diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/textSearch.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/textSearch.ts
index 85ebde044a3508fa6566888d9ae85362562665c8..b07f1253aec918f36f8dda9a49bafd86a80499ff 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/textSearch.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/textSearch.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as cp from 'child_process';
 
+import { PPromise, TPromise } from 'vs/base/common/winjs.base';
 import * as baseMime from 'vs/base/common/mime';
 import { ILineMatch, IProgress } from 'vs/platform/search/common/search';
 import { FileWalker } from 'vs/workbench/services/search/node/fileSearch';
@@ -40,8 +41,7 @@ export class Engine implements ISearchEngine<ISerializedFileMatch> {
 	private limitReached: boolean;
 
 	// private worker: cp.ChildProcess;
-	private client: Client;
-	private channel: any;
+	private channels: any[] = [];
 
 	private onResult: any;
 
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ export class Engine implements ISearchEngine<ISerializedFileMatch> {
 		this.walker = walker;
 		this.contentPattern = config.contentPattern.pattern;
 		const pattern = strings.createRegExp(config.contentPattern.pattern, config.contentPattern.isRegExp, { matchCase: config.contentPattern.isCaseSensitive, wholeWord: config.contentPattern.isWordMatch, multiline: false, global: true });
-		console.log('pattern: ' + pattern.toString());
 		this.isCanceled = false;
 		this.limitReached = false;
 		this.maxResults = config.maxResults;
@@ -69,21 +68,24 @@ export class Engine implements ISearchEngine<ISerializedFileMatch> {
 		// });
 
 		// this.worker.send({ initialize: { contentPattern: config.contentPattern.pattern }});
-		this.client = new Client(
-			uri.parse(require.toUrl('bootstrap')).fsPath,
-			{
-				serverName: 'Search Worker',
-				timeout: 60 * 60 * 1000,
-				args: ['--type=searchWorker'],
-				env: {
-					AMD_ENTRYPOINT: 'vs/workbench/services/search/node/worker/searchWorkerApp',
-					PIPE_LOGGING: 'true',
-					VERBOSE_LOGGING: 'true'
-				},
-				// debugBrk: 5878
-			}
-		);
-		this.channel = this.client.getChannel('searchWorker');
+
+		for (let i=0; i<4; i++) {
+			let client = new Client(
+				uri.parse(require.toUrl('bootstrap')).fsPath,
+				{
+					serverName: 'Search Worker',
+					timeout: 60 * 60 * 1000,
+					args: ['--type=searchWorker'],
+					env: {
+						AMD_ENTRYPOINT: 'vs/workbench/services/search/node/worker/searchWorkerApp',
+						PIPE_LOGGING: 'true',
+						VERBOSE_LOGGING: 'true'
+					},
+					// debugBrk: 5878
+				}
+			);
+			this.channels.push(client.getChannel('searchWorker'));
+		}
 
 		// process.on('exit', () => this.worker.kill());
 	}
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ export class Engine implements ISearchEngine<ISerializedFileMatch> {
 	}
 
 	public search(onResult: (match: ISerializedFileMatch) => void, onProgress: (progress: IProgress) => void, done: (error: Error, complete: ISerializedSearchComplete) => void): void {
-		this.channel.call('initialize', { contentPattern: this.contentPattern });
+		this.channels.forEach(channel => channel.call('initialize', { contentPattern: this.contentPattern }));
 
 		let resultCounter = 0;
 		this.onResult = onResult;
@@ -125,8 +127,10 @@ export class Engine implements ISearchEngine<ISerializedFileMatch> {
 		};
 
 		// Walk over the file system
+		const files = [];
+		let size;
 		this.walker.walk(this.rootFolders, this.extraFiles, result => {
-			const size = result.size || 1;
+			size = result.size || 1;
 			this.total += size;
 
