diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ec9914e..d302aac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arc-swap"
+version = "1.7.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "69f7f8c3906b62b754cd5326047894316021dcfe5a194c8ea52bdd94934a3457"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atoi"
 version = "2.0.0"
@@ -222,14 +228,44 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5b63caa9aa9397e2d9480a9b13673856c78d8ac123288526c37d7839f2a86990"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "combine"
+version = "4.6.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba5a308b75df32fe02788e748662718f03fde005016435c444eea572398219fd"
+dependencies = [
+ "bytes",
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "comrade"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://git.hydrar.de/jmarya/comrade#5cb4facc4872a961a3ad3b11d4b48d01016b6600"
+source = "git+https://git.hydrar.de/jmarya/comrade#00e448ac316623bb27cc3a3b799fc201cd6302d7"
 dependencies = [
+ "comrade-macro",
+ "crossbeam",
+ "dashmap",
  "env_logger",
  "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "rand 0.9.0",
+ "redis",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "tokio",
+ "uuid",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "comrade-macro"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "git+https://git.hydrar.de/jmarya/comrade#00e448ac316623bb27cc3a3b799fc201cd6302d7"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "serde_json",
+ "syn",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -287,6 +323,47 @@ version = "2.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "19d374276b40fb8bbdee95aef7c7fa6b5316ec764510eb64b8dd0e2ed0d7e7f5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1137cd7e7fc0fb5d3c5a8678be38ec56e819125d8d7907411fe24ccb943faca8"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-channel",
+ "crossbeam-deque",
+ "crossbeam-epoch",
+ "crossbeam-queue",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-channel"
+version = "0.5.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "06ba6d68e24814cb8de6bb986db8222d3a027d15872cabc0d18817bc3c0e4471"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-deque"
+version = "0.8.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9dd111b7b7f7d55b72c0a6ae361660ee5853c9af73f70c3c2ef6858b950e2e51"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-epoch",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "crossbeam-epoch"
+version = "0.9.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5b82ac4a3c2ca9c3460964f020e1402edd5753411d7737aa39c3714ad1b5420e"
+dependencies = [
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "crossbeam-queue"
 version = "0.3.12"
@@ -312,6 +389,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "typenum",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dashmap"
+version = "6.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5041cc499144891f3790297212f32a74fb938e5136a14943f338ef9e0ae276cf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "crossbeam-utils",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
+ "lock_api",
+ "once_cell",
+ "parking_lot_core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "der"
 version = "0.7.9"
@@ -614,6 +705,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hashbrown"
+version = "0.14.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e5274423e17b7c9fc20b6e7e208532f9b19825d82dfd615708b70edd83df41f1"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.15.2"
@@ -631,7 +728,7 @@ version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7382cf6263419f2d8df38c55d7da83da5c18aef87fc7a7fc1fb1e344edfe14c1"
 dependencies = [
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -670,6 +767,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "comrade",
+ "crossbeam",
  "env_logger",
  "log",
  "reqwest",
@@ -935,7 +1033,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8c9c992b02b5b4c94ea26e32fe5bccb7aa7d9f390ab5c1221ff895bc7ea8b652"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1085,6 +1183,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tempfile",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-bigint"
+version = "0.4.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a5e44f723f1133c9deac646763579fdb3ac745e418f2a7af9cd0c431da1f20b9"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-integer",
+ "num-traits",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-bigint-dig"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -1097,7 +1205,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-integer",
  "num-iter",
  "num-traits",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "smallvec",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -1280,7 +1388,7 @@ version = "0.2.20"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77957b295656769bb8ad2b6a6b09d897d94f05c41b069aede1fcdaa675eaea04"
 dependencies = [
- "zerocopy",
+ "zerocopy 0.7.35",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1308,8 +1416,19 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "34af8d1a0e25924bc5b7c43c079c942339d8f0a8b57c39049bef581b46327404"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "rand_chacha",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_chacha 0.3.1",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3779b94aeb87e8bd4e834cee3650289ee9e0d5677f976ecdb6d219e5f4f6cd94"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand_chacha 0.9.0",
