diff --git a/tools/parse_all.py b/tools/parse_all.py
index 82f414b..7415113 100644
--- a/tools/parse_all.py
+++ b/tools/parse_all.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import sys
 import cProfile
 import configparser
 import logging
+from multiprocessing import Pool
 
 SSJ500K_2_1 = 27829  # number of sentences
 par = Parser()
@@ -16,7 +17,10 @@ config = configparser.ConfigParser()
 config.read("tools.cfg")
 INDIR = Path(config["tools"]["kres_orig"])
 OUTDIR = Path(config["tools"]["kres_tsv"])
-LOGFILE = Path(config["tools"]["logfile"]).absolute().resolve()
+
+LOGFILE = Path(config["tools"]["logfile"]).absolute()
+LOGFILE.touch(exist_ok=True)
+LOGFILE.resolve()
 
 logging.basicConfig(filename=str(LOGFILE), level=logging.INFO)
 
@@ -32,8 +36,11 @@ logging.info("parsing kres")
 # kres_file = "../data/kres_example/F0019343.xml.parsed.xml"
 OUTDIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
 
-infiles = [x for x in INDIR.iterdir() if x.is_file()]
-for i, kres_file in enumerate(infiles):
+infiles = list(enumerate([x for x in INDIR.iterdir() if x.is_file()]))
+
+def handle_file(infile):
+    i = infile[0]
+    kres_file = infile[1]
 
     logging.info("Processing file ({}/{}): {}".format(i+1, len(infiles), str(kres_file)))
     res_dict = par.parse_tei(kres_file)
@@ -44,4 +51,11 @@ for i, kres_file in enumerate(infiles):
 
     with (OUTDIR / kres_file.name).with_suffix(".tsv").open("wb+") as fp:
         fp.write(kres_out_str.encode("utf-8"))
+
+with Pool(3) as p:
+    p.map(handle_file, infiles)
+
+
 logging.info("end parsing kres")
+
+