diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 64edf06..b0eea4a 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ export SLACK_TEAM=
 export SLACK_COOKIE=
 export EMOJI_NAME_PREFIX=
 export EMOJI_NAME_SUFFIX=
+export CONCURRENT_REQUESTS=
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diff --git a/export.py b/export.py
index 2bd49e6..84ae994 100755
--- a/export.py
+++ b/export.py
@@ -3,17 +3,22 @@
 # Export emoji in a Slack team as files
 # https://github.com/smashwilson/slack-emojinator
 
-from __future__ import print_function
-
 import requests
 import lxml.html
 
 import argparse
 import os
 import shutil
+import asyncio, aiohttp
+import logging
 
 from upload import _session
 
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(asctime)-15s\t%(message)s")
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+URL = "https://{team_name}.slack.com/customize/emoji"
+
 
 def _argparse():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
@@ -33,32 +38,65 @@ def _argparse():
         default=os.getenv('SLACK_COOKIE'),
         help='Defaults to the $SLACK_COOKIE environment variable.'
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        '--concurrent-requests', '-r',
+        default=os.getenv('CONCURRENT_REQUESTS', 200),
+        help='Maximum concurrent requests. Defaults to the $CONCURRENT_REQUESTS environment variable or 200.'
+    )
     args = parser.parse_args()
     return args
 
+def concurrent_http_get(num_chunks: int, session: aiohttp.ClientSession):
+    semaphore = asyncio.Semaphore(num_chunks)
 
-def main():
+    async def http_get(url, name):
+        nonlocal semaphore
+        with (await semaphore):
+            response = await session.get(url)
+            body = await response.content.read()
+            await response.wait_for_close()
+        return body, name, url
+    return http_get
+
+def handle_response(response, name: str, url: str, directory: str):
+    logger.info(f"Got {name.ljust(15)} {url}")
+    ext = url.split(".")[-1]
+    with open(os.path.join(directory, f"{name}.{ext}"), 'wb') as out:
+        out.write(response)
+
+def _async_session(auth_cookie):
+    return aiohttp.ClientSession(headers={"Cookie": auth_cookie})
+
+async def main():
     args = _argparse()
 
     if not os.path.exists(args.directory):
         os.makedirs(args.directory)
 
-    session = _session(args)
-    resp = session.get(session.url)
-    tree = lxml.html.fromstring(resp.text)
-    urls = tree.xpath(r'//td[@headers="custom_emoji_image"]/span/@data-original')
-    names = [u.split('/')[-2] for u in urls]
+    async with _async_session(args.cookie) as session:
+        endpoint = URL.format(team_name=args.team_name)
+        logger.info(f"Getting {endpoint}")
+        resp = await session.get(endpoint)
+        async with resp:
+            if resp.status != 200:
+                logger.error(f"Failed to retrieve emoji list ({resp.status})")
+                return
+            text = await resp.text()
+            tree = lxml.html.fromstring(text)
+            urls = tree.xpath(r'//td[@headers="custom_emoji_image"]/span/@data-original')
+            names = [u.split('/')[-2] for u in urls]
+
+            logger.info(f"Parsed {len(names)} emojis")
+            assert len(names) > 0
+
+        http_get = concurrent_http_get(args.concurrent_requests, session)
+        tasks = [http_get(emoji_url, emoji_name) for emoji_name, emoji_url in zip(names, urls) if "alias" not in emoji_url]
+        for future in asyncio.as_completed(tasks):
+            data, name, url = await future
+            handle_response(data, name, url, args.directory)
 
-    for emoji_name, emoji_url in zip(names, urls):
-        if "alias" not in emoji_url:  # this does not seem necessary ...
-            file_extension = emoji_url.split(".")[-1]
-            request = session.get(emoji_url, stream=True)
-            if request.status_code == 200:
-                filename = '%s/%s.%s' % (args.directory, emoji_name,
-                                         file_extension)
-                with open(filename, 'wb') as out_file:
-                    shutil.copyfileobj(request.raw, out_file)
-                del request
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
+    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
+    loop.run_until_complete(main())
+
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 50143c2..afce542 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 beautifulsoup4>=4.4, <5.0
 requests>=2.5.3, <3.0
 lxml==3.7.3
+aiohttp==2.3.1
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