diff --git a/backtrac/client/client.py b/backtrac/client/client.py
index dd84ddd..31057f5 100644
--- a/backtrac/client/client.py
+++ b/backtrac/client/client.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from twisted.spread import pb
 from twisted.python import failure
 from twisted.internet import defer, reactor
+from twisted.internet.task import LoopingCall
 from twisted.python.filepath import FilePath
 
 from django.conf import settings
@@ -12,20 +13,27 @@
 from backtrac.client import utils
 from backtrac.client.broker import BackupBroker
 from backtrac.client.job import BackupJob
-from backtrac.client.queue import BackupQueue, TransferQueue
+from backtrac.client.queue import BackupQueue, TransferQueue, QueueManager
 from backtrac.client.platform import FileSystemMonitor
 from backtrac.utils import makedirs
 from backtrac.utils.transfer import PageCollector
 
 from backtrac.apps.catalog.utils import normpath
 
+BACKUP_QUEUE_SLOTS = 5
+TRANSFER_QUEUE_SLOTS = 5
+
 class ClientError(Exception): pass
 
 class BackupClient(pb.Referenceable):
     def __init__(self, broker):
         self.broker = broker
-        self.backup_queue = BackupQueue(self)
-        self.transfer_queue = TransferQueue(self)
+        self.backup_queue = QueueManager(
+            [ BackupQueue(self) for i in range(BACKUP_QUEUE_SLOTS) ]
+        )
+        self.transfer_queue = QueueManager(
+            [ TransferQueue(self) for i in range(TRANSFER_QUEUE_SLOTS) ]
+        )
         self.monitor = FileSystemMonitor(self.backup_queue)
 
     @defer.inlineCallbacks
diff --git a/backtrac/client/queue.py b/backtrac/client/queue.py
index c559aa8..836a102 100644
--- a/backtrac/client/queue.py
+++ b/backtrac/client/queue.py
@@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ class ConsumerQueue(object):
     def __init__(self, stop_on_error=False):
         self.stop_on_error = stop_on_error
         self.queue = DeferredQueue()
+        self.size = 0
 
     def _consume_next(self, *args):
+        self.size -= 1
         self.queue.get().addCallbacks(self._consumer, self._error)
 
-    def _consumer(self, obj):
-        r = self.consume(obj)
+    def _consumer(self, item):
+        r = self.consume(item)
         if isinstance(r, Deferred):
             r.addCallbacks(self._consume_next, self._consume_next)
         else:
@@ -26,10 +28,11 @@ def _error(self, fail):
         if not self.stop_on_error:
             self._consume_next()
 
-    def add(self, filepath):
-        self.queue.put(filepath)
+    def add(self, item):
+        self.size += 1
+        self.queue.put(item)
 
-    def consume(self, obj):
+    def consume(self, item):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def fail(self, fail):
@@ -103,3 +106,18 @@ def _transfer(self, collector, filepath, d=None):
             print '%s, %d bytes' % (filepath.path, filepath.getsize())
         except (OSError, IOError):
             pass
+
+class QueueManager(object):
+    def __init__(self, queues):
+        self.queues = queues
+
+    def add(self, item):
+        queue = min(self.queues, key=lambda q:q.size)
+        queue.add(item)
+
+    def start(self):
+        for queue in self.queues:
+            queue.start()
+
+    def get_size(self):
+        return sum([ queue.size for queue in self.queues ])