diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6dd2dfeb..889c1d50 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ target
 Cargo.lock
 *.bk
 .DS_Store
+*.out.png
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c51b0a70..ccab37f2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ bit-vec = "^0.4.2"
 byteorder = "^0.4.0"
 clap = "^1.5.4"
 crc = "^1.0.0"
+crossbeam = "^0.2.1"
 libc = "^0.2.4"
 libz-sys = "^1.0.0"
 regex = "^0.1.8"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 86a9e685..bc47ceb6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 extern crate bit_vec;
 extern crate byteorder;
 extern crate crc;
+extern crate crossbeam;
 extern crate libc;
 extern crate libz_sys;
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ use std::io::BufWriter;
 use std::io::Write;
 use std::path::Path;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 pub mod deflate {
     pub mod deflate;
@@ -118,42 +120,51 @@ pub fn optimize(filepath: &Path, opts: &Options) -> Result<(), String> {
     if opts.idat_recoding || something_changed {
         // Go through selected permutations and determine the best
         let mut best: Option<(u8, u8, u8, u8)> = None;
+        let scoped_idat = Arc::new(png.idat_data.clone());
         let combinations = opts.filter.len() * opts.compression.len() * opts.memory.len() *
                            opts.strategies.len();
         println!("Trying: {} combinations", combinations);
-        // TODO: Multithreading
-        for f in &opts.filter {
-            let filtered = png.filter_image(*f);
-            for zc in &opts.compression {
-                for zm in &opts.memory {
-                    for zs in &opts.strategies {
-                        let new_idat = match deflate::deflate::deflate(&filtered,
-                                                                       *zc,
-                                                                       *zm,
-                                                                       *zs,
-                                                                       opts.window) {
-                            Ok(x) => x,
-                            Err(x) => return Err(x),
-                        };
-                        if new_idat.len() < png.idat_data.len() ||
-                           (best.is_none() && something_changed) {
-                            best = Some((*f, *zc, *zm, *zs));
-                            png.idat_data = new_idat.clone();
-                        }
-                        if opts.verbosity == Some(1) {
-                            println!("    zc = {}  zm = {}  zs = {}  f = {}        {} bytes",
-                                     *zc,
-                                     *zm,
-                                     *zs,
-                                     *f,
-                                     new_idat.len());
+        crossbeam::scope(|scope| {
+            for f in &opts.filter {
+                let filtered = png.filter_image(*f);
+                for zc in &opts.compression {
+                    for zm in &opts.memory {
+                        for zs in &opts.strategies {
+                            let moved_png = png.clone();
+                            let mut moved_idat = scoped_idat.clone();
+                            let moved_filtered = filtered.clone();
+                            scope.spawn(move || {
+                                let new_idat = match deflate::deflate::deflate(&moved_filtered,
+                                                                               *zc,
+                                                                               *zm,
+                                                                               *zs,
+                                                                               opts.window) {
+                                    Ok(x) => x,
+                                    Err(x) => return Err(x),
+                                };
+                                if new_idat.len() < moved_png.idat_data.len() ||
+                                   (best.is_none() && something_changed) {
+                                    best = Some((*f, *zc, *zm, *zs));
+                                    *Arc::make_mut(&mut moved_idat) = new_idat.clone();
+                                }
+                                if opts.verbosity == Some(1) {
+                                    println!("    zc = {}  zm = {}  zs = {}  f = {}        {} bytes",
+                                             *zc,
+                                             *zm,
+                                             *zs,
+                                             *f,
+                                             new_idat.len());
+                                }
+                                Ok(())
+                            });
                         }
                     }
                 }
             }
-        }
+        });
 
         if let Some(better) = best {
+            png.idat_data = Arc::try_unwrap(scoped_idat).unwrap().clone();
             println!("Found better combination:");
             println!("    zc = {}  zm = {}  zs = {}  f = {}        {} bytes",
                      better.1,
diff --git a/src/png.rs b/src/png.rs
index f319c501..1cc60914 100644
--- a/src/png.rs
+++ b/src/png.rs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct ScanLine {
     data: Vec<u8>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug,Clone)]
 pub struct PngData {
     pub idat_data: Vec<u8>,
     pub ihdr_data: IhdrData,
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ pub struct PngData {
     pub aux_headers: HashMap<String, Vec<u8>>,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
+#[derive(Debug,Clone)]
 pub struct IhdrData {
     pub width: u32,
     pub height: u32,
diff --git a/tests/oxipng.rs b/tests/oxipng.rs
index 30362bb7..766aca53 100644
--- a/tests/oxipng.rs
+++ b/tests/oxipng.rs
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ fn palette_should_be_grayscale() {
 
 #[test]
 fn strip_headers() {
-    let input = PathBuf::from("tests/files/rgb_should_be_palette.png");
+    let input = PathBuf::from("tests/files/rgb_should_be_rgb.png");
     let mut opts = get_opts(&input);
     opts.strip = true;
     let output = opts.out_file.clone();