diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 569695d..fbae67a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::hash::{BuildHasher, BuildHasherDefault, Hash, Hasher};
 use std::io::{BufReader, BufWriter, Write};
+use std::sync::mpsc;
+use std::thread;
+
 //use std::path::Path;
 
 // External crate imports
@@ -77,8 +80,8 @@ impl Hasher for HashIntoType {
         panic!("This hasher only takes u64");
     }
 
-    fn write_u64(&mut self, _i: u64) { // no-op implementation!
-        // self.0 = i;
+    fn write_u64(&mut self, i: u64) {
+        self.0 = i;
     }
 }
 
@@ -733,12 +736,12 @@ impl KmerCountTable {
 
         // build KmerCountTables in parallel
         let tables: Vec<KmerCountTable> = coord_pairs
-            .par_iter()
+            .into_par_iter()
             .map(|(start, end)| {
                 let mut t = KmerCountTable::new(self.ksize, self.store_kmers);
 
-                let start = *start as usize;
-                let end = *end as usize;
+                let start = start as usize;
+                let end = end as usize;
                 t._consume(&seq[start..end], skip_bad_kmers)
                     .expect("fail in sub consume");
                 t
@@ -761,6 +764,87 @@ impl KmerCountTable {
         Ok(total_consumed)
     }
 
+    #[pyo3(signature = (seq, chunk_size, skip_bad_kmers=true))]
+    pub fn parallel_consume2(
+        &mut self,
+        seq: &str,
+        chunk_size: u64,
+        skip_bad_kmers: bool,
+    ) -> PyResult<u64> {
+        let ksize: u64 = self.ksize.into();
+        let chunk_size = max(chunk_size, ksize);
+
+        // figure out the number of chunks, given the desired chunk size.
+        // @CTB: factor out into own function!
+        let seq_len = seq.len() as u64;
+        let mut num_chunks: u64 = seq_len / chunk_size;
+
+        // build a vec of (start, end) pairs.
+        let mut coord_pairs: Vec<(u64, u64)> = vec![];
+
+        // do entire sequence in one? all good.
+        if num_chunks <= 1 {
+            coord_pairs.push((0, seq_len));
+        } else {
+            // more than one chunk: do more complicated stuff :).
+            let mut final_chunk: bool = false;
+            if seq_len % chunk_size > 0 {
+                num_chunks = num_chunks - 1;
+                final_chunk = true;
+            }
+
+            for i in 0..num_chunks {
+                let start = i * chunk_size;
+                let end = (i + 1) * chunk_size + ksize - 1;
+                coord_pairs.push((start, end));
+            }
+            if final_chunk {
+                // @CTB eprintln!("final chunk!");
+                // collect up the remainder
+                coord_pairs.push((num_chunks * chunk_size, seq_len));
+            }
+        }
+
+        // @CTB eprintln!("{:?}", coord_pairs);
+
+        let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel();
+
+        for (start, end) in coord_pairs.into_iter() {
+            let sender = sender.clone();
+            let start = start as usize;
+            let end = end as usize;
+            let subseq = String::from(&seq[start..end]);
+
+            thread::spawn(move || {
+                let hashes = SeqToHashes::new(
+                    subseq.as_str().as_bytes(),
+                    ksize as usize,
+                    skip_bad_kmers,
+                    false,
+                    HashFunctions::Murmur64Dna,
+                    42,
+                );
+
+                for hash_value in hashes {
+                    match hash_value {
+                        Ok(0) => continue,
+                        Ok(x) => {
+                            sender.send(x).expect("send failed?!");
+                        },
+                        Err(_) => continue,
+                    }
+                }
+            });
+        }
+        drop(sender);
+
+        for received in receiver {
+            self.count_hash(received);
+        }
+
+        Ok(1)                   // total_consumed @CTB
+    }
+
     // Helper method to get hash set of k-mers
     fn hash_set(&self) -> HashSet<HashIntoType> {
         self.counts.keys().cloned().collect()