diff --git a/notes.txt b/notes.txt
index 39fefe32e..e8b78b9e5 100644
--- a/notes.txt
+++ b/notes.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ Need an iterate all objects routine... Could use a channel
 FIXME progress meter would be nice! Do this by wrapping the Reader with a progress bar
 
 Do bandwidth limit by wrapping the Reader too
+  Maybe using https://jra-go.googlecode.com/hg/linkio/ which will work for multiple
+  uploads or downloads. 
+  * code.google.com/p/mxk/go1/flowcontrol - only does one flow at once
+Or maybe put into swift library.
 
 Could have an integrity check mode where we check the MD5sums of the local vs the remote
 
@@ -23,4 +27,15 @@ Some stats would be nice!
 
 Windows paths? Do we need to translate / and \?
 
-Make swift timeouts be settable
+Make swift timeouts be settable with command line parameters
+
+Add bandwidth limit?  
+
+Make a wrapper in connection which
+  * measures bandwidth and reports it
+  * limits bandwidth using Reader and Writer
+  * for a pool of all individual connectinos
+  * does timeouts by setting a limit, seeing whether io has happened
+    and resetting it if it has
+
+Check the locking in swift module!
diff --git a/swiftsync.go b/swiftsync.go
index 41402cf74..9f29fd4a3 100644
--- a/swiftsync.go
+++ b/swiftsync.go
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"runtime"
 	"runtime/pprof"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 )
 
 // Globals
@@ -29,9 +31,11 @@ var (
 	verbose = flag.Bool("verbose", false, "Print lots more stuff")
 	quiet   = flag.Bool("quiet", false, "Print as little stuff as possible")
 	// FIXME make these part of swift so we get a standard set of flags?
-	authUrl  = flag.String("auth", os.Getenv("ST_AUTH"), "Auth URL for server. Defaults to environment var ST_AUTH.")
-	userName = flag.String("user", os.Getenv("ST_USER"), "User name. Defaults to environment var ST_USER.")
-	apiKey   = flag.String("key", os.Getenv("ST_KEY"), "API key (password). Defaults to environment var ST_KEY.")
+	authUrl   = flag.String("auth", os.Getenv("ST_AUTH"), "Auth URL for server. Defaults to environment var ST_AUTH.")
+	userName  = flag.String("user", os.Getenv("ST_USER"), "User name. Defaults to environment var ST_USER.")
+	apiKey    = flag.String("key", os.Getenv("ST_KEY"), "API key (password). Defaults to environment var ST_KEY.")
+	checkers  = flag.Int("checkers", 8, "Number of checkers to run in parallel.")
+	uploaders = flag.Int("uploaders", 4, "Number of uploaders to run in parallel.")
 )
 
 type FsObject struct {
@@ -40,6 +44,8 @@ type FsObject struct {
 	info os.FileInfo
 }
 
+type FsObjectsChan chan *FsObject
+
 type FsObjects []FsObject
 
 // Write debuging output for this FsObject
@@ -128,70 +134,73 @@ func (fs *FsObject) changed(c *swift.Connection, container string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-// Puts the FsObject into the container
-func (fs *FsObject) put(c *swift.Connection, container string) {
+// Is this object storable
+func (fs *FsObject) storable(c *swift.Connection, container string) bool {
 	mode := fs.info.Mode()
 	if mode&(os.ModeSymlink|os.ModeNamedPipe|os.ModeSocket|os.ModeDevice) != 0 {
 		fs.Debugf("Can't transfer non file/directory")
+		return false
 	} else if mode&os.ModeDir != 0 {
 		// Debug?
 		fs.Debugf("FIXME Skipping directory")
-	} else {
-		// Check to see if changed or not
-		if !fs.changed(c, container) {
-			fs.Debugf("Unchanged skipping")
-			return
-		}
-		// FIXME content type
-		in, err := os.Open(fs.path)
-		if err != nil {
-			fs.Debugf("Failed to open: %s", err)
-			return
-		}
-		defer in.Close()
-		m := swift.Metadata{}
-		m.SetModTime(fs.info.ModTime())
-		_, err = c.ObjectPut(container, fs.rel, in, true, "", "", m.ObjectHeaders())
-		if err != nil {
-			fs.Debugf("Failed to upload: %s", err)
-			return
-		}
-		fs.Debugf("Uploaded")
+		return false
 	}
-
+	return true
 }
 
