diff --git a/nix-channels.py b/nix-channels.py
index 77b38d8..e661eb5 100644
--- a/nix-channels.py
+++ b/nix-channels.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 import hashlib
+import json
 import logging
 import lzma
 import os
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import subprocess
 from pyquery import PyQuery as pq
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from pathlib import Path
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
 from urllib3.util.retry import Retry
 
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ else:
     WORKING_DIR = os.getenv("TUNASYNC_WORKING_DIR", 'working-channels')
 
 PATH_BATCH = int(os.getenv('NIX_MIRROR_PATH_BATCH', 8192))
+THREADS = int(os.getenv('NIX_MIRROR_THREADS', 10))
 DELETE_OLD = os.getenv('NIX_MIRROR_DELETE_OLD', '0') == '1'
 RETAIN_DAYS = float(os.getenv('NIX_MIRROR_RETAIN_DAYS', 30))
 
@@ -262,6 +265,9 @@ def clone_channels():
 
     return channels_to_update
 
+def hash_part(path):
+    return path.split('/')[-1].split('-', 1)[0]
+
 def update_channels(channels):
     logging.info(f'- Updating binary cache')
 
@@ -274,6 +280,7 @@ def update_channels(channels):
         chan_path_update = working_dir / f'.{channel}.update'
 
         upstream_binary_cache = (chan_path_update / '.original-binary-cache-url').read_text()
+        upstream_binary_cache = upstream_binary_cache.rstrip('/')
 
         # All the channels should have https://cache.nixos.org as binary cache
         # URL. We download nix-cache-info here (once per sync) to avoid
@@ -292,26 +299,56 @@ def update_channels(channels):
 
         logging.info(f'    - {len(paths)} paths listed')
 
-        # Batch paths to avoid E2BIG
-
+        todo = {}
         channel_failure = False
 
+        # Batch paths to avoid E2BIG
+
         for i in range(0, len(paths), PATH_BATCH):
             batch = paths[i : i + PATH_BATCH]
             process = subprocess.run(
                 [
-                    'nix', 'copy',
-                    '--from', upstream_binary_cache,
-                    '--to', nix_store_dest,
-                    '--verbose'
-                ] + batch
+                    'nix', 'path-info',
+                    '--store', upstream_binary_cache,
+                    '--recursive', '--json'
+                ] + batch,
+                stdout=subprocess.PIPE
             )
             if process.returncode != 0:
-                logging.info(f'    - Error status: {process.returncode}')
                 channel_failure = True
+                logging.info(f'    - Error status: {process.returncode}')
+                break
+        else:
+            infos = json.loads(process.stdout)
+            for info in infos:
+                ha = hash_part(info['path'])
+                todo[ha] = (info['url'], f'{ha}.narinfo')
 
-                global failure
-                failure = True
+            logging.info(f'    - {len(todo)} paths to download')
+
+            digits = len(str(len(todo)))
+
+            def try_mirror(index, paths):
+                index += 1
+                prefix = f'[{str(index).rjust(digits)}/{len(todo)}]'
+                try:
+                    for path in paths:
+                        url = f'{upstream_binary_cache}/{path}'
+                        dest = working_dir / STORE_DIR / path
+                        if dest.exists(): continue
+                        download(url, dest)
+                        logging.info(f'    - {prefix} {path}')
+                    return True
+                except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, WrongSize):
+                    return False
+
+            with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=THREADS) as executor:
+                results = executor.map(
+                    lambda job: try_mirror(*job),
+                    enumerate(todo.values())
+                )
+                if not all(results):
+                    channel_failure = True
 
         if channel_failure:
             logging.info(f'    - Finished with errors, not updating symlink')
@@ -371,9 +408,7 @@ def garbage_collect():
             )
 
             for path in process.stdout.splitlines():
-                # /nix/store/hash-...
-                #            ^^^^
-                closure.add(path.split('/')[-1].split('-', 1)[0])
+                closure.add(hash_part(path))
 
     logging.info(f'  - {len(closure)} paths in closure')