diff --git a/src/main/java/land/chipmunk/chayapak/chomens_bot/commands/GrepLogCommand.java b/src/main/java/land/chipmunk/chayapak/chomens_bot/commands/GrepLogCommand.java
index 23df70d1..c9513362 100644
--- a/src/main/java/land/chipmunk/chayapak/chomens_bot/commands/GrepLogCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/land/chipmunk/chayapak/chomens_bot/commands/GrepLogCommand.java
@@ -43,18 +43,21 @@ public class GrepLogCommand implements Command {
     public Component execute(CommandContext context, String[] _args, String[] fullArgs) {
         final Bot bot = context.bot();
 
-        if (bot.grepLog().thread() != null) return Component.text("Another query is already running").color(NamedTextColor.RED);
-
         String[] args = _args;
 
         boolean ignoreCase = false;
         boolean regex = false;
 
         if (_args[0].equals("stop")) {
+            if (bot.grepLog().thread() == null) return Component.text("No query is running").color(NamedTextColor.RED);
+
             bot.grepLog().thread().interrupt();
+            context.sendOutput(Component.text("Log query stopped"));
             return Component.text("success");
         }
 
+        if (bot.grepLog().thread() != null) return Component.text("Another query is already running").color(NamedTextColor.RED);
+
         // this is a mess
         if (_args[0].equals("-ignorecase")) {
             ignoreCase = true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/land/chipmunk/chayapak/chomens_bot/plugins/GrepLogPlugin.java b/src/main/java/land/chipmunk/chayapak/chomens_bot/plugins/GrepLogPlugin.java
index 2504158c..e78858bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/land/chipmunk/chayapak/chomens_bot/plugins/GrepLogPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/land/chipmunk/chayapak/chomens_bot/plugins/GrepLogPlugin.java
@@ -9,8 +9,10 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 
 import java.io.*;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 
@@ -52,7 +54,11 @@ public class GrepLogPlugin {
                     pattern = Pattern.compile(query, Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
                 }
                 else {
-                    pattern = Pattern.compile(query);
+                    try {
+                        pattern = Pattern.compile(query);
+                    } catch (Exception e) {
+                        bot.chat().tellraw(Component.text(e.toString()).color(NamedTextColor.RED));
+                    }
                 }
             } else {
                 if (ignoreCase) {
@@ -74,34 +80,52 @@ public class GrepLogPlugin {
 
             Arrays.sort(fileList, Comparator.comparing(File::getName)); // VERY IMPORTANT
 
-            for (File file : fileList) {
-                final String fileName = file.getName();
-                if (fileName.matches(".*\\.txt\\.gz")) {
-                    try (
-                            FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(file);
-                            GZIPInputStream gzin = new GZIPInputStream(fin, 65536);
-                            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(gzin, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
-                    ) {
-                        br.readLine();
-                        readFile(br);
-                    } catch (Exception ignored) {
-                    } // TODO: Handle exception
-                } else {
-                    try (
-                            FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(file);
-                            BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fin, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
-                    ) {
-                        br.readLine();
-                        readFile(br);
-                    } catch (Exception ignored) {
-                    } // TODO: Handle exception
-                }
+            // split the list into smaller chunks
+            int chunkSize = fileList.length / Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors();
+            final List<File[]> fileChunks = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (int i = 0; i < fileList.length; i += chunkSize) {
+                int end = Math.min(i + chunkSize, fileList.length);
+                fileChunks.add(Arrays.copyOfRange(fileList, i, end));
+            }
 
-                if (Thread.interrupted()) {
-                    bot.chat().tellraw(Component.text("Log query stopped"));
-                } else if (queryStopped) {
-                    break;
-                }
+            final List<Thread> threads = new ArrayList<>();
+            for (File[] chunk : fileChunks) {
+                final Thread thread = new Thread(() -> {
+                    for (File file : chunk) {
+                        final String fileName = file.getName();
+                        if (fileName.matches(".*\\.txt\\.gz")) {
+                            try (
+                                    FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(file);
+                                    GZIPInputStream gzin = new GZIPInputStream(fin, 65536);
+                                    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(gzin, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+                            ) {
+                                br.readLine();
+                                readFile(br);
+                            } catch (Exception ignored) {
+                            } // TODO: Handle exception
+                        } else {
+                            try (
+                                    FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream(file);
+                                    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(fin, StandardCharsets.UTF_8))
+                            ) {
+                                br.readLine();
+                                readFile(br);
+                            } catch (Exception ignored) {
+                            } // TODO: Handle exception
+                        }
+
+                        if (queryStopped) break;
+                    }
+                });
+                thread.start();
+                threads.add(thread);
+            }
+
+            // wait for all of the threads to finish
+            for (Thread thread : threads) {
+                try {
+                    thread.join();
+                } catch (InterruptedException ignored) {}
             }
 
             finish();
@@ -156,6 +180,8 @@ public class GrepLogPlugin {
         }
 
         private void finish () {
+            thread = null;
+
             if (results.toString().split("\n").length < 100) { // ig lazy fix for removing \n lol
                 bot.chat().tellraw(
                         Component.empty()