+ "rand_core 0.9.3",
+ "zerocopy 0.8.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1319,7 +1438,17 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e6c10a63a0fa32252be49d21e7709d4d4baf8d231c2dbce1eaa8141b9b127d88"
 dependencies = [
  "ppv-lite86",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_chacha"
+version = "0.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3022b5f1df60f26e1ffddd6c66e8aa15de382ae63b3a0c1bfc0e4d3e3f325cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "ppv-lite86",
+ "rand_core 0.9.3",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1331,6 +1460,32 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.2.15",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rand_core"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "99d9a13982dcf210057a8a78572b2217b667c3beacbf3a0d8b454f6f82837d38"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.3.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "redis"
+version = "0.29.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8034fb926579ff49d3fe58d288d5dcb580bf11e9bccd33224b45adebf0fd0c23"
+dependencies = [
+ "arc-swap",
+ "combine",
+ "itoa",
+ "num-bigint",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "ryu",
+ "sha1_smol",
+ "socket2",
+ "url",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.5.10"
@@ -1422,7 +1577,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
  "pkcs1",
  "pkcs8",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
  "signature",
  "spki",
  "subtle",
@@ -1437,9 +1592,9 @@ checksum = "719b953e2095829ee67db738b3bfa9fa368c94900df327b3f07fe6e794d2fe1f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustix"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "17f8dcd64f141950290e45c99f7710ede1b600297c91818bb30b3667c0f45dc0"
+checksum = "dade4812df5c384711475be5fcd8c162555352945401aed22a35bffeab61f657"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.0",
  "errno",
@@ -1571,6 +1726,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sha1_smol"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbfa15b3dddfee50a0fff136974b3e1bde555604ba463834a7eb7deb6417705d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.10.8"
@@ -1604,7 +1765,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "77549399552de45a898a580c1b41d445bf730df867cc44e6c0233bbc4b8329de"
 dependencies = [
  "digest",
- "rand_core",
+ "rand_core 0.6.4",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1683,7 +1844,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures-intrusive",
  "futures-io",
  "futures-util",
- "hashbrown",
+ "hashbrown 0.15.2",
  "hashlink",
  "indexmap",
  "log",
@@ -1772,7 +1933,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
  "once_cell",
  "percent-encoding",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "rsa",
  "serde",
  "sha1",
@@ -1812,7 +1973,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "md-5",
  "memchr",
  "once_cell",
- "rand",
+ "rand 0.8.5",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2",
@@ -1983,9 +2144,9 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
-version = "1.43.0"
+version = "1.44.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3d61fa4ffa3de412bfea335c6ecff681de2b609ba3c77ef3e00e521813a9ed9e"
+checksum = "9975ea0f48b5aa3972bf2d888c238182458437cc2a19374b81b25cdf1023fb3a"
 dependencies = [
  "backtrace",
  "bytes",
@@ -2189,6 +2350,9 @@ name = "uuid"
 version = "1.15.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e0f540e3240398cce6128b64ba83fdbdd86129c16a3aa1a3a252efd66eb3d587"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom 0.3.1",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
@@ -2557,7 +2721,16 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1b9b4fd18abc82b8136838da5d50bae7bdea537c574d8dc1a34ed098d6c166f0"
 dependencies = [
  "byteorder",
- "zerocopy-derive",
+ "zerocopy-derive 0.7.35",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.8.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fd97444d05a4328b90e75e503a34bad781f14e28a823ad3557f0750df1ebcbc6"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive 0.8.23",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2571,6 +2744,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.8.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6352c01d0edd5db859a63e2605f4ea3183ddbd15e2c4a9e7d32184df75e4f154"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zerofrom"
 version = "0.1.6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c9bc2df..987299c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.11.26", features = ["blocking", "json"] }
 sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = ["postgres", "sqlite", "runtime-tokio-native-tls", "derive", "uuid", "chrono", "json"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.42.0", features = ["full"] }
 comrade = { git = "https://git.hydrar.de/jmarya/comrade" }
+crossbeam = { version = "0.8.4", features = ["crossbeam-channel"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index bace8d1..a4c11bd 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use hoard::config::GlobalConfig;
+use hoard::yt_dlp::download_yt_dlp_init;
 use hoard::{ensure_dir_exists, Module};
 
