diff --git a/warcprox/main.py b/warcprox/main.py
index 0854cee..bcff5b0 100644
--- a/warcprox/main.py
+++ b/warcprox/main.py
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ def _build_arg_parser(prog=os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])):
             default=None, help='kafka broker list for capture feed')
     arg_parser.add_argument('--kafka-capture-feed-topic', dest='kafka_capture_feed_topic', 
             default=None, help='kafka capture feed topic')
-    arg_parser.add_argument('--queue-size', dest='queue_size', default=1000,
+    arg_parser.add_argument('--queue-size', dest='queue_size', default=500,
+            help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
+    arg_parser.add_argument('--max-threads', dest='max_threads', default=500,
             help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
     arg_parser.add_argument('--profile', action='store_true', default=False,
             help=argparse.SUPPRESS)
diff --git a/warcprox/mitmproxy.py b/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
index 532c221..3df9f33 100644
--- a/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
+++ b/warcprox/mitmproxy.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-# vim:set sw=4 et:
-
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
 try:
@@ -17,14 +15,16 @@ import logging
 import ssl
 import warcprox
 import threading
+import datetime
 
 class MitmProxyHandler(http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     logger = logging.getLogger("warcprox.mitmproxy.MitmProxyHandler")
 
     def __init__(self, request, client_address, server):
-        threading.current_thread.name = 'MitmProxyHandler-thread(tid={})'.format(warcprox.gettid())
+        threading.current_thread().name = 'MitmProxyHandler(tid={},started={},client={}:{})'.format(warcprox.gettid(), datetime.datetime.utcnow().isoformat(), client_address[0], client_address[1])
         self.is_connect = False
         self._headers_buffer = []
+        request.settimeout(60)  # XXX what value should this have?
         http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.__init__(self, request, client_address, server)
 
     def _determine_host_port(self):
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class MitmProxyHandler(http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
     def _connect_to_host(self):
         # Connect to destination
         self._proxy_sock = socket.socket()
-        self._proxy_sock.settimeout(60)
+        self._proxy_sock.settimeout(60)  # XXX what value should this have?
         self._proxy_sock.connect((self.hostname, int(self.port)))
 
         # Wrap socket if SSL is required
@@ -146,4 +146,6 @@ class MitmProxyHandler(http_server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
         if item.startswith('do_'):
             return self.do_COMMAND
 
+    def log_error(self, fmt, *args):
+        self.logger.warn(fmt, *args)
 
diff --git a/warcprox/warcproxy.py b/warcprox/warcproxy.py
index 93107b1..2b83564 100644
--- a/warcprox/warcproxy.py
+++ b/warcprox/warcproxy.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ from hanzo import warctools
 from certauth.certauth import CertificateAuthority
 import warcprox
 import datetime
+import concurrent.futures
 
 class ProxyingRecorder(object):
     """
@@ -294,10 +295,6 @@ class WarcProxyHandler(warcprox.mitmproxy.MitmProxyHandler):
             self.logger.error("uncaught exception in do_WARCPROX_WRITE_RECORD", exc_info=True)
             raise
 
-    def log_error(self, fmt, *args):
-        # logging better handled elsewhere?
-        pass
-
     def log_message(self, fmt, *args):
         # logging better handled elsewhere?
         pass
@@ -385,5 +382,14 @@ class SingleThreadedWarcProxy(http_server.HTTPServer):
     def handle_error(self, request, client_address):
         self.logger.warn("exception processing request %s from %s", request, client_address, exc_info=True)
 
-class WarcProxy(socketserver.ThreadingMixIn, SingleThreadedWarcProxy):
-    pass
+class PooledMixIn(socketserver.ThreadingMixIn):
+    def process_request(self, request, client_address):
+        if hasattr(self, 'pool') and self.pool:
+            self.pool.submit(self.process_request_thread, request, client_address)
+        else:
+            socketserver.ThreadingMixIn.process_request(self, request, client_address)
+
+class WarcProxy(PooledMixIn, SingleThreadedWarcProxy):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        SingleThreadedWarcProxy.__init__(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self.pool = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=self.options.max_threads or 500)