diff --git a/src/Algorithms/sort.hpp b/src/Algorithms/sort.hpp
index dc84bd9..f7b3fb0 100644
--- a/src/Algorithms/sort.hpp
+++ b/src/Algorithms/sort.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <concepts>
 
-namespace algorithms
+namespace mystd
 {
 template <std::sortable T>
 
diff --git a/src/Data_Structures/Deque.hpp b/src/Data_Structures/Deque.hpp
index dadb972..8d13865 100644
--- a/src/Data_Structures/Deque.hpp
+++ b/src/Data_Structures/Deque.hpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ template <typename T> class deque
         currSize++;
     }
 
-    const T &pop_front()
+    T pop_front()
     {
         if (currSize == 0)
         {
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ template <typename T> class deque
         return toRet;
     }
 
-    const T &pop_back()
+    T pop_back()
     {
         if (currSize == 0)
         {
diff --git a/src/Data_Structures/Priority_Queue.hpp b/src/Data_Structures/Priority_Queue.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0632590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Data_Structures/Priority_Queue.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <Data_Structures/Array.hpp>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <memory>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+namespace mystd
+{
+template <typename T> class priority_queue
+{
+  public:
+    priority_queue() : tree(4)
+    {
+        sz = 0;
+        maxSz = 4;
+    }
+
+    void push(T item)
+    {
+        if (sz == maxSz)
+        {
+            reallocate(maxSz + maxSz / 2);
+        }
+        tree[sz] = item;
+        size_t currInd = sz;
+        while (currInd != 0 && tree[(currInd - 1) / 2] < tree[currInd])
+        {
+            std::swap(tree[currInd], tree[(currInd - 1) / 2]);
+            currInd = (currInd - 1) / 2;
+        }
+        sz++;
+    }
+
+    const T &top() const
+    {
+        if (sz == 0)
+        {
+            throw std::out_of_range("No items in Priority Queue.");
+        }
+        return tree[0];
+    }
+
+    T pop()
+    {
+        if (sz == 0)
+        {
+            throw std::out_of_range("No items in Priority Queue.");
+        }
+        T toRet = tree[0];
+        tree[0] = std::move(tree[sz - 1]);
+        sz--;
+        heapify(0);
+        return toRet;
+    }
+
+    bool empty() const { return sz == 0; }
+
+    size_t size() const { return sz; }
+
+  private:
+    void heapify(size_t currInd)
+    {
+        const size_t left = currInd * 2 + 1;
+        const size_t right = currInd * 2 + 2;
+        size_t newLargest = currInd;
+        if (left < sz && tree[left] > tree[newLargest])
+            newLargest = left;
+        if (right < sz && tree[right] > tree[newLargest])
+            newLargest = right;
+        if (newLargest != currInd)
+        {
+            std::swap(tree[currInd], tree[newLargest]);
+            heapify(newLargest);
+        }
+    }
+
+    void reallocate(size_t newSize)
+    {
+        array<T> newTree = array<T>(newSize);
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < sz; i++)
+        {
+            newTree[i] = std::move(tree[i]);
+        }
+        tree = std::move(newTree);
+        maxSz = newSize;
+    }
+
+    array<T> tree;
+    size_t sz;
+    size_t maxSz;
+};
+} // namespace mystd
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Data_Structures/Queue.hpp b/src/Data_Structures/Queue.hpp
index 024d747..1315631 100644
--- a/src/Data_Structures/Queue.hpp
+++ b/src/Data_Structures/Queue.hpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ template <typename T> class queue
         currSize++;
     }
 
-    const T &pop()
+    T pop()
     {
         if (currSize == 0)
         {
diff --git a/src/Data_Structures/Ringbuffer.hpp b/src/Data_Structures/Ringbuffer.hpp
index 9ee986a..1a9f2d2 100644
--- a/src/Data_Structures/Ringbuffer.hpp
+++ b/src/Data_Structures/Ringbuffer.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ template <typename T> class ringbuffer
         currSize++;
     }
 
-    const T &get_item()
+    T get_item()
     {
         if (currSize == 0)
         {
diff --git a/src/Data_Structures/Stack.hpp b/src/Data_Structures/Stack.hpp
index be3f6cc..cff7e50 100644
--- a/src/Data_Structures/Stack.hpp
+++ b/src/Data_Structures/Stack.hpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ template <typename T> class stack
 
     void push(T item) { data.push_back(item); }
 
-    const T &pop() { return data.pop_back(); }
+    T pop() { return data.pop_back(); }
 
     T &top()
     {
diff --git a/src/Data_Structures/Vector.hpp b/src/Data_Structures/Vector.hpp
index ce0233c..36fe1ac 100644
--- a/src/Data_Structures/Vector.hpp
+++ b/src/Data_Structures/Vector.hpp
@@ -39,14 +39,14 @@ template <typename T> class vector
         currSize++;
     }
 
-    const T &pop_back()
+    T pop_back()
     {
         if (currSize == 0)
         {
             // std::cout << "No items in vector\n";
             throw std::out_of_range("No items.");
         }
-        T &ret = data[currSize - 1];
+        T ret = data[currSize - 1];
         currSize--;
         return ret;
     }
diff --git a/tst/test_priority_queue.cpp b/tst/test_priority_queue.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10551b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tst/test_priority_queue.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+#include <Data_Structures/Priority_Queue.hpp>
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+using namespace mystd;
+
+TEST(PriorityTest, InitializeEmpty)
+{
+    priority_queue<int> pq;
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.size(), 0);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(pq.empty());
+    ASSERT_THROW(pq.pop(), std::out_of_range);
+}
+
+TEST(PriorityTest, PushPopSingle)
+{
+    priority_queue<int> pq;
+    pq.push(42);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.size(), 1);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 42);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(pq.empty());
+}
+
+TEST(PriorityTest, PushMultipleMaintainsOrder)
+{
+    priority_queue<int> pq;
+    pq.push(10);
+    pq.push(50);
+    pq.push(20);
+    pq.push(40);
+    pq.push(30);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.size(), 5);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 50);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 40);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 30);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 20);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 10);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(pq.empty());
+}
+
+TEST(PriorityTest, HandlesDuplicatesCorrectly)
+{
+    priority_queue<int> pq;
+    pq.push(5);
+    pq.push(5);
+    pq.push(5);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.size(), 3);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 5);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 5);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 5);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(pq.empty());
+}
+
+TEST(PriorityTest, HandlesNegativeNumbers)
+{
+    priority_queue<int> pq;
+    pq.push(-10);
+    pq.push(0);
+    pq.push(-5);
+    pq.push(5);
+
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 5);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 0);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), -5);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), -10);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(pq.empty());
+}
+
+TEST(PriorityTest, StressTestLargeNumberOfElements)
+{
+    priority_queue<int> pq;
+    int N = 1000;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < N; ++i)
+    {
+        pq.push(i);
+    }
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.size(), N);
+
+    for (int i = N - 1; i >= 0; --i)
+    {
+        ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), i);
+    }
+    ASSERT_TRUE(pq.empty());
+}
+
+TEST(PriorityTest, InterleavedPushPopOperations)
+{
+    priority_queue<int> pq;
+    pq.push(10);
+    pq.push(20);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 20);
+    pq.push(15);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 15);
+    pq.push(30);
+    pq.push(25);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 30);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 25);
+    ASSERT_EQ(pq.pop(), 10);
+    ASSERT_TRUE(pq.empty());
+}