 // todo : migrate to async code?
@@ -26,6 +27,9 @@ async fn main() {
         toml::from_str(&std::fs::read_to_string("config.toml").unwrap()).unwrap();
     ensure_dir_exists(&config.hoard.data_dir);
 
+    let mut sm = comrade::service::ServiceManager::new();
+    sm = download_yt_dlp_init(sm);
+
     let db = hoard::db::DatabaseBackend::new(&config.hoard.database).await;
 
     let mut modules: Vec<Module> = vec![];
@@ -60,10 +64,8 @@ async fn main() {
         )));
     }
 
-    let mut sm = comrade::service::ServiceManager::new();
-
     for module in modules {
-        sm.register(&module.name(), move |_| {
+        sm = sm.register(&module.name(), move |_| {
             module.run();
         });
     }
diff --git a/src/yt_dlp/mod.rs b/src/yt_dlp/mod.rs
index 532d574..d760166 100644
--- a/src/yt_dlp/mod.rs
+++ b/src/yt_dlp/mod.rs
@@ -2,13 +2,106 @@ use std::{
     io::{BufRead, BufReader},
     path::PathBuf,
     process::Command,
+    str::FromStr,
 };
 
 pub mod config;
+use comrade::job::{JobDispatcher, JobOrder};
+use comrade::service::ServiceManager;
+use comrade::worker;
 use config::YtDlpConfig;
+use crossbeam::channel::Receiver;
 
 use crate::ensure_dir_exists;
 
+#[worker(3)]
+fn download_yt_dlp(
+    config: YtDlpConfig,
+    video_url: String,
+    video_title: String,
+    cwd: String,
+) -> bool {
+    log::info!("Started downloading {video_title}");
+
+    let cwd = PathBuf::from_str(&cwd).unwrap();
+    ensure_dir_exists(&cwd);
+
+    let mut command = Command::new("yt-dlp");
+    let mut command = command.current_dir(cwd).arg("--downloader").arg("aria2c");
+
+    if config.write_thumbnail.unwrap_or(true) {
+        command = command.arg("--write-thumbnail");
+    }
+    if config.write_description.unwrap_or(false) {
+        command = command.arg("--write-description");
+    }
+    if config.write_info_json.unwrap_or(false) {
+        command = command.arg("--write-info-json");
+    }
+    if config.write_comments.unwrap_or(false) {
+        command = command.arg("--write-comments");
+    }
+    if config.write_subs.unwrap_or(false) {
+        command = command.arg("--write-subs");
+    }
+    if config.audio_only.unwrap_or(false) {
+        command = command.arg("--extract-audio");
+    }
+    if let Some(audio_format) = &config.audio_format {
+        command = command.arg("--audio-format").arg(audio_format);
+    }
+
+    if config.embed_chapters.unwrap_or(true) {
+        command = command.arg("--embed-chapters");
+    }
+    if config.embed_info_json.unwrap_or(true) {
+        command = command.arg("--embed-info-json");
+    }
+    if config.embed_metadata.unwrap_or(true) {
+        command = command.arg("--embed-metadata");
+    }
+    if config.embed_subs.unwrap_or(false) {
+        command = command.arg("--embed-subs");
+    }
+    if config.embed_thumbnail.unwrap_or(true) {
+        command = command.arg("--embed-thumbnail");
+    }
+
+    if config.split_chapters.unwrap_or(false) {
+        command = command.arg("--split-chapters");
+    }
+
+    if let Some(format) = &config.format {
+        command = command.arg("--format").arg(format);
+    }
+    if let Some(cookie) = &config.cookie {
+        command = command.arg("--cookies").arg(cookie);
+    }
+
+    let output = command
+        .arg("--convert-thumbnails")
+        .arg(config.thumbnail_format.as_deref().unwrap_or("jpg"))
+        .arg("-o")
+        .arg(
+            config
+                .output_format
+                .as_deref()
+                .unwrap_or("%(title)s.%(ext)s"),
+        )
+        .arg(&video_url)
+        .output()
+        .map_err(|_| "yt-dlp command failed".to_string())
+        .unwrap();
+
+    if !output.status.success() {
+        let error_message = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).to_string();
+        log::error!("Download for {video_url} failed: {error_message}");
+        false
+    } else {
+        true
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct YtDlpModule {
     config: YtDlpConfig,
@@ -29,22 +122,36 @@ impl YtDlpModule {
         log::info!("Fetching \"{item}\" videos");
         match Self::get_latest_entries(item_url, self.config.limit.unwrap_or(10)) {
             Ok(latest_videos) => {
-                for (video_title, video_url) in latest_videos {
+                let mut downloaded_videos = Vec::new();
+
+                for (video_title, video_url) in &latest_videos {
                     if self.db.check_for_url(&video_url) {
                         log::trace!("Skipping \"{video_title}\" because it was already downloaded");
                     } else {
-                        match self.download(&video_url, cwd) {
-                            Ok(()) => {
-                                // mark as downloaded
-                                self.db.insert_url(&self.name(), item, &video_url);
-                                self.db.update_new_downloads(&self.name(), item, item_url);
-                                log::info!("Downloaded \"{video_title}\"");
-                                self.webhook_notify(&video_url, &video_title, item, true);
-                            }
-                            Err(e) => {
-                                log::error!("Error downloading \"{video_title}\"; Reason: {e}");
-                                self.webhook_notify(&video_url, &video_title, item, false);
-                            }
+                        downloaded_videos.push((
+                            download_yt_dlp_async(
+                                self.config.clone(),
+                                video_url.clone(),
+                                video_title.clone(),
+                                cwd.to_str().unwrap().to_string(),
+                            ),
+                            video_title.clone(),
+                            video_url.clone(),
+                        ));
+                    }
+                }
+
+                for (video, video_title, video_url) in downloaded_videos {
+                    match video.wait().as_bool().unwrap() {
+                        true => {
+                            // mark as downloaded
+                            self.db.insert_url(&self.name(), item, &video_url);
+                            self.db.update_new_downloads(&self.name(), item, item_url);
+                            log::info!("Downloaded \"{video_title}\"");
+                            self.webhook_notify(&video_url, &video_title, item, true);
+                        }
+                        false => {
+                            self.webhook_notify(&video_url, &video_title, item, false);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -157,80 +264,4 @@ impl YtDlpModule {
 
