diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f75b2f3..fee9e3d 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "balatro_mod_index"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 dependencies = [
  "bytes",
  "cached",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8b56a5b..788c036 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "balatro_mod_index"
 description = "a library for parsing a git lfs repo into a BMM-compatible index"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 edition = "2024"
 license = "GPL-3.0-only"
 exclude = [".gitignore", "flake.*"]
diff --git a/src/lfs.rs b/src/lfs.rs
index 20572a6..41b98e4 100644
--- a/src/lfs.rs
+++ b/src/lfs.rs
@@ -77,20 +77,15 @@ pub async fn mut_fetch_download_urls(
     concurrency_factor: usize,
     refresh_available: bool,
 ) -> Result<(), String> {
-    use futures::{StreamExt, stream};
     use std::cmp::min;
 
     let tree = blobs.first().ok_or("no blobs to fetch")?.tree;
-    let pointers = if refresh_available {
-        blobs.iter().map(|b| &b.pointer).collect::<Vec<_>>()
-    } else {
-        blobs
-            .iter()
-            .filter(|b| b.url.is_none())
-            .map(|b| &b.pointer)
-            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
-    };
 
+    let pointers = blobs
+        .iter()
+        .filter(|b| refresh_available || b.url.is_none())
+        .map(|b| &b.pointer)
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
     if pointers.is_empty() {
         log::debug!("no lfs info to fetch");
         return Ok(());
@@ -111,8 +106,9 @@ pub async fn mut_fetch_download_urls(
 
         let batch = &pointers[offset..next];
 
-        let future = async move {
+        tasks.push(async move {
             log::debug!("getting lfs object info at offset {offset}");
+
             let resp = client
                 .post(format!(
                     "https://{}/{}/{}.git/info/lfs/objects/batch",
@@ -134,35 +130,31 @@ pub async fn mut_fetch_download_urls(
                 .map_err(|e| format!("couldn't read raw response: {e}"))?
                 .to_vec();
 
-            let data: BatchResponse = serde_json::from_slice(&data)
+            let data = serde_json::from_slice::<BatchResponse>(&data)
                 .map_err(|_| match String::from_utf8(data) {
                     Ok(s) => format!("response was not json, but a string: {s}"),
                     Err(e) => format!("response was not json, and not a valid utf-8 string: {e}"),
                 })
                 .map_err(|e| format!("couldn't parse response: {e}"))?;
 
-            Ok(data
-                .objects
-                .into_iter()
-                .map(|obj| obj.actions.download.href)
-                .collect::<Vec<_>>())
-        };
-        tasks.push(future);
+            Ok::<_, String>(
+                data.objects
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|obj| obj.actions.download.href),
+            )
+        });
 
         offset = next;
     }
 
-    let download_urls = stream::iter(tasks)
-        .buffer_unordered(concurrency_factor)
-        .collect::<Vec<Result<Vec<String>, String>>>()
+    let download_urls = buffer_unordered(tasks, concurrency_factor)
         .await
         .into_iter()
-        .map(Result::ok)
+        .map(|r| r.map_err(|e| format!("couldn't fetch download urls: {e}")))
         .try_fold(Vec::new(), |mut acc, result| {
             acc.extend(result?);
-            Some(acc)
-        })
-        .ok_or("couldn't fetch download urls")?;
+            Ok::<_, String>(acc)
+        })?;
 
     for (blob, url) in blobs.iter_mut().zip(download_urls) {
         blob.url = Some(url);
@@ -176,19 +168,52 @@ pub async fn mut_fetch_blobs(
     blobs: &mut [&mut Blob<'_>],
     client: &reqwest::Client,
     concurrency_factor: usize,
-) -> Result<(), String> {
-    use futures::{StreamExt, stream};
-
-    stream::iter(blobs.iter_mut().filter_map(|b| {
-        b.url.as_ref().map(|url| async {
-            b.data = fetch_one(client, url, &b.pointer.oid).await;
-        })
-    }))
-    .buffer_unordered(concurrency_factor)
-    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+) -> () {
+    let thumbnails = buffer_unordered(
+        blobs.iter().filter_map(|b| {
+            b.url
+                .as_ref()
+                .map(|url| async move { fetch_one(client, url, &b.pointer.oid).await })
+        }),
+        concurrency_factor,
+    )
     .await;
 
-    Ok(())
+    for (blob, data) in blobs.iter_mut().zip(thumbnails) {
+        blob.data = data;
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "reqwest")]
+async fn buffer_unordered<T, Fut, I>(tasks: I, concurrency_factor: usize) -> Vec<T>
+where
+    Fut: std::future::Future<Output = T>,
+    I: IntoIterator<Item = Fut>,
+{
+    use futures::{StreamExt, stream::FuturesUnordered};
+
+    let mut tasks = tasks
+        .into_iter()
+        .enumerate()
+        .map(|(i, task)| async move { (i, task.await) })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    let mut results = Vec::new();
+    let mut futures = FuturesUnordered::new();
+    while let Some(next_job) = tasks.pop() {
+        while futures.len() >= concurrency_factor {
+            if let Some(result) = futures.next().await {
+                results.push(result);
+            }
+        }
+        futures.push(next_job);
+    }
+    while let Some(result) = futures.next().await {
+        results.push(result);
+    }
+
+    results.sort_by_key(|(i, _)| *i);
+    results.into_iter().map(|(_, result)| result).collect()
 }
 
 #[cfg(feature = "reqwest")]
diff --git a/src/mods.rs b/src/mods.rs
index ed75a4c..c32117e 100644
--- a/src/mods.rs
+++ b/src/mods.rs
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ impl ModIndex<'_> {
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
         lfs::mut_fetch_download_urls(blobs, client, concurrency_factor, refresh_urls).await?;
-        lfs::mut_fetch_blobs(blobs, client, concurrency_factor).await?;
+        lfs::mut_fetch_blobs(blobs, client, concurrency_factor).await;
 
         Ok(next)
     }