diff --git a/tubesync/common/huey.py b/tubesync/common/huey.py
index 87963726..0dee931e 100644
--- a/tubesync/common/huey.py
+++ b/tubesync/common/huey.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 from functools import wraps
 
 
@@ -25,13 +26,21 @@ def h_q_tuple(q, /):
     )
 
 
-def sqlite_tasks(key, /, prefix=None):
+def sqlite_tasks(key, /, prefix=None, thread=None, workers=None):
     name_fmt = 'huey_{}'
-    if prefix is None:
-        prefix = ''
     if prefix:
         name_fmt = f'huey_{prefix}_' + '{}'
     name = name_fmt.format(key)
+    thread = thread is True
+    try:
+        workers = int(workers)
+    except TypeError:
+        workers = 2
+    finally:
+        if 0 >= workers:
+            workers = os.cpu_count()
+        elif 1 == workers:
+            thread = False
     return dict(
         huey_class='huey.SqliteHuey',
         name=name,
@@ -46,8 +55,8 @@ def sqlite_tasks(key, /, prefix=None):
             strict_fifo=True,
         ),
         consumer=dict(
-            workers=1,
-            worker_type='process',
+            workers=workers if thread else 1,
+            worker_type='thread' if thread else 'process',
             max_delay=20.0,
             flush_locks=True,
             scheduler_interval=10,
diff --git a/tubesync/tubesync/settings.py b/tubesync/tubesync/settings.py
index f5689dd1..dfa8148f 100644
--- a/tubesync/tubesync/settings.py
+++ b/tubesync/tubesync/settings.py
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ FORCE_SCRIPT_NAME = None
 DJANGO_HUEY = {
     'default': 'network',
     'queues': {
-        'database': sqlite_tasks('database'),
-        'filesystem': sqlite_tasks('filesystem'),
-        'limited': sqlite_tasks('limited', prefix='net'),
-        'network': sqlite_tasks('network'),
+        'database': sqlite_tasks('database', thread=True),
+        'filesystem': sqlite_tasks('filesystem', thread=True),
+        'limited': sqlite_tasks('limited', prefix='net', workers=1),
+        'network': sqlite_tasks('network', thread=True, workers=0),
     },
 }
 for django_huey_queue in DJANGO_HUEY['queues'].values():