diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 11ab482..fd5d598 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "fuzzy-matcher",
  "ignore",
  "lazy_static",
+ "rayon",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 44b677a..75c6974 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ path = "rust/lib.rs"
 ignore = "0.4"
 fuzzy-matcher = "0.3.7"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
+rayon = "1.5.3"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 criterion = "0.3.6"
diff --git a/rust/sorter.rs b/rust/sorter.rs
index cc7c31b..71d2efa 100644
--- a/rust/sorter.rs
+++ b/rust/sorter.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 use super::matcher;
-use super::thread_pool;
-
-use std::sync::mpsc;
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use rayon::prelude::*;
 
 pub struct Match {
     pub score: i64,
@@ -27,7 +24,7 @@ pub fn sort_strings(options: Options, strings: Vec<String>) -> Vec<Match> {
     let matcher = matcher::Matcher::new(options.pattern);
 
     let mut matches = strings
-        .into_iter()
+        .into_par_iter()
         .map(|candidate| Match {
             score: matcher.score(candidate.as_str()),
             content: candidate,