         Ok(videos.into_iter().take(limit as usize).collect())
     }
-
-    fn download(&self, video_url: &str, cwd: &PathBuf) -> Result<(), String> {
-        ensure_dir_exists(cwd);
-        let mut command = Command::new("yt-dlp");
-        let mut command = command.current_dir(cwd).arg("--downloader").arg("aria2c");
-
-        if self.config.write_thumbnail.unwrap_or(true) {
-            command = command.arg("--write-thumbnail");
-        }
-        if self.config.write_description.unwrap_or(false) {
-            command = command.arg("--write-description");
-        }
-        if self.config.write_info_json.unwrap_or(false) {
-            command = command.arg("--write-info-json");
-        }
-        if self.config.write_comments.unwrap_or(false) {
-            command = command.arg("--write-comments");
-        }
-        if self.config.write_subs.unwrap_or(false) {
-            command = command.arg("--write-subs");
-        }
-        if self.config.audio_only.unwrap_or(false) {
-            command = command.arg("--extract-audio");
-        }
-        if let Some(audio_format) = &self.config.audio_format {
-            command = command.arg("--audio-format").arg(audio_format);
-        }
-
-        if self.config.embed_chapters.unwrap_or(true) {
-            command = command.arg("--embed-chapters");
-        }
-        if self.config.embed_info_json.unwrap_or(true) {
-            command = command.arg("--embed-info-json");
-        }
-        if self.config.embed_metadata.unwrap_or(true) {
-            command = command.arg("--embed-metadata");
-        }
-        if self.config.embed_subs.unwrap_or(false) {
-            command = command.arg("--embed-subs");
-        }
-        if self.config.embed_thumbnail.unwrap_or(true) {
-            command = command.arg("--embed-thumbnail");
-        }
-
-        if self.config.split_chapters.unwrap_or(false) {
-            command = command.arg("--split-chapters");
-        }
-
-        if let Some(format) = &self.config.format {
-            command = command.arg("--format").arg(format);
-        }
-        if let Some(cookie) = &self.config.cookie {
-            command = command.arg("--cookies").arg(cookie);
-        }
-
-        let output = command
-            .arg("--convert-thumbnails")
-            .arg(self.config.thumbnail_format.as_deref().unwrap_or("jpg"))
-            .arg("-o")
-            .arg(
-                self.config
-                    .output_format
-                    .as_deref()
-                    .unwrap_or("%(title)s.%(ext)s"),
-            )
-            .arg(video_url)
-            .output()
-            .map_err(|_| "yt-dlp command failed".to_string())?;
-
-        if !output.status.success() {
-            let error_message = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stderr).to_string();
-            return Err(error_message);
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
 }