diff --git a/server/routes.go b/server/routes.go
index 785618de0..ae8939e9e 100644
--- a/server/routes.go
+++ b/server/routes.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
@@ -304,34 +305,56 @@ func (s *Server) EmbedHandler(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 
 	reqEmbedArray := make([]string, len(reqEmbed))
+	errCh := make(chan error, len(reqEmbed))
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	var mu sync.Mutex
+	sem := make(chan struct{}, 5)
 	for i, s := range reqEmbed {
-		tokens, err := r.Tokenize(c.Request.Context(), s)
-		if err != nil {
-			c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
-			return
-		}
-
-		ctxLen := min(opts.NumCtx, int(kvData.ContextLength()))
-		if len(tokens) > ctxLen {
-			if *req.Truncate {
-				tokens = tokens[:ctxLen]
-				s, err = r.Detokenize(c.Request.Context(), tokens)
-				if err != nil {
-					c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
-					return
-				}
-			} else {
-				c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "input length exceeds maximum context length"})
+		wg.Add(1)
+		sem <- struct{}{}
+		go func(i int, s string) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			defer func() { <-sem }()
+			tokens, err := r.Tokenize(c.Request.Context(), s)
+			if err != nil {
+				c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
 				return
 			}
-		}
 
+			ctxLen := min(opts.NumCtx, int(kvData.ContextLength()))
+			if len(tokens) > ctxLen {
+				if *req.Truncate {
+					tokens = tokens[:ctxLen]
+					s, err = r.Detokenize(c.Request.Context(), tokens)
+					if err != nil {
+						c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
+						return
+					}
+				} else {
+					c.JSON(http.StatusBadRequest, gin.H{"error": "input length exceeds maximum context length"})
+					return
+				}
+			}
+			if err != nil {
+				errCh <- err
+				return
+			}
+			mu.Lock()
+			reqEmbedArray[i] = s
+			mu.Unlock()
+		}(i, s)
+	}
+	go func() {
+		wg.Wait()
+		close(errCh)
+	}()
+	for err := range errCh {
 		if err != nil {
 			c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, gin.H{"error": err.Error()})
 			return
 		}
-		reqEmbedArray[i] = s
 	}
+
 	embeddings, err := r.Embed(c.Request.Context(), reqEmbedArray)
 
 	if err != nil {