diff --git a/validation/src/validator.rs b/validation/src/validator.rs
index 08414df..258c853 100644
--- a/validation/src/validator.rs
+++ b/validation/src/validator.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-use futures::StreamExt;
+use futures::{StreamExt,TryStreamExt};
 use crate::nats_types::ValidateRequest;
 
+const SCRIPT_CONCURRENCY:usize=16;
+
 struct ModelVersion{
 	model_id:u64,
 	model_version:u64,
@@ -99,14 +101,21 @@ impl Validator{
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
 		// send all scripts to REST endpoint and receive the replacements
-		for (source,replacement) in &mut script_map{
+		futures::stream::iter(script_map.iter_mut().map(Ok))
+		.try_for_each_concurrent(Some(SCRIPT_CONCURRENCY),|(source,replacement)|async{
+			// get the hash
 			let mut hasher=siphasher::sip::SipHasher::new();
 			std::hash::Hasher::write(&mut hasher,source.as_bytes());
 			let hash=std::hash::Hasher::finish(&hasher);
+
+			// fetch the script policy
 			let script_policy=self.api.get_script_policy_from_hash(api::ScriptPolicyHashRequest{
 				hash:format!("{:x}",hash),
 			}).await.map_err(ValidateError::ApiGetScriptPolicy)?;
+
+			// write the policy to the script_map, fetching the replacement code if necessary
 			*replacement=match script_policy.Policy{
 				api::Policy::Allowed=>Policy::Allowed,
 				api::Policy::Blocked=>Policy::Blocked,
@@ -118,7 +127,10 @@ impl Validator{
 					Policy::Replace(script.Source)
 				},
 			};
-		}
+
+			Ok(())
+		})
+		.await?;
 
 		// make the replacements
 		let mut modified=false;