diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/context/QContext.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/context/QContext.java
index 69cb0dbd..c0ca377c 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/context/QContext.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/context/QContext.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging.QLogger;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.AbstractActionInput;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.metadata.QInstance;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.session.QSession;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.utils.lambdas.VoidVoidMethod;
 import static com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.logging.LogUtils.logPair;
 
 
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ public class QContext
    private static ThreadLocal<Map<String, Serializable>> objectsThreadLocal = new ThreadLocal<>();
 
 
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** private constructor - class is not meant to be instantiated.
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -105,6 +107,25 @@ public class QContext
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static void withTemporaryContext(CapturedContext context, VoidVoidMethod method)
+   {
+      CapturedContext originalContext = QContext.capture();
+      try
+      {
+         QContext.init(context);
+         method.run();
+      }
+      finally
+      {
+         QContext.init(originalContext);
+      }
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** Init a new thread with the context captured from a different thread.  e.g.,
     ** when starting some async task.
@@ -267,6 +288,7 @@ public class QContext
    }
 
 
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** get one named object from the Context for the current thread.  may return null.
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -280,6 +302,7 @@ public class QContext
    }
 
 
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     ** get one named object from the Context for the current thread, cast to the
     ** specified type if possible.  if not found, or wrong type, empty is returned.