diff --git a/addon.xml b/addon.xml
index 557bd9bb..042a7146 100644
--- a/addon.xml
+++ b/addon.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <import addon="script.module.six" />
     <import addon="script.module.kodi-six" />
     <import addon="script.module.addon.signals" version="0.0.1"/>
+    <import addon="script.module.futures" version="2.2.0"/>
   </requires>
   <extension    point="xbmc.python.pluginsource"
                 library="default.py">
diff --git a/jellyfin_kodi/downloader.py b/jellyfin_kodi/downloader.py
index 2a94c698..3b734deb 100644
--- a/jellyfin_kodi/downloader.py
+++ b/jellyfin_kodi/downloader.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ from jellyfin.exceptions import HTTPException
 
 LOG = logging.getLogger("JELLYFIN." + __name__)
 LIMIT = min(int(settings('limitIndex') or 50), 50)
+DTHREADS = int(settings('limitThreads') or 3)
 
 #################################################################################################
 
@@ -243,7 +244,8 @@ def _get_items(query, server_id=None):
     }
 
     url = query['url']
-    params = query.get('params', {})
+    query.setdefault('params', {})
+    params = query['params']
 
     try:
         test_params = dict(params)
@@ -256,21 +258,37 @@ def _get_items(query, server_id=None):
         LOG.exception("Failed to retrieve the server response %s: %s params:%s", url, error, params)
 
     else:
-        index = params.get('StartIndex', 0)
-        total = items['TotalRecordCount']
+        params.setdefault('StartIndex', 0)
 
-        while index < total:
+        def get_query_params(params, start, count):
+            params_copy = dict(params)
+            params_copy['StartIndex'] = start
+            params_copy['Limit'] = count
+            return params_copy
 
-            params['StartIndex'] = index
-            params['Limit'] = LIMIT
-            result = _get(url, params, server_id=server_id) or {'Items': []}
+        query_params = [get_query_params(params, offset, LIMIT) \
+                for offset in xrange(params['StartIndex'], items['TotalRecordCount'], LIMIT)]
 
+        from itertools import izip
+        # multiprocessing.dummy.Pool completes all requests in multiple threads but has to 
+        # complete all tasks before allowing any results to be processed. ThreadPoolExecutor
+        # allows for completed tasks to be processed while other tasks are completed on other
+        # threads. Dont be a dummy.Pool, be a ThreadPoolExecutor
+        import concurrent.futures
+        p = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(DTHREADS)
+
+        results = p.map(lambda params: _get(url, params, server_id=server_id), query_params)
+
+        for params, result in izip(query_params, results):
+            query['params'] = params
+
+            result = result or {'Items': []}
             items['Items'].extend(result['Items'])
+            # Using items to return data and communicate a restore point back to the callee is
+            # a violation of the SRP. TODO: Seperate responsibilities.
             items['RestorePoint'] = query
             yield items
-
             del items['Items'][:]
-            index += LIMIT
 
 
 class GetItemWorker(threading.Thread):
diff --git a/jellyfin_kodi/library.py b/jellyfin_kodi/library.py
index 5ca1bdd9..8d4a3f7b 100644
--- a/jellyfin_kodi/library.py
+++ b/jellyfin_kodi/library.py
@@ -138,8 +138,7 @@ class Library(threading.Thread):
 
         if not self.player.isPlayingVideo() or settings('syncDuringPlay.bool') or xbmc.getCondVisibility('VideoPlayer.Content(livetv)'):
 
-            while self.worker_downloads():
-                pass
+            self.worker_downloads()
             self.worker_sort()
 
             self.worker_updates()
@@ -225,7 +224,6 @@ class Library(threading.Thread):
 
         ''' Get items from jellyfin and place them in the appropriate queues.
         '''
-        added_threads = False
         for queue in ((self.updated_queue, self.updated_output), (self.userdata_queue, self.userdata_output)):
             if queue[0].qsize() and len(self.download_threads) < DTHREADS:
 
@@ -233,8 +231,6 @@ class Library(threading.Thread):
                 new_thread.start()
                 LOG.info("-->[ q:download/%s ]", id(new_thread))
                 self.download_threads.append(new_thread)
-                added_threads = True
-        return added_threads
 
     def worker_sort(self):