diff --git a/config/postal.defaults.yml b/config/postal.defaults.yml
index deef0a3..d863725 100644
--- a/config/postal.defaults.yml
+++ b/config/postal.defaults.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ rabbitmq:
 
 workers:
   quantity: 1
+  threads: 4
 
 smtp_server:
   port: 25
diff --git a/lib/postal/rabbit_mq.rb b/lib/postal/rabbit_mq.rb
index fe06747..43df34c 100644
--- a/lib/postal/rabbit_mq.rb
+++ b/lib/postal/rabbit_mq.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module Postal
 
     def self.create_channel
       conn = self.create_connection
-      conn.create_channel
+      conn.create_channel(nil, Postal.config.workers.threads)
     end
 
   end
diff --git a/lib/postal/worker.rb b/lib/postal/worker.rb
index bb48590..f1248d7 100644
--- a/lib/postal/worker.rb
+++ b/lib/postal/worker.rb
@@ -5,20 +5,22 @@ module Postal
       @initial_queues = queues
       @active_queues = {}
       @process_name = $0
+      @running_jobs = []
     end
 
     def work
-      @running_job = false
-      Signal.trap("INT")  { @exit = true }
-      Signal.trap("TERM") { @exit = true }
+      logger.info "Worker running with #{Postal.config.workers.threads} threads"
 
-      self.class.job_channel.prefetch(1)
+      Signal.trap("INT")  { @exit = true; set_process_name }
+      Signal.trap("TERM") { @exit = true; set_process_name }
+
+      self.class.job_channel.prefetch(Postal.config.workers.threads)
       @initial_queues.each { |queue | join_queue(queue) }
 
       exit_checks = 0
       loop do
-        if @exit && @running_job == false
-          logger.info "Exiting immediately because no job running"
+        if @exit && @running_jobs.empty?
+          logger.info "Exiting immediately because no jobs running"
           exit 0
         elsif @exit
           if exit_checks >= 60
@@ -40,12 +42,12 @@ module Postal
     private
 
     def receive_job(delivery_info, properties, body)
-      @running_job = true
       begin
         message = JSON.parse(body) rescue nil
         if message && message['class_name']
+          @running_jobs << message['id']
+          set_process_name
           start_time = Time.now
-          $0 = "#{@process_name} (running #{message['class_name']})"
           Thread.current[:job_id] = message['id']
           logger.info "[#{message['id']}] Started processing \e[34m#{message['class_name']}\e[0m job"
           begin
@@ -65,12 +67,12 @@ module Postal
         end
       ensure
         Thread.current[:job_id] = nil
-        $0 = @process_name
         self.class.job_channel.ack(delivery_info.delivery_tag)
-        @running_job = false
+        @running_jobs.delete(message['id']) if message['id']
+        set_process_name
 
-        if @exit
-          logger.info "Exiting because a job has ended."
+        if @exit && @running_jobs.empty?
+          logger.info "Exiting because all jobs have finished."
           exit 0
         end
       end
@@ -169,6 +171,16 @@ module Postal
       end
     end
 
+    def set_process_name
+      prefix = @process_name.to_s
+      prefix += " [exiting]" if @exit
+      if @running_jobs.empty?
+        $0 = "#{prefix} (idle)"
+      else
+        $0 = "#{prefix} (running #{@running_jobs.join(', ')})"
+      end
+    end
+
     def logger
       self.class.logger
     end