diff --git a/preprocess_images.py b/preprocess_images.py
index 1752625..b82fab1 100644
--- a/preprocess_images.py
+++ b/preprocess_images.py
@@ -2,20 +2,49 @@ import os
 import hashlib
 from tqdm import tqdm
 from PIL import Image
+from queue import Queue
+from threading import Thread
 
 # target resolution [latent res * 8]
 resolution = 768
+# threads used for resizing
+threads = 4
+# source folder with images
+folder = "raw"
 
 if not os.path.isdir("images"):
 	os.mkdir("images")
 
-for i in tqdm(os.listdir("raw")):
-	src = os.path.join("raw", i)
+def process(fname):
+	global folder
+	global resolution
+	src = os.path.join(folder, fname)
 	md5 = hashlib.md5(open(src,'rb').read()).hexdigest()
 	out = os.path.join("images", f"{md5}.png")
 	if os.path.isfile(out):
-		continue
+		return
 	img = Image.open(src)
 	img = img.convert('RGB')
 	img = img.resize((resolution,resolution), Image.LANCZOS)
 	img.save(out)
+
+def thread(queue, pbar):
+	while not queue.empty():
+		fname = queue.get()
+		process(fname)
+		queue.task_done()
+		pbar.update()
+
+files = os.listdir(folder)
+pbar = tqdm(total=len(files),unit="img")
+queue = Queue()
+[queue.put(x) for x in files]
+
+for _ in range(threads):
+	Thread(
+		target=thread,
+		args=(queue,pbar),
+		daemon=True,
+	).start()
+
+queue.join()