diff --git a/lib/mosql/streamer.rb b/lib/mosql/streamer.rb
index 78812c7..621788a 100644
--- a/lib/mosql/streamer.rb
+++ b/lib/mosql/streamer.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+require 'Parallel'
+
 module MoSQL
   class Streamer
     include MoSQL::Logging
@@ -106,7 +108,7 @@ def initial_import
         db = @mongo.db(dbname)
         collections = db.collections.select { |c| spec.key?(c.name) }
 
-        collections.each do |collection|
+        Parallel.each(collections, in_threads: 8) do |collection|
           ns = "#{dbname}.#{collection.name}"
           import_collection(ns, collection, spec[collection.name][:meta][:filter])
           exit(0) if @done
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ def import_collection(ns, collection, filter)
             if count % BATCH == 0
               sql_time += upsert_all_batches(batches, ns)
               elapsed = Time.now - start
-              log.info("Imported #{count} rows (#{elapsed}s, #{sql_time}s SQL)...")
+              log.info("Imported #{count} rows into #{collection} (#{elapsed}s, #{sql_time}s SQL)...")
               exit(0) if @done
             end
           end
diff --git a/mosql.gemspec b/mosql.gemspec
index 8089b30..2bb14b3 100644
--- a/mosql.gemspec
+++ b/mosql.gemspec
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.add_runtime_dependency "rake"
   gem.add_runtime_dependency "log4r"
   gem.add_runtime_dependency "json"
+  gem.add_runtime_dependency "parallel"
 
   gem.add_runtime_dependency "mongoriver", "0.4"