diff --git a/src/SplitJob.class b/src/SplitJob.class
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10c467d
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/SplitJob.class differ
diff --git a/src/SplitJob.java b/src/SplitJob.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8498be6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/SplitJob.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+
+import java.io.*;
+
+import static java.lang.ProcessBuilder.Redirect;
+
+public class SplitJob {
+
+	private static final BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
+
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+		final Runtime runtime = Runtime.getRuntime();
+		int numThreads = runtime.availableProcessors();
+		Process[] procs = new Process[numThreads];
+
+		try {
+		
+			ProcessBuilder builder = new ProcessBuilder(args);
+			builder.redirectError(Redirect.INHERIT);
+		
+			for (int i = 0; i < numThreads; i++) {
+				procs[i] = builder.start();
+			}
+		
+			for (int i = 0; ; i = (i + 1) % numThreads) {
+	
+				String s = in.readLine();
+
+				if (s == null)
+					break;
+
+				byte[] data = (s + '\n').getBytes();
+				procs[i].getOutputStream().write(data, 0, data.length);
+				procs[i].getOutputStream().flush();
+			}
+		
+			for (Process proc : procs) {
+			
+				proc.getOutputStream().close();
+				int exitCode = proc.waitFor();
+				
+				if (exitCode != 0) {
+					System.err.printf("[Error] %s stopped with exit code: %d\n", args[0], exitCode);
+					System.exit(2);
+				}
+			}
+			
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			System.err.printf("[Error] %s: %s\n", e.getClass().getName(), e.getMessage());
+			System.exit(1);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/render_icons.sh b/src/render_icons.sh
index 3864c08..29a6fe2 100755
--- a/src/render_icons.sh
+++ b/src/render_icons.sh
@@ -68,13 +68,12 @@ do
     # since we finished rendering it out last.
     if [[ $CONTEXT.svg -nt .${CONTEXT}_timestamp ]]
     then
-        genInkscapeCmds $CONTEXT | $INKSCAPE --shell > /dev/null && touch .${CONTEXT}_timestamp &
+        echo "Rendering icons from $CONTEXT.svg"
+        genInkscapeCmds $CONTEXT | java SplitJob $INKSCAPE --shell && touch .${CONTEXT}_timestamp
     else
         echo "No changes to $CONTEXT.svg, skipping..."
     fi
 done
 
-wait
-
 # Remove all empty directories from the theme folder.
 find $THEMEDIR -type d -empty -delete