diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0fa879a..ec03a41 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,13 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [2.3.0]
+
+### 🚀 Features
+
+- Multiple small optimizations for up to 25% performance improvement
+  - Parallelism is now at directory level instead of file level
+
 ## [2.2.0]
 
 ### 🚀 Features
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fc3f17a..048911d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2,21 +2,6 @@
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
 version = 3
 
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-checksum = "8a30b2e23b9e17a9f90641c7ab1549cd9b44f296d3ccbf309d2863cfe398a0cb"
-dependencies = [
- "gimli",
-]
-
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f26201604c87b1e01bd3d98f8d5d9a8fcbb815e8cedb41ffccbeb4bf593a35fe"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.13"
@@ -65,33 +50,6 @@ dependencies = [
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-version = "1.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d468802bab17cbc0cc575e9b053f41e72aa36bfa6b7f55e3529ffa43161b97fa"
-
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2089b7e3f35b9dd2d0ed921ead4f6d318c27680d4a5bd167b3ee120edb105837"
-dependencies = [
- "addr2line",
- "cc",
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "miniz_oxide",
- "object",
- "rustc-demangle",
-]
-
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-version = "1.3.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.4.2"
@@ -104,12 +62,6 @@ version = "1.0.90"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8cd6604a82acf3039f1144f54b8eb34e91ffba622051189e71b781822d5ee1f5"
 
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-name = "cfg-if"
-version = "1.0.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.5.2"
@@ -216,12 +168,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "gimli"
-version = "0.28.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4271d37baee1b8c7e4b708028c57d816cf9d2434acb33a549475f78c181f6253"
-
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
 version = "0.4.1"
@@ -230,9 +176,8 @@ checksum = "95505c38b4572b2d910cecb0281560f54b440a19336cbbcb27bf6ce6adc6f5a8"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hunt"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.3.0"
 dependencies = [
- "backtrace",
  "clap",
  "colored",
  "crossbeam-channel",
@@ -241,7 +186,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
  "rustix",
  "thin_str",
- "thingbuf",
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
@@ -273,16 +217,6 @@ version = "0.4.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3c168f8615b12bc01f9c17e2eb0cc07dcae1940121185446edc3744920e8ef45"
-dependencies = [
- "autocfg",
- "scopeguard",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.1"
@@ -298,67 +232,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "libmimalloc-sys",
 ]
 
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-version = "0.7.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "9d811f3e15f28568be3407c8e7fdb6514c1cda3cb30683f15b6a1a1dc4ea14a7"
-dependencies = [
- "adler",
-]
-
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a6a622008b6e321afc04970976f62ee297fdbaa6f95318ca343e3eebb9648441"
-dependencies = [
- "memchr",
-]
-
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3742b2c103b9f06bc9fff0a37ff4912935851bee6d36f3c02bcc755bcfec228f"
-dependencies = [
- "lock_api",
- "parking_lot_core",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4c42a9226546d68acdd9c0a280d17ce19bfe27a46bf68784e4066115788d008e"
-dependencies = [
- "cfg-if",
- "libc",
- "redox_syscall",
- "smallvec",
- "windows-targets 0.48.5",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b6bf43b791c5b9e34c3d182969b4abb522f9343702850a2e57f460d00d09b4b3"
-dependencies = [
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-]
-
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-checksum = "2f38a4412a78282e09a2cf38d195ea5420d15ba0602cb375210efbc877243965"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.78"
@@ -397,46 +270,19 @@ dependencies = [
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 ]
 
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-version = "0.4.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4722d768eff46b75989dd134e5c353f0d6296e5aaa3132e776cbdb56be7731aa"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags 1.3.2",
-]
-
-[[package]]
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "d626bb9dae77e28219937af045c257c28bfd3f69333c512553507f5f9798cb76"
-
 [[package]]
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 version = "0.38.31"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6ea3e1a662af26cd7a3ba09c0297a31af215563ecf42817c98df621387f4e949"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags 2.4.2",
+ "bitflags",
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "scopeguard"
-version = "1.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
-
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-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
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-
 [[package]]
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@@ -460,16 +306,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
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- "parking_lot",
- "pin-project",
-]
-
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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f89cc6b..5dfc40d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ repository = "https://github.com/LyonSyonII/hunt-rs"
 keywords = ["algorithms", "filesystem"]
 readme = "README.md"
 license = "MIT"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.3.0"
 authors = ["Liam G <liam.garriga@tutanota.com>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ colored = "2.1.0"
 memchr = "2.7.1"
 crossbeam-channel = "0.5.12"
 thin_str = "0.1.0"
-thingbuf = "0.1.4"
-backtrace = "0.3.69"
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 rustix = { version = "0.38.31", default-features = false, features = ["fs", "alloc"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 9b29c36..2460ef2 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -44,13 +44,11 @@ macro_rules! perf {
 
 fn main() -> std::io::Result<()> {
     let search = structs::Cli::run();
-    // std::env::set_var("RUST_MIN_STACK", format!("{}", 1024 * 1024 * 1024));
-
+    
     perf! {
         ctx = "search";
         let buffers = search.search();
     }
     search.print_results(buffers)?;
-    // dbg!(&crate::search::MAX);
     Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/search.rs b/src/search.rs
index 22be28b..b14aa4b 100644
--- a/src/search.rs
+++ b/src/search.rs
@@ -151,8 +151,6 @@ fn is_result(
     Some((None, is_dir.then_some(path.into_boxed_path())))
 }
 
-// pub static MAX: std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize = std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize::new(0);
-
 fn receive_paths(receiver: Receiver, search: &Search) -> Buffers {
     use std::io::Write;