diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index aa9b903f..bce8df08 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 use dashmap::DashMap;
-use futures::stream;
-use futures::StreamExt;
+use futures::future;
 use governor::clock::{QuantaClock, QuantaInstant};
 use governor::middleware::NoOpMiddleware;
 use governor::state::{InMemoryState, NotKeyed};
@@ -11,9 +10,6 @@ use tokio::sync::RwLock;
 // use tokio::time::{sleep, Duration};
 use warp::Filter;
 
-// TODO: what should this be?
-const PARALLEL_REQUESTS: usize = 4;
-
 type RpcRateLimiter =
     RateLimiter<NotKeyed, InMemoryState, QuantaClock, NoOpMiddleware<QuantaInstant>>;
 
@@ -211,33 +207,34 @@ impl Web3ProxyState {
         json_body: &serde_json::Value,
     ) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
         // send the query to all the servers
-        let mut bodies = stream::iter(upstream_servers)
-            .map(|url| {
-                let client = self.client.clone();
-                let json_body = json_body.clone();
-                tokio::spawn(async move {
-                    let resp = client
-                        .post(&url)
-                        .json(&json_body)
-                        .send()
-                        .await
-                        .map_err(|e| (url.clone(), e))?;
-                    resp.text()
-                        .await
-                        .map(|t| (url.clone(), t))
-                        .map_err(|e| (url, e))
-                })
+        let bodies = future::join_all(upstream_servers.into_iter().map(|url| {
+            let client = self.client.clone();
+            let json_body = json_body.clone();
+            tokio::spawn(async move {
+                // TODO: there has to be a better way to do this map. i think maybe put  the map outside this spawn?
+                let resp = client
+                    .post(&url)
+                    .json(&json_body)
+                    .send()
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(|e| (url.clone(), e))?;
+                resp.text()
+                    .await
+                    .map(|t| (url.clone(), t))
+                    .map_err(|e| (url, e))
             })
-            .buffer_unordered(PARALLEL_REQUESTS);
+        }))
+        .await;
 
+        // we are going to collect successes and failures
         let mut oks = vec![];
         let mut errs = vec![];
 
-        while let Some(b) = bodies.next().await {
-            // TODO: reduce connection counter
-
+        // TODO: parallel?
+        for b in bodies {
             match b {
                 Ok(Ok((url, b))) => {
+                    // reduce connection counter
                     if let Some(connections) = connections {
                         *connections.get_mut(&url).unwrap() -= 1;
                     }
@@ -246,6 +243,7 @@ impl Web3ProxyState {
                     oks.push(b);
                 }
                 Ok(Err((url, e))) => {
+                    // reduce connection counter
                     if let Some(connections) = connections {
                         *connections.get_mut(&url).unwrap() -= 1;
                     }