diff --git a/EasyJobsBase/Project.toml b/EasyJobsBase/Project.toml
index 5bd5aeb..e3fecea 100644
--- a/EasyJobsBase/Project.toml
+++ b/EasyJobsBase/Project.toml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ version = "0.15.0"
 [deps]
 Dates = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
 Distributed = "8ba89e20-285c-5b6f-9357-94700520ee1b"
+SumTypes = "8e1ec7a9-0e02-4297-b0fe-6433085c89f2"
 Thinkers = "6d80a3f9-a943-41fa-97b3-3004c0daf7a3"
 UUIDs = "cf7118a7-6976-5b1a-9a39-7adc72f591a4"
 
diff --git a/EasyJobsBase/src/jobs.jl b/EasyJobsBase/src/jobs.jl
index 775411c..bcf4b00 100644
--- a/EasyJobsBase/src/jobs.jl
+++ b/EasyJobsBase/src/jobs.jl
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 using Dates: DateTime, now
 using UUIDs: UUID, uuid1
 
+using SumTypes: @sum_type
 using Thinkers: Think
 
 export Job, IndependentJob, ConditionalJob, ArgDependentJob
 
-@enum JobStatus begin
+@sum_type JobStatus begin
     PENDING
     RUNNING
     SUCCEEDED