diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d4be7ab..ce5edeb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ compile_commands.json
 .luacheckcache
 benchmarks
 flamegraph*
+perf.data*
diff --git a/rust/lib.rs b/rust/lib.rs
index 0189f15..b1e6cf0 100644
--- a/rust/lib.rs
+++ b/rust/lib.rs
@@ -66,18 +66,19 @@ pub extern "C" fn ivy_files(c_pattern: *const c_char, c_base_dir: *const c_char)
 }
 
 pub fn inner_files(pattern: String, base_dir: String) -> String {
-    // Bail out early if the pattern is empty its never going to find anything
+    let mut output = String::new();
+
+    // Bail out early if the pattern is empty; it's never going to find anything
     if pattern.is_empty() {
-        return String::new();
+        return output;
     }
 
     let files = get_files(&base_dir);
 
-    let mut output = String::new();
     let sorter_options = sorter::Options::new(pattern);
 
     let files = sorter::sort_strings(sorter_options, files);
-    for file in files.lock().unwrap().iter() {
+    for file in files.iter() {
         output.push_str(&file.content);
         output.push('\n');
     }
diff --git a/rust/sorter.rs b/rust/sorter.rs
index cdb9983..83ba5b9 100644
--- a/rust/sorter.rs
+++ b/rust/sorter.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 use super::matcher;
 use super::thread_pool;
 
+use std::sync::mpsc;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use std::sync::Mutex;
 
 pub struct Match {
     pub score: i64,
@@ -23,30 +23,37 @@ impl Options {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn sort_strings(options: Options, strings: Vec<String>) -> Arc<Mutex<Vec<Match>>> {
-    let matches: Arc<Mutex<Vec<Match>>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(Vec::new()));
-    let matcher = Arc::new(Mutex::new(matcher::Matcher::new(options.pattern)));
+pub fn sort_strings(options: Options, strings: Vec<String>) -> Vec<Match> {
+    let mut matches = Vec::new();
+    let matcher = Arc::new(matcher::Matcher::new(options.pattern));
 
     let pool = thread_pool::ThreadPool::new(std::thread::available_parallelism().unwrap().get());
 
+    let (tx, rx) = mpsc::channel::<Match>();
+
     for string in strings {
         let thread_matcher = Arc::clone(&matcher);
-        let thread_matches = Arc::clone(&matches);
+        let thread_transmitter = tx.clone();
         pool.execute(move || {
-            let score = thread_matcher.lock().unwrap().score(string.to_string());
+            let score = thread_matcher.score(string.to_string());
             if score > 25 {
-                let mut tmp = thread_matches.lock().unwrap();
-                let content = string.clone();
-                tmp.push(Match { score, content });
+                thread_transmitter
+                    .send(Match {
+                        score,
+                        content: string,
+                    })
+                    .expect("Failed to push data to channel");
             }
         })
     }
 
     drop(pool);
+    drop(tx);
 
-    matches
-        .lock()
-        .unwrap()
-        .sort_by(|a, b| a.score.cmp(&b.score));
+    while let Ok(result) = rx.recv() {
+        matches.push(result)
+    }
+
+    matches.sort_by(|a, b| a.score.cmp(&b.score));
     matches
 }