-// Walk the path
+// Puts the FsObject into the container
+func (fs *FsObject) put(c *swift.Connection, container string) {
+	// FIXME content type
+	in, err := os.Open(fs.path)
+	if err != nil {
+		fs.Debugf("Failed to open: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer in.Close()
+	m := swift.Metadata{}
+	m.SetModTime(fs.info.ModTime())
+	_, err = c.ObjectPut(container, fs.rel, in, true, "", "", m.ObjectHeaders())
+	if err != nil {
+		fs.Debugf("Failed to upload: %s", err)
+		return
+	}
+	fs.Debugf("Uploaded")
+}
+
+// Walk the path returning a channel of FsObjects
 //
 // FIXME ignore symlinks?
 // FIXME what about hardlinks / etc
-func walk(root string) FsObjects {
-	files := make(FsObjects, 0, 1024)
-	err := filepath.Walk(root, func(path string, f os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+func walk(root string) FsObjectsChan {
+	out := make(FsObjectsChan, *checkers)
+	go func() {
+		err := filepath.Walk(root, func(path string, f os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Printf("Failed to open directory: %s: %s", path, err)
+			} else {
+				info, err := os.Lstat(path)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Printf("Failed to stat %s: %s", path, err)
+					return nil
+				}
+				rel, err := filepath.Rel(root, path)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Printf("Failed to get relative path %s: %s", path, err)
+					return nil
+				}
+				if rel == "." {
+					rel = ""
+				}
+				out <- &FsObject{rel: rel, path: path, info: info}
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("Failed to open directory: %s: %s", path, err)
-		} else {
-			info, err := os.Lstat(path)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Failed to stat %s: %s", path, err)
-				return nil
-			}
-			rel, err := filepath.Rel(root, path)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Printf("Failed to get relative path %s: %s", path, err)
-				return nil
-			}
-			if rel == "." {
-				rel = ""
-			}
-			files = append(files, FsObject{rel: rel, path: path, info: info})
+			log.Printf("Failed to open directory: %s: %s", root, err)
 		}
-		return nil
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("Failed to open directory: %s: %s", root, err)
-	}
-	return files
+		close(out)
+	}()
+	return out
 }
 
 // syntaxError prints the syntax
@@ -221,14 +230,57 @@ func checkArgs(args []string, n int, message string) {
 	}
 }
 
-// uploads a file into a container
-func upload(c *swift.Connection, root, container string) {
-	files := walk(root)
-	for _, fs := range files {
+// Read FsObjects on in and write them to out if they need uploading
+//
+// FIXME potentially doing lots of MD5SUMS at once
+func checker(c *swift.Connection, container string, in, out FsObjectsChan, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
+	defer wg.Done()
+	for fs := range in {
+		// Check to see if can store this
+		if !fs.storable(c, container) {
+			continue
+		}
+		// Check to see if changed or not
+		if !fs.changed(c, container) {
+			fs.Debugf("Unchanged skipping")
+			continue
+		}
+		out <- fs
+	}
+}
+
+// Read FsObjects on in and upload them
+func uploader(c *swift.Connection, container string, in FsObjectsChan, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
+	defer wg.Done()
+	for fs := range in {
 		fs.put(c, container)
 	}
 }
 
+// Syncs a directory into a container
+func upload(c *swift.Connection, root, container string) {
+	to_be_checked := walk(root)
+	to_be_uploaded := make(FsObjectsChan, *uploaders)
+
+	var checkerWg sync.WaitGroup
+	checkerWg.Add(*checkers)
+	for i := 0; i < *checkers; i++ {
+		go checker(c, container, to_be_checked, to_be_uploaded, &checkerWg)
+	}
+
+	var uploaderWg sync.WaitGroup
+	uploaderWg.Add(*uploaders)
+	for i := 0; i < *uploaders; i++ {
+		go uploader(c, container, to_be_uploaded, &uploaderWg)
+	}
+
+	log.Printf("Waiting for checks to finish")
+	checkerWg.Wait()
+	close(to_be_uploaded)
+	log.Printf("Waiting for uploads to finish")
+	uploaderWg.Wait()
+}
+
 // Lists the containers
 func listContainers(c *swift.Connection) {
 	containers, err := c.ContainersAll(nil)
@@ -276,7 +328,7 @@ func main() {
 	flag.Usage = syntaxError
 	flag.Parse()
 	args := flag.Args()
-	//runtime.GOMAXPROCS(3)
+	runtime.GOMAXPROCS(runtime.NumCPU())
 
 	// Setup profiling if desired
 	if *cpuprofile != "" {