diff --git a/day23/lib/classes2.py b/day23/lib/classes2.py
index 7adf96d..6762217 100644
--- a/day23/lib/classes2.py
+++ b/day23/lib/classes2.py
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 """part 2 solution"""
-import time
 from dataclasses import dataclass, field
+from multiprocessing import Pool
 from queue import Queue
 
 import colorama
+import tqdm
 
 from day23.lib.classes import BasePath, Maze, Path, Position, Solver
 
+colorama.init(convert=True)
+
 
 @dataclass(eq=True)
 class Node:
@@ -70,6 +73,67 @@ def __len__(self) -> int:
         return self.path_length
 
 
+def expand_node_path(node_path: NodePath, nodes: list[Node]) -> list[NodePath]:
+    """Expands a node path, giving back a list of of NodePaths"""
+    last_node: Node = nodes[node_path.last()]
+    result = []
+    for edge in last_node.edges:
+        target_node_id: int = edge.node2
+        if node_path.can_add(target_node_id):
+            to_add = node_path.copy()
+            to_add.add(target_node_id, len(edge.path))
+            result.append(to_add)
+    return result
+
+
+def worker_solve(
+    nodes: list[Node],
+    paths_to_process: list[NodePath],
+    break_early: bool,
+    thread_id: int,
+) -> tuple[list[BasePath], list[NodePath]]:
+    results: list[BasePath] = []
+    unfinished_paths: Queue[NodePath] = Queue()
+    for item in paths_to_process:
+        unfinished_paths.put(item)
+
+    pbar = tqdm.tqdm(
+        desc=f"Thread{thread_id}", total=len(paths_to_process), position=thread_id
+    )
+    if break_early:
+        pbar.total = 10000
+        pbar.set_description("Initial run")
+
+    while not unfinished_paths.empty():
+        path = unfinished_paths.get()
+        node_id: int = path.last()
+        if node_id == nodes[-1].name:  # end node
+            results.append(path)
+
+            if break_early:
+                pbar.update()
+                if pbar.n % 10000 == 0:
+                    break
+
+            continue
+
+        expansions = expand_node_path(path, nodes)
+
+        if not break_early:
+            pbar.total += len(expansions)
+            pbar.update()
+
+        for p in expansions:
+            unfinished_paths.put(p)
+    pbar.close()
+    return results, list(unfinished_paths.queue)
+
+
+def split_list(items: list[NodePath], num_chunks: int) -> list[list[NodePath]]:
+    chunk_size = (len(items) // num_chunks) + 1
+    return [items[i * chunk_size : (i + 1) * chunk_size] for i in range(num_chunks)]
+
+
 class Solver2(Solver):
     maze: Maze
 
@@ -160,19 +224,6 @@ def expand_path(self, path: Path) -> list[Path]:
 
             return result
 
-    def expand_node_path(
-        self, node_path: NodePath, nodes: list[Node]
-    ) -> list[NodePath]:
-        last_node: Node = nodes[node_path.last()]
-        result = []
-        for edge in last_node.edges:
-            target_node_id: int = edge.node2
-            if node_path.can_add(target_node_id):
-                to_add = node_path.copy()
-                to_add.add(target_node_id, len(edge.path))
-                result.append(to_add)
-        return result
-
     def build_nodes(self) -> list[Node]:
         nodes: dict[Position, Node] = self.get_nodes()
         print(self.maze)
@@ -183,29 +234,34 @@ def build_nodes(self) -> list[Node]:
 
     def solve(self) -> list[BasePath]:
         nodes: list[Node] = self.build_nodes()
+        # print our nodes out:
+        print("\n".join(str(node) for node in nodes))
+
         first_path = NodePath()
         first_path.add(0)
-        paths: Queue[NodePath] = Queue()
-        paths.put(first_path)
-        print("\n".join(str(node) for node in nodes))
-        last = time.time()
-        results: list[BasePath] = []
-        count = 0
-        while not paths.empty():
-            path: NodePath = paths.get()
-            node_id: int = path.last()
-            if node_id == nodes[-1].name:  # end node
-                # reached an edge
-                count += 1
-                results.append(path)
-                if count % 10000 == 0:
-                    print(paths.qsize(), path, time.time() - last)
-                    last = time.time()
-                continue
-            expansions = self.expand_node_path(path, nodes)
-            for path in expansions:
-                paths.put(path)
 
+        unfinished_paths: list[NodePath] = []
+        unfinished_paths.append(first_path)
+
+        results, unfinished_paths = worker_solve(nodes, unfinished_paths, True, 0)
+
+        # time for multithreading!
+        num_workers = 8
+        unfinished_chunks: list[list[NodePath]] = split_list(
+            unfinished_paths, num_workers
+        )
+
+        with Pool(num_workers) as pool:
+            worker_args = [
+                (nodes, unfinished_chunks[i], False, i) for i in range(num_workers)
+            ]
+            result_objects = pool.starmap_async(worker_solve, worker_args)
+            pool_results = result_objects.get()
+            for pool_result in pool_results:
+                paths = pool_result[0]
+                results.extend(paths)
+        print("\n" * num_workers * 2)  # fix bug in progress bars
+        # split unfinished_paths:
         results.sort(key=lambda x: len(x), reverse=True)
-
+        print("total results:", len(results))
         return results