promise.all(as.map((a, i) => Promise.resolve().then(() => f(i, a)()))) as any
 
 /**
  * Equivalent to `ReadonlyArray#traverseWithIndex(ApplicativePar)`.
@@ -505,12 +508,16 @@ export const traverseReadonlyNonEmptyArrayWithIndexSeq = <A, B>(f: (index: numbe
   _.tail(as).reduce<Promise<NonEmptyArray<B>>>(
     (acc, a, i) =>
       acc.then((bs) =>
-        f(i + 1, a)().then((b) => {
-          bs.push(b)
-          return bs
-        })
+        Promise.resolve()
+          .then(f(i + 1, a))
+          .then((b) => {
+            bs.push(b)
+            return bs
+          })
       ),
-    f(0, _.head(as))().then(_.singleton)
+    Promise.resolve()
+      .then(f(0, _.head(as)))
+      .then(_.singleton)
   )
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/Task.ts b/test/Task.ts
index 174b7b649..76a64083f 100644
--- a/test/Task.ts
+++ b/test/Task.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import * as RA from '../src/ReadonlyArray'
 import * as _ from '../src/Task'
 import * as assert from 'assert'
 import * as S from '../src/string'
-import { ReadonlyNonEmptyArray } from '../src/ReadonlyNonEmptyArray'
+import * as RNEA from '../src/ReadonlyNonEmptyArray'
 
 const delayReject = <A>(n: number, a: A): _.Task<A> => () =>
   new Promise<A>((_, reject) => {
@@ -33,6 +33,18 @@ const assertOp = <A, B, C>(f: (a: _.Task<A>, b: _.Task<B>) => _.Task<C>) => asyn
 }
 
 describe('Task', () => {
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  // safety
+  // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+  it('stack-safe', async () => {
+    const doProcessing = (number: number) => _.of(number * 2)
+    const pipeline = pipe(_.of(RNEA.range(1, 55000)), _.chain(RNEA.traverse(_.ApplicativeSeq)(doProcessing)))
+
+    const res = await pipeline()
+
+    expect(res.length).toBe(55000)
+  })
+
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // pipeables
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -165,7 +177,7 @@ describe('Task', () => {
   })
 
   describe('array utils', () => {
-    const input: ReadonlyNonEmptyArray<string> = ['a', 'b']
+    const input: RNEA.ReadonlyNonEmptyArray<string> = ['a', 'b']
 
     it('traverseReadonlyArrayWithIndex', async () => {
       const f = _.traverseReadonlyArrayWithIndex((i, a: string) => _.of(a + i))