diff --git a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/extension/LastOp.groovy b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/extension/LastOp.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a3734b0f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/extension/LastOp.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package nextflow.extension
+
+/**
+ *
+ *  @author Paolo Di Tommaso <paolo.ditommaso@gmail.com>
+ */
+class LastOp {
+}
diff --git a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/extension/OperatorImpl.groovy b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/extension/OperatorImpl.groovy
index 5eff3cd920..4a53489ab5 100644
--- a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/extension/OperatorImpl.groovy
+++ b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/extension/OperatorImpl.groovy
@@ -384,11 +384,7 @@ class OperatorImpl {
      * @return A {@code DataflowVariable} emitting the `last` item in the channel
      */
     DataflowWriteChannel last( final DataflowReadChannel source ) {
-
-        def target = new DataflowVariable()
-        def last = null
-        subscribeImpl( source, [onNext: { last = it }, onComplete: {  target.bind(last) }] )
-        return target
+        new LastOp().withSource(source).apply()
     }
 
     DataflowWriteChannel collect(final DataflowReadChannel source, Closure action=null) {
@@ -399,7 +395,6 @@ class OperatorImpl {
         return new CollectOp(source,action,opts).apply()
     }
 
-
     /**
      * Convert a {@code DataflowQueue} alias *channel* to a Java {@code List}
      *
diff --git a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/extension/TakeOp.groovy b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/extension/TakeOp.groovy
index f7bf259d0a..b7bd3a7c6e 100644
--- a/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/extension/TakeOp.groovy
+++ b/modules/nextflow/src/main/groovy/nextflow/extension/TakeOp.groovy
@@ -23,15 +23,15 @@ import groovy.transform.CompileStatic
 import groovy.util.logging.Slf4j
 import groovyx.gpars.dataflow.DataflowReadChannel
 import groovyx.gpars.dataflow.DataflowWriteChannel
-import groovyx.gpars.dataflow.operator.ChainWithClosure
-import groovyx.gpars.dataflow.operator.CopyChannelsClosure
 import groovyx.gpars.dataflow.operator.DataflowEventAdapter
 import groovyx.gpars.dataflow.operator.DataflowProcessor
 import nextflow.Channel
 import nextflow.Global
 import nextflow.Session
+import nextflow.extension.op.Op
 
 /**
+ * Implement "take" operator
  *
  * @author Paolo Di Tommaso <paolo.ditommaso@gmail.com>
  */
@@ -73,11 +73,16 @@ class TakeOp {
             }
         }
 
-        newOperator(
-                inputs: [source],
-                outputs: [target],
-                listeners: (length > 0 ? [listener] : []),
-                new ChainWithClosure(new CopyChannelsClosure()))
+        final params = new OpParams()
+            .withInput(source)
+            .withOutput(target)
+        if( length>0 )
+            params.withListener(listener)
+
+        newOperator(params) {
+            final proc = getDelegate() as DataflowProcessor
+            Op.bind(proc, target, it)
+        }
 
         return target
     }
diff --git a/modules/nextflow/src/test/groovy/nextflow/prov/ProvTest.groovy b/modules/nextflow/src/test/groovy/nextflow/prov/ProvTest.groovy
index 6a6ab327e9..c544aa2e3e 100644
--- a/modules/nextflow/src/test/groovy/nextflow/prov/ProvTest.groovy
+++ b/modules/nextflow/src/test/groovy/nextflow/prov/ProvTest.groovy
@@ -368,7 +368,6 @@ class ProvTest extends Dsl2Spec {
     }
 
     def 'should track provenance with first operator'() {
-
         when:
         dsl_eval(globalConfig(), '''
             workflow {
@@ -394,4 +393,64 @@ class ProvTest extends Dsl2Spec {
         upstream1.size() == 1
         upstream1.first.name == 'p1 (1)'
     }
+
+    def 'should track provenance with take operator'() {
+        when:
+        dsl_eval(globalConfig(), '''
+            workflow {
+                channel.of(1,2,3,4,5) | p1 | take(2) | p2 
+            }
+            
+            process p1 { 
+              input: val(x)
+              output: val(y) 
+              exec: 
+                y = x
+            }
+            
+            process p2 {
+              input: val(x)
+              exec: 
+                println x
+            }
+        ''')
+
+        then:
+        def upstream1 = upstreamTasksOf('p2 (1)')
+        upstream1.size() == 1
+        upstream1.first.name == 'p1 (1)'
+        then:
+        def upstream2 = upstreamTasksOf('p2 (2)')
+        upstream2.size() == 1
+        upstream2.first.name == 'p1 (2)'
+
+    }
+
+    def 'should track provenance with last operator'() {
+        when:
+        dsl_eval(globalConfig(), '''
+            workflow {
+                channel.of(1,2,3,4,5) | p1 | last | p2 
+            }
+            
+            process p1 { 
+              input: val(x)
+              output: val(y) 
+              exec: 
+                y = x
+            }
+            
+            process p2 {
+              input: val(x)
+              exec: 
+                println x
+            }
+        ''')
+
+        then:
+        def upstream1 = upstreamTasksOf('p2')
+        upstream1.size() == 1
+        upstream1.first.name == 'p1 (5)'
+
+    }
 }