diff --git a/m2g-poller.py b/m2g-poller.py
index 516c63d..8456011 100755
--- a/m2g-poller.py
+++ b/m2g-poller.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 """Gather Munin statistics and deliver to Carbon for Graphite display."""
 
-#from multiprocessing import Pool
 import argparse
 import logging
+import multiprocessing
 import pickle
 import re
 import socket
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ import sys
 import time
 
 LOGGING_FORMAT = "%(asctime)s : %(levelname)s : %(message)s"
-HOSTLIST = ["localhost"]
+HOSTLIST = ["localhost", "127.0.0.1"]
 RE_LEFTRIGHT = re.compile(r"^(?P<left>\S+)\s+(?P<right>\S+)$")
 
+
 class Munin():
     """Munin host object with querying getter functions."""
     def __init__(self, hostname="localhost", port=4949, args=None):
@@ -22,6 +23,11 @@ class Munin():
         self.port = port
         self.args = args
 
+    def go(self):
+        """Bootstrap method to start processing hosts's Munin stats."""
+        self.connect()
+        self.process_host_stats()
+
     def connect(self):
         """Initial connection to Munin host."""
         try:
@@ -96,9 +102,11 @@ class Munin():
 
     def process_host_stats(self):
         """Process Munin node data, potentially sending to Carbon."""
+        start_timestamp = time.time()
+        logging.info("Querying host %s", self.hostname)
         plugins = self.list_plugins()
         logging.debug("Plugin List: %s", plugins)
-        timestamp = int(time.time())
+        epoch_timestamp = int(start_timestamp)
 
         for current_plugin in plugins:
             logging.info("Fetching plugin: %s (Host: %s)",
@@ -110,13 +118,21 @@ class Munin():
             plugin_data = self.fetch(current_plugin)
             logging.debug("Plugin Data: %s", plugin_data)
             if self.args.carbon:
-                self.send_to_carbon(timestamp, current_plugin, plugin_config, plugin_data)
+                self.send_to_carbon(epoch_timestamp,
+                                    current_plugin,
+                                    plugin_config,
+                                    plugin_data)
+        end_timestamp = time.time() - start_timestamp
+        self.close_connection()
+        logging.info("Finished querying host %s (Execution Time: %.2f sec).",
+                     self.hostname, end_timestamp)
+
 
     def send_to_carbon(self, timestamp, plugin_name, plugin_config, plugin_data):
         """Send plugin data to Carbon over Pickle format."""
         carbon_host, carbon_port = self.args.carbon.split(":")
         data_list = []
-        logging.info("Creating metrics for plugin %s, timestamp: %d",
+        logging.info("Creating metric for plugin %s, timestamp: %d",
                      plugin_name, timestamp)
         short_hostname = self.hostname.split(".")[0]
         for data_key in plugin_data:
@@ -126,15 +142,15 @@ class Munin():
             logging.debug("Creating metric %s, value: %s", metric, value)
             data_list.append((metric, (timestamp, value)))
 
-        payload = pickle.dumps(data_list)
-        header = struct.pack("!L", len(payload))
-        message = header + payload
         if self.args.noop:
             logging.info("NOOP: Not sending data to Carbon")
             return
 
         logging.info("Sending plugin %s data to Carbon for host %s.",
                      plugin_name, self.hostname)
+        payload = pickle.dumps(data_list)
+        header = struct.pack("!L", len(payload))
+        message = header + payload
         carbon_sock = socket.create_connection((carbon_host, carbon_port), 10)
         carbon_sock.sendall(message)
         carbon_sock.close()
@@ -155,30 +171,34 @@ def parse_args():
                         default=2,
                         type=int,
                         help="Verbosity level. 1:ERROR, 2:INFO/Default, 3:DEBUG.")
+    parser.add_argument("--poolsize", type=int, default=1,
+                        help="Pool size of simultaneous connections for polling.")
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
     return args
 
+def worker_bootstrap(host, args):
+    """Handles pool process allocation."""
+    munin_obj = Munin(hostname=host, args=args)
+    return munin_obj.go()
+
+def worker_return(retval):
+    """Outputs any return values from each pool iteration."""
+    logging.debug("Iteration Return Value: %s", retval)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     args = parse_args()
-    if args.verbose == 3:
-        LOGGING_LEVEL = logging.DEBUG
-    elif args.verbose == 1:
+    if args.verbose == 1:
         LOGGING_LEVEL = logging.ERROR
+    elif args.verbose == 3:
+        LOGGING_LEVEL = logging.DEBUG
     else:
         LOGGING_LEVEL = logging.INFO
 
     logging.basicConfig(format=LOGGING_FORMAT, level=LOGGING_LEVEL)
-    while True:
-        for current_host in HOSTLIST:
-            start_time = time.time()
-            logging.info("Querying host: %s", current_host)
-            munin_host = Munin(hostname=current_host, args=args)
-            munin_host.connect()
-            munin_host.process_host_stats()
-            munin_host.close_connection()
-            end_time = time.time()
-            elapsed_time = end_time - start_time
-            logging.info("Finished querying host %s (Execution Time: %.2f sec)",
-                         current_host, elapsed_time)
-        time.sleep(60)
+    pool = multiprocessing.Pool(args.poolsize)
+    for host in HOSTLIST:
+        logging.debug("Adding host %s to the pool.", host)
+        pool.apply_async(worker_bootstrap, args = (host, args,), callback = worker_return)
+    pool.close()
+    pool.join()