diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c2cce49..6ef54f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ readme = "README.md"
 exclude = ["src/main.rs"]
 
 [dependencies]
-crossbeam = { version = "0.8.4", features = ["crossbeam-deque"] }
+crossbeam = "0.8.4"
 image = "0.24.9"
 img-parts = "0.3.0"
 thiserror = "1.0.58"
diff --git a/src/bulk.rs b/src/bulk.rs
index 20c5335..007c59b 100644
--- a/src/bulk.rs
+++ b/src/bulk.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{error, Compress, DEVICE, QUALITY};
 use crossbeam::channel;
-use crossbeam::deque::{Steal, Stealer, Worker};
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::thread::{self, JoinHandle};
 /// Custom configuration for building a [`Parallel`].
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use std::thread::{self, JoinHandle};
 /// Use [`Parallel::from_vec`] instead.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct ParallelBuilder {
-    vec: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
+    vec: VecDeque<(usize, Vec<u8>)>,
     quality: u8,
     device_num: u8,
 }
@@ -26,12 +26,10 @@ impl ParallelBuilder {
     pub fn build(self) -> Parallel {
         let (tx, rx) = channel::unbounded();
         Parallel {
-            main_worker: Worker::new_fifo(),
-            vec: self.vec,
             to_thread: StuffThatNeedsToBeSent {
+                vec: self.vec,
                 device_num: self.device_num,
                 quality: self.quality,
-                stealers: Vec::with_capacity(usize::from(self.device_num)),
             },
             transmitter: tx,
             receiver: rx,
@@ -64,11 +62,12 @@ impl ParallelBuilder {
         }
     }
 }
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct StuffThatNeedsToBeSent {
+    vec: VecDeque<(usize, Vec<u8>)>,
     device_num: u8,
     quality: u8,
-    stealers: Vec<Stealer<Vec<u8>>>,
 }
 impl StuffThatNeedsToBeSent {
     /// Compress images in parallel.
@@ -77,51 +76,48 @@ impl StuffThatNeedsToBeSent {
         tx: channel::Sender<Result<Vec<u8>, error::Error>>,
     ) -> Vec<thread::JoinHandle<()>> {
         let mut handles = Vec::with_capacity(usize::from(self.device_num));
-        let to_steal_from = Arc::new(Mutex::new(self.stealers));
+        let counter = Arc::new(Mutex::new(0usize));
+        let to_steal_from = Arc::new(Mutex::new(self.vec));
         for _ in 0..self.device_num {
             let local_stealer = Arc::clone(&to_steal_from);
+            let local_counter = Arc::clone(&counter);
             let local_transmitter = tx.clone();
             let handle = thread::spawn(move || {
-                let mut are_queues_empty = Vec::with_capacity(usize::from(self.device_num));
                 let mut payload = Vec::with_capacity(1);
                 loop {
                     {
-                        let Some(stealer_guard) = local_stealer.try_lock().ok() else {
+                        let Some(mut stealer_guard) = local_stealer.lock().ok() else {
                             continue;
                         };
-                        for stealer in stealer_guard.iter() {
-                            let Steal::Success(jpeg_bytes) = stealer.steal() else {
-                                continue;
-                            };
-                            payload.push(jpeg_bytes);
+                        if let Some(bytes) = stealer_guard.pop_front() {
+                            payload.push(bytes);
+                        } else {
                             break;
                         }
-                        let _checks = stealer_guard
-                            .iter()
-                            .map(|stealer| {
-                                if stealer.is_empty() {
-                                    are_queues_empty.push(true);
-                                } else {
-                                    are_queues_empty.push(false);
-                                }
-                            })
-                            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
                         // lock is no longer needed past this point
                     }
-                    if let Some(bytes) = payload.pop() {
-                        let compress_result = Compress::new(bytes, self.quality).compress();
-                        match local_transmitter.send(compress_result) {
-                            Err(e) => {
-                                eprintln!("{e:#?}");
+                    if let Some(content) = payload.pop() {
+                        let compress_result = Compress::new(content.1, self.quality).compress();
+                        loop {
+                            {
+                                let Some(mut counter_guard) = local_counter.lock().ok() else {
+                                    continue;
+                                };
+                                if !(*counter_guard == content.0) {
+                                    continue;
+                                } else {
+                                    *counter_guard = *counter_guard + 1;
+                                }
+                                match local_transmitter.send(compress_result) {
+                                    Err(e) => {
+                                        eprintln!("{e:#?}");
+                                    }
+                                    Ok(_) => {}
+                                }
                             }
-                            Ok(_) => {}
+                            break;
                         }
                     }
-                    // if all stealers are empty, exit the loop.
-                    if are_queues_empty.iter().all(|val| val == &true) {
-                        break;
-                    }
-                    are_queues_empty.clear();
                     payload.clear();
                 }
             });
@@ -133,8 +129,6 @@ impl StuffThatNeedsToBeSent {
 /// Parallelized compression task.
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Parallel {
-    main_worker: Worker<Vec<u8>>,
-    vec: Vec<Vec<u8>>,
     to_thread: StuffThatNeedsToBeSent,
     transmitter: channel::Sender<Result<Vec<u8>, error::Error>>,
     receiver: channel::Receiver<Result<Vec<u8>, error::Error>>,
@@ -167,18 +161,16 @@ impl Parallel {
     /// ```
     pub fn from_vec(vec: Vec<Vec<u8>>) -> ParallelBuilder {
         ParallelBuilder {
-            vec,
+            vec: vec
+                .into_iter()
+                .enumerate()
+                .map(|content| content)
+                .collect::<VecDeque<(usize, Vec<u8>)>>(),
             quality: QUALITY,
             device_num: DEVICE,
         }
     }
-    fn compress(mut self) -> Vec<JoinHandle<()>> {
-        for _ in 0..self.to_thread.device_num {
-            self.to_thread.stealers.push(self.main_worker.stealer());
-        }
-        for bytes in self.vec {
-            self.main_worker.push(bytes);
-        }
+    fn compress(self) -> Vec<JoinHandle<()>> {
         let handles = self.to_thread.send_to_threads(self.transmitter);
         handles
     }