diff --git a/cmd/list.go b/cmd/list.go
index e462ee2..652d643 100644
--- a/cmd/list.go
+++ b/cmd/list.go
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ import (
 
 // listCmd represents the list command
 var listCmd = &cobra.Command{
-	Use:   "list",
+	Use:   "list-config",
 	Short: "List all cloud machines in the config file",
 	Long:  "List all cloud machines in the config file",
 	Example: indentor.Indent("  ", `
 # list
-gmachine list
+gmachine list-config
 `),
 	SilenceUsage: true,
 	RunE:         list,
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ func list(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		if m.CSEK != nil && len(m.CSEK) > 0 {
 			encrypted = true
 		}
-		// TODO print out some kind of indication next to the default machine
 		cmd.Printf("%s (%s, %s, %s, encrypted: %t)\n", m.Name, m.Account, m.Project, m.Zone, encrypted)
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/cmd/status.go b/cmd/status.go
index fea3f31..b9557b1 100644
--- a/cmd/status.go
+++ b/cmd/status.go
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"text/tabwriter"
 
 	"github.com/joemiller/gmachine/internal/config"
 	"github.com/joemiller/gmachine/internal/gcp"
 	"github.com/joemiller/gmachine/internal/indentor"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 	"google.golang.org/api/compute/v1"
 )
 
@@ -31,36 +32,18 @@ gmachine status machine2
 }
 
 func init() {
-	statusCmd.Flags().BoolP("all", "a", false, "Print status of all instances")
-
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(statusCmd)
 }
 
 func status(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	all, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("all")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	cfg, err := config.LoadFile(cfgFile)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	names := []string{}
-	if !all {
-		name := cfg.GetDefault()
-		if len(args) > 0 {
-			name = args[0]
-		}
-		if name == "" {
-			return errors.New("must specify machine or set a default machine with 'set-default'")
-		}
-		names = append(names, name)
-	} else {
-		for _, m := range cfg.Machines {
-			names = append(names, m.Name)
-		}
+	for _, m := range cfg.Machines {
+		names = append(names, m.Name)
 	}
 
 	// initialize output table writer
@@ -68,41 +51,72 @@ func status(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	print := func(values ...string) {
 		fmt.Fprintln(table, strings.Join(values, "\t"))
 	}
-	print("NAME", "ACCOUNT", "PROJECT", "ZONE", "MACHINE_TYPE", "PREEMPTIBLE", "INTERNAL_IP", "EXTERNAL_IP", "STATUS", "DEFAULT")
+	print("NAME", "ACCOUNT", "PROJECT", "ZONE", "MACHINE_TYPE", "PREEMPTIBLE", "ENCRYPTION", "INTERNAL_IP", "EXTERNAL_IP", "STATUS", "DEFAULT")
 
-	// status row for each machine
-	for _, name := range names {
-		machine, err := cfg.Get(name)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
+	eg := errgroup.Group{}
+	eg.SetLimit(8)
+
+	printerWg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	outputCh := make(chan []string)
+
+	printerWg.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		defer printerWg.Done()
+		for row := range outputCh {
+			print(row...)
 		}
-		meta, err := gcp.DescribeInstance(name, machine.Account, machine.Project, machine.Zone)
-		if err != nil {
+
+		if err := table.Flush(); err != nil {
 			cmd.PrintErr(err)
-			continue
 		}
+	}()
 
-		print(
-			name,
-			machine.Account,
-			machine.Project,
-			path.Base(meta.Zone),
-			path.Base(meta.MachineType),
-			fmt.Sprintf("%t", meta.Scheduling.Preemptible),
-			internalIP(meta.NetworkInterfaces),
-			externalIP(meta.NetworkInterfaces),
-			meta.Status,
-			defaultStr(cfg.GetDefault(), name),
-		)
-
+	// status row for each machine
+	for _, name := range names {
+		name := name
+
+		eg.Go(func() error {
+			machine, err := cfg.Get(name)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			meta, err := gcp.DescribeInstance(name, machine.Account, machine.Project, machine.Zone)
+			if err != nil {
+				cmd.PrintErr(err)
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			encryptStatus := "false"
+			if len(machine.CSEK) > 0 {
+				encryptStatus = "CSEK"
+			}
+			// TODO: also handle CMEK encryption some day
+
+			outputCh <- []string{
+				name,
+				machine.Account,
+				machine.Project,
+				path.Base(meta.Zone),
+				path.Base(meta.MachineType),
+				fmt.Sprintf("%t", meta.Scheduling.Preemptible),
+				encryptStatus,
+				internalIP(meta.NetworkInterfaces),
+				externalIP(meta.NetworkInterfaces),
+				meta.Status,
+				defaultStr(cfg.GetDefault(), name),
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
 	}
-	err = table.Flush()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+
+	// wait for the `gcloud` describers to finish
+	if err := eg.Wait(); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("gcloud error: %v", err)
 	}
+	close(outputCh)
 
-	// TODO: fanout 'describe' calls to a limited size worker pool
-	//       fanin results to table printer.. errgroup
+	// wait for the table printer go routine to finish:
+	printerWg.Wait()
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f0f3e8c..d506797 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.7.0
 	github.com/spf13/viper v1.17.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.4
+	golang.org/x/sync v0.4.0
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.13.0
 	google.golang.org/api v0.149.0
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v2 v2.4.0