diff --git a/sshm/_info.py b/sshm/_info.py
index a243c1d..d0abda8 100644
--- a/sshm/_info.py
+++ b/sshm/_info.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #! /usr/bin/env python3
 
 # This is the official version of sshm
-__version__ = '2.0.1'
+__version__ = '2.0.2'
 
 __long_description__ = '''
     SSH Multi v%s. SSH into multiple machines at once.
diff --git a/sshm/lib.py b/sshm/lib.py
index a0ee56f..d4f97cc 100644
--- a/sshm/lib.py
+++ b/sshm/lib.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 __all__ = ['sshm', 'uri_expansion']
 disable_formatting = False
+default_workers = 20
 
 
 # This is used to parse a range string
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ def ssh(thread_num, context, uri, command, extra_arguments, if_stdin=False):
 
 CHUNK_SIZE = 65536
 
-def sshm(servers, command, extra_arguments=None, stdin=None, disable_formatting_var=False, max_workers=5):
+def sshm(servers, command, extra_arguments=None, stdin=None, disable_formatting_var=False, workers=default_workers):
     """
     SSH into multiple servers and execute "command". Pass stdin to these ssh
     handles.
@@ -265,6 +266,9 @@ def sshm(servers, command, extra_arguments=None, stdin=None, disable_formatting_
         instance.
     @type stdin: file
 
+    @param workers: The max amount of concurrent SSH connections.
+    @type workers: int
+
     @returns: A list containing (success, handle, message) from each method
         call.
     """
@@ -308,7 +312,7 @@ def sshm(servers, command, extra_arguments=None, stdin=None, disable_formatting_
     next_uri = next(uri_gen)
     while next_uri or threads:
         # Start a new thread if there are any URIs left
-        while next_uri and len(threads) < max_workers:
+        while next_uri and len(threads) < workers:
             thread = threading.Thread(target=ssh, args=(thread_num, context,
                 next_uri, command, extra_arguments, if_stdin))
             thread.start()
diff --git a/sshm/main.py b/sshm/main.py
index f093fe8..9267a12 100755
--- a/sshm/main.py
+++ b/sshm/main.py
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ def get_argparse_args(args=None):
             help='Disable command formatting.')
     parser.add_argument('-u', '--quiet', action='store_true', default=False,
             help="Hide SSHM's server information on output (this implies sorted).")
+    parser.add_argument('-w', '--workers', type=int, default=20,
+            help="Limit the amount of concurrent SSH connections.")
     parser.add_argument('--version', action='version', version='%(prog)s '+__version__)
     args, extra_args = parser.parse_known_args(args=args)
 
diff --git a/sshm/test/test_main.py b/sshm/test/test_main.py
index fb4e9a0..40ab205 100755
--- a/sshm/test/test_main.py
+++ b/sshm/test/test_main.py
@@ -86,6 +86,14 @@ def test_get_argparse_args(self):
         self.assertEqual(command, 'ls')
         self.assertEqual(extra_args, [])
 
+        # You can specify the amount of workers
+        provided = ['example.com', 'ls', '-w 5']
+        args, command, extra_args = get_argparse_args(provided)
+        self.assertEqual(args.servers, ['example.com',])
+        self.assertEqual(command, 'ls')
+        self.assertEqual(args.workers, 5)
+        self.assertEqual(extra_args, [])
+
 
     def test__print_handling_newlines(self):
         """