diff --git a/src/welearnbot/action_handlers.py b/src/welearnbot/action_handlers.py
index 49840b7..e6d8d94 100644
--- a/src/welearnbot/action_handlers.py
+++ b/src/welearnbot/action_handlers.py
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 from argparse import Namespace
 from configparser import RawConfigParser
+from datetime import datetime
 import sys
-from typing import List
+from typing import Any, List, Tuple
+
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup as bs
-from datetime import datetime
 
 from moodlews.service import MoodleClient, ServerFunctions
 from welearnbot import resolvers
 from welearnbot.gcal import publish_gcal_event
-from welearnbot.utils import get_resource, read_cache, write_cache, show_file_statuses
+from welearnbot.utils import (
+    get_resource,
+    get_resources,
+    read_cache,
+    show_file_statuses,
+    write_cache,
+)
 
 
 def handle_whoami(moodle: MoodleClient) -> None:
@@ -181,40 +188,34 @@ def handle_files(
     for courseid in course_ids:
         course_name = course_ids[courseid]
         page = moodle.server(ServerFunctions.COURSE_CONTENTS, courseid=courseid)
+        # For each course we populate resources and download all of them in
+        # parallel
+        # List[Typle[resource, subpath]]
+        resources_data: List[Tuple[Any, str]] = []
+
         for item in page:
             modules = item.get("modules", [])
             for module in modules:
                 modname = module.get("modname", "")
                 if modname == "resource":
                     for resource in module["contents"]:
-                        file_statuses.append(
-                            get_resource(
-                                args,
-                                moodle,
-                                ignore_types,
-                                resource,
-                                prefix_path,
-                                course_name,
-                                link_cache,
-                                token,
-                            )
-                        )
+                        resources_data.append((resource, ""))
                 elif modname == "folder":
                     folder_name = module.get("name", "")
                     for resource in module["contents"]:
-                        file_statuses.append(
-                            get_resource(
-                                args,
-                                moodle,
-                                ignore_types,
-                                resource,
-                                prefix_path,
-                                course_name,
-                                link_cache,
-                                token,
-                                subfolder=folder_name,
-                            )
-                        )
+                        resources_data.append((resource, folder_name))
+
+        # download all the resources for the course, and append their statuses
+        course_file_statuses = get_resources(args,
+                                             moodle,
+                                             ignore_types,
+                                             resources_data,
+                                             prefix_path,
+                                             course_name,
+                                             link_cache,
+                                             token
+                                             )
+        file_statuses.extend(course_file_statuses)
 
     write_cache(link_cache_filepath, link_cache)
     show_file_statuses(file_statuses, verbose=args.verbose)
diff --git a/src/welearnbot/utils.py b/src/welearnbot/utils.py
index c3807fc..dfb524d 100644
--- a/src/welearnbot/utils.py
+++ b/src/welearnbot/utils.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-from moodlews.service import MoodleClient
-
 from argparse import Namespace
-from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple
-
+from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 import json
-import os
 import mimetypes
+import os
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Tuple
+
+from moodlews.service import MoodleClient
 
 
 def read_cache(filepath: str) -> dict:
@@ -97,19 +97,59 @@ def get_resource(
     # Download the file and write to the folder
     print(
         " " * indent + "Downloading " + short_filepath,
-        end="",
         flush=True,
     )
     response = moodle.response(fileurl, token=token)
     with open(filepath, "wb") as download:
         download.write(response.content)
-    print(" ... DONE")
+    print(" " * indent + short_filepath + " ... DONE", flush=True)
 
     # Add the file url to the cache
     cache[fileurl] = timemodified
     return "DOWNLOADED", short_filepath
 
 
+def get_resources(
+    args: Namespace,
+    moodle: MoodleClient,
+    ignore_types: List[str],
+    resources_data: List[Tuple[Any, str]],
+    prefix: str,
+    course: str,
+    cache: dict,
+    token: str,
+) -> List[Tuple[str, str]]:
+    """
+    This is a wrapper over get_resource that parallelizes downloads
+
+    resources_data_list is a list of resource_data
+    where resource_data is the data of what needs to be downloaded with
+    it's folder location like this
+    Tuple[resource, subfolder]
+    """
+
+    def _get_resource(resource_data: Tuple[Any, str]) -> Tuple[str, str]:
+        resource, folder_name = resource_data
+        return get_resource(args,
+                            moodle,
+                            ignore_types,
+                            resource,
+                            prefix,
+                            course,
+                            cache,
+                            token,
+                            subfolder=folder_name)
+
+    with ThreadPoolExecutor() as exe:
+        file_statuses = exe.map(_get_resource, resources_data)
+
+    # https://docs.python.org/3/library/concurrent.futures.html#concurrent.futures.Executor.map
+    # exception hanlding must be done while retrieving
+    # the items for the map's iterator
+    # ie, exceptions will be raised here while converting iterator in to list
+    return list(file_statuses)
+
+
 def show_file_statuses(file_statuses, verbose=False) -> None:
     """Helper function to print ignored, missing files"""
     ignored = []