 			// If the result is empty or we have reached the limit or we are canceled, ignore it
@@ -138,15 +142,25 @@ export class Engine implements ISearchEngine<ISerializedFileMatch> {
 			progress();
 
 			const absolutePath = result.base ? [result.base, result.relativePath].join(path.sep) : result.relativePath;
-			this.channel.call('search', absolutePath).then(fileMatch => {
-				// console.log('got result: ' + fileMatch);
-				if (fileMatch && fileMatch.lineMatches.length) {
-					onResult(fileMatch);
-				}
-
-				unwind(size);
-			});
+			files.push(absolutePath);
 		}, (error, isLimitHit) => {
+			const portionSize = Math.ceil(files.length/this.channels.length);
+			TPromise.join(this.channels.map((c, i) => {
+				const subsetFiles = files.slice(portionSize*i, portionSize*i + portionSize);
+				return c.call('search', subsetFiles).then(matches => {
+					// console.log('got result: ' + fileMatch);
+					matches.forEach(m => {
+						if (m && m.lineMatches.length) {
+							onResult(m);
+						}
+					})
+
+				});
+			})).then(() => {
+				unwind(this.total);
+			})
+
+
 			this.walkerIsDone = true;
 			this.walkerError = error;
 			unwind(0 /* walker is done, indicate this back to our handler to be able to unwind */);
diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/worker/searchWorker.ts b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/worker/searchWorker.ts
index 4b5fa83cc9ed729e3e70c4ca637d251f0131efe8..98075042f3a94d5723b4962ea5f2419a489cae90 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/worker/searchWorker.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/services/search/node/worker/searchWorker.ts
@@ -39,13 +39,46 @@ export class SearchWorker {
 
 	private nResults = 0;
 
+	private running = true;
+
+	private results = [];
+
+	private paths;
+
+	private finalCallback;
+
 	constructor(args: any) {
 		this.contentPattern = strings.createRegExp(args.contentPattern, false, { multiline: false, global: true, matchCase: false });
-		profiler.startProfiling('p1');
+		console.log('worker started: ' + Date.now());
+	}
+
+	private start(p: string) {
+		return this.doSearch(p).then(fileMatch => {
+			this.results.push(fileMatch);
+
+			if (this.paths.length) {
+				this.start(this.paths.pop());
+			} else if (this.running) {
+				this.running = false;
+				this.finalCallback(this.results.filter(r => !!r));
+			}
+		})
 	}
 
-	public search(absolutePath: string): TPromise<FileMatch> {
+	public search(absolutePaths: string[]): TPromise<FileMatch[]> {
+		// profiler.startProfiling('p1');
+		console.log('starting search: ' + Date.now());
+		this.paths = absolutePaths;
+		for (let i=0; i<50; i++) {
+			this.start(absolutePaths[i]);
+		}
 
+		return new TPromise(resolve => {
+			this.finalCallback = resolve;
+		});
+	}
+
+	public doSearch(absolutePath: string): TPromise<FileMatch> {
 		let fileMatch: FileMatch = null;
 		// console.log('doing search: ' + absolutePath);
 
@@ -74,12 +107,13 @@ export class SearchWorker {
 			// Read lines buffered to support large files
 			this.readlinesAsync(absolutePath, perLineCallback, { bufferLength: 8096, encoding: 'utf8' }, resolve);
 		}).then(() => {
-			if (this.nResults++ === 100) {
-				const p1 = profiler.stopProfiling('p1');
-				p1.export()
-					.pipe(fs.createWriteStream('/Users/roblou/code/vscode/p1.cpuprofile'))
-					.on('finish', () => p1.delete());
-			}
+			// if (this.nResults++ === 200) {
+			// 	const profile = profiler.stopProfiling('p1');
+			// 	profile.export(function(error, result) {
+			// 		fs.writeFileSync('p1.cpuprofile', result);
+			// 		profile.delete();
+			// 	});
+			// }
 			return fileMatch;
 		});
 	}