diff --git a/cmd/plugin.go b/cmd/plugin.go
index d2c606389..6b6a28e6a 100644
--- a/cmd/plugin.go
+++ b/cmd/plugin.go
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -158,8 +159,6 @@ func stashPluginMain(args []string) {
 
 	var source []string
 	var dest string
-	var result error
-	//var downloaded int64 = 0
 	var transfers []Transfer
 
 	if len(args) == 0 && (infile == "" || outfile == "") {
@@ -209,10 +208,95 @@ func stashPluginMain(args []string) {
 		defer outputFile.Close()
 	}
 
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+
+	workChan := make(chan Transfer) // might need to be a Transfer object
+	results := make(chan *classads.ClassAd, len(transfers))
+
+	// start workers
+	for i := 1; i <= 5; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go moveObjects(source, methods, upload, &wg, workChan, results)
+	}
+
+	for _, transfer := range transfers {
+		workChan <- transfer
+	}
+	close(workChan)
+
+	// Wait for transfers
+	wg.Wait()
+
 	var resultAds []*classads.ClassAd
+	// Every transfer should send a resultAd to the results channel
+	for i := 0; i < len(transfers); i++ {
+		select {
+		case resultAd := <-results:
+			resultAds = append(resultAds, resultAd)
+		default:
+			// If we did not get a result, something terrible happened
+			log.Errorln(errors.New("Failed to get resultAds from transfer"))
+		}
+	}
+
+	success := true
 	retryable := false
-	for _, transfer := range transfers {
+	for _, resultAd := range resultAds {
+		_, err := outputFile.WriteString(resultAd.String() + "\n")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorln("Failed to write to outfile:", err)
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		transferSuccess, err := resultAd.Get("TransferSuccess")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Errorln("Failed to get TransferSuccess:", err)
+			success = false
+		}
+		success = success && transferSuccess.(bool)
+		// If we do not get a success, check if it is retryable
+		if !success {
+			retryableTransfer, err := resultAd.Get("TransferRetryable")
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Errorln("Failed to see if ad is retryable", err)
+			}
+			retryable = retryableTransfer.(bool)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err = outputFile.Sync(); err != nil {
+		var perr *fs.PathError
+		var serr syscall.Errno
+		// Error code 1 (serr) is ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION, the expected Windows syscall error
+		// Error code EINVAL is returned on Linux
+		// Error code ENODEV is returned on Mac OS X
+		if errors.As(err, &perr) && errors.As(perr.Unwrap(), &serr) && (int(serr) == 1 || serr == syscall.EINVAL || serr == syscall.ENODEV) {
+			log.Debugf("Error when syncing: %s; can be ignored\n", perr)
+		} else {
+			if errors.As(err, &perr) && errors.As(perr.Unwrap(), &serr) {
+				log.Errorf("Failed to sync output file: %s (errno %d)", serr, int(serr))
+			} else {
+				log.Errorln("Failed to sync output file:", err)
+			}
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if success {
+		os.Exit(0)
+	} else if retryable {
+		os.Exit(11)
+	} else {
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
 
+// moveObjects performs the appropriate download or upload functions for the plugin as well as
+// writes the resultAds for each transfer
+// Returns: resultAds and if an error given is retryable
+func moveObjects(source []string, methods []string, upload bool, wg *sync.WaitGroup, workChan <-chan Transfer, results chan<- *classads.ClassAd) {
+	defer wg.Done()
+	var result error
+	for transfer := range workChan { //instead range workChan
 		var tmpDownloaded int64
 		if upload {
 			source = append(source, transfer.localFile)
@@ -266,61 +350,17 @@ func stashPluginMain(args []string) {
 				}
 				errMsg += transfer.url + ": " + client.GetErrors()
 				resultAd.Set("TransferError", errMsg)
-				client.ClearErrors()
 			}
 			resultAd.Set("TransferFileBytes", 0)
 			resultAd.Set("TransferTotalBytes", 0)
 			if client.ErrorsRetryable() {
 				resultAd.Set("TransferRetryable", true)
-				retryable = true
 			} else {
 				resultAd.Set("TransferRetryable", false)
-				retryable = false
-
-			}
-		}
-		resultAds = append(resultAds, resultAd)
-
-	}
-
-	success := true
-	for _, resultAd := range resultAds {
-		_, err := outputFile.WriteString(resultAd.String() + "\n")
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorln("Failed to write to outfile:", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-		transferSuccess, err := resultAd.Get("TransferSuccess")
-		if err != nil {
-			log.Errorln("Failed to get TransferSuccess:", err)
-			success = false
-		}
-		success = success && transferSuccess.(bool)
-	}
-	if err = outputFile.Sync(); err != nil {
-		var perr *fs.PathError
-		var serr syscall.Errno
-		// Error code 1 (serr) is ERROR_INVALID_FUNCTION, the expected Windows syscall error
-		// Error code EINVAL is returned on Linux
-		// Error code ENODEV is returned on Mac OS X
-		if errors.As(err, &perr) && errors.As(perr.Unwrap(), &serr) && (int(serr) == 1 || serr == syscall.EINVAL || serr == syscall.ENODEV) {
-			log.Debugf("Error when syncing: %s; can be ignored\n", perr)
-		} else {
-			if errors.As(err, &perr) && errors.As(perr.Unwrap(), &serr) {
-				log.Errorf("Failed to sync output file: %s (errno %d)", serr, int(serr))
-			} else {
-				log.Errorln("Failed to sync output file:", err)
 			}
-			os.Exit(1)
+			client.ClearErrors()
 		}
-	}
-
-	if success {
-		os.Exit(0)
-	} else if retryable {
-		os.Exit(11)
-	} else {
-		os.Exit(1)
+		results <- resultAd
 	}
 }