diff --git a/sourced/misc/password_generator/ReadMe.md b/sourced/misc/password_generator/ReadMe.md
index 937a103..12e1b1d 100644
--- a/sourced/misc/password_generator/ReadMe.md
+++ b/sourced/misc/password_generator/ReadMe.md
@@ -20,11 +20,12 @@ http get https://raw.githubusercontent.com/RickCogley/jpassgen/master/genpass-di
 let dictfile = $"/path/to/my/genpass-dict-jp"
 ```
 
-5. Confirm and edit the default symbols list and diceware delimiter: 
+5. In the main function's flags section, confirm and edit the default symbols list, diceware delimiter and threads for par-each (double the number of your CPU cores seems to be a good sweet spot): 
 
 ```
 --symbols (-s): string = "!@#$%^&()_-+[]{}" # Symbols to use in password
 --delimiter (-m): string = "-" # Delimiter for diceware
+--threads (-t): int = 16  # Number of threads to use in par-each
 ```
 
 6. Load the script with `use` in your `config.nu`, something like: 
@@ -64,7 +65,15 @@ std bench --rounds 10 --verbose {nupass 100 -v diceware}
 std bench --rounds 10 --verbose {nupass 1000 -v mixnmatch}
 ```
 
-If you change the `par-each` to `each` in the main list builders for instance, you'll see a significant performance hit. When I benchmarked `nupass 100`, using just `each` took 7 sec per round, whereas changing to `par-each` dropped that to about 1 sec per round. 
+If you change the `par-each` to `each` in the main list builders for instance, you'll see a significant performance hit. When I benchmarked `nupass 100`, using just `each` took 7 sec per round, whereas changing to `par-each` dropped that to about 1 sec per round.
+
+You can tweak it a little further by setting the threads for par-each. 
+
+```
+std bench --rounds 10 --verbose {nupass 100 -v diceware -t 8}
+std bench --rounds 10 --verbose {nupass 100 -v diceware -t 16}
+std bench --rounds 10 --verbose {nupass 100 -v diceware -t 32}
+```
 
 <img width="736" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/512328/235553238-48b48f37-0eae-48d3-8afe-e17515cd8325.png">
 
@@ -81,4 +90,3 @@ This command doesn't let you specify a precise length.
 Thanks everyone on Discord for putting up with and answering my nubie questions @amtoine, @fdncred, @jelle, @sygmei, @kubouch and for the feedback after try number 1. 
 
 <img width="576" alt="image" src="https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/512328/235383307-d3f3d65d-c184-4dfa-9fe9-677b677d8531.png">
-
diff --git a/sourced/misc/password_generator/nupass.nu b/sourced/misc/password_generator/nupass.nu
index 5cd4986..7492b85 100755
--- a/sourced/misc/password_generator/nupass.nu
+++ b/sourced/misc/password_generator/nupass.nu
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 # Author: @rickcogley
 # Thanks: @amtoine, @fdncred, @jelle, @sygmei, @kubouch
 # Updates: 20230415 - initial version
-#          20230416 - added @amtoine's slick probabilistic "random decimal" char capitalization
-#          20230417 - added script duration output in debug block
-#          20230421 - added length of symbol chars to get-random-symbol function
-#          20230422 - added variant flag to generate different styles of passwords
+#          20230416 - add @amtoine's slick probabilistic "random decimal" char capitalization
+#          20230417 - add script duration output in debug block
+#          20230421 - add length of symbol chars to get-random-symbol function
+#          20230422 - add variant flag to generate different styles of passwords
 #          20230501 - refactor to allow number of words to be specified, use list manipulation and reduce to string
 #          20230502 - improve performance on list builders with par-each
+#          20230503 - add threads flag for fine tuning par-each
 
 #======= NUPASS PASSWORD GENERATOR =======
 # Generate password of 3 dictionary file words, numbers and symbols
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ export def main [
   --symbols (-s): string = "!@#$%^&()_-+[]{}" # Symbols to use in password
   --variant (-v): string = "regular" # Password style to generate in regular, mixnmatch, alphanum, alpha, diceware
   --delimiter (-m): string = "-" # Delimiter for diceware
+  --threads (-t): int = 16  # Number of threads to use in par-each
   --debug (-d)    # Include debug info
 ] {
   ##### Main function #####
@@ -30,15 +32,15 @@ export def main [
   let num_lines = (open ($dictfile) | lines | wrap word | upsert len {|it| $it.word | split chars | length} | where len <= ($word_length) | length)
 
   # Get random words from dictionary file
-  let random_words = (1..$words | par-each { |i| $dictfile | get-random-word $word_length $num_lines | random-format-word })
+  let random_words = (1..$words | par-each { |i| $dictfile | get-random-word $word_length $num_lines | random-format-word } --threads $threads)
 
   # Get some symbols to sprinkle like salt bae
   # Update default symbol chars in symbols flag
   let symbols_len = ($symbols | str length)
-  let random_symbols = (1..$words | par-each { |i| $symbols | get-random-symbol $symbols $symbols_len })
+  let random_symbols = (1..$words | par-each { |i| $symbols | get-random-symbol $symbols $symbols_len } --threads $threads)
 
   # Get some random numbers 
-  let random_numbers = (1..$words | par-each { |i| (random integer 0..99) })
+  let random_numbers = (1..$words | par-each { |i| (random integer 0..99) } --threads $threads)
 
   # Print some vars if debug flag is set
   if $debug {