diff --git a/infrabox/generator/infrabox.json b/infrabox/generator/infrabox.json
index 98599d2e..7c3c14d4 100644
--- a/infrabox/generator/infrabox.json
+++ b/infrabox/generator/infrabox.json
@@ -14,10 +14,5 @@
         "name": "deploy",
         "infrabox_file": "../../.infrabox/output/deployments.json",
         "depends_on": ["test"]
-    }, {
-        "type": "workflow",
-        "name": "e2e",
-        "infrabox_file": "../../.infrabox/output/e2e.json",
-        "depends_on": ["deploy"]
     }]
 }
diff --git a/src/services/gcp/infrabox-service-gcp/templates/deployment.yaml b/src/services/gcp/infrabox-service-gcp/templates/deployment.yaml
index e32e6e2b..4494b777 100644
--- a/src/services/gcp/infrabox-service-gcp/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/src/services/gcp/infrabox-service-gcp/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ spec:
             value: {{ .Values.allow_ips | quote }}
           - name: GC_ENABLED
             value: {{ .Values.gc_enabled | quote }}
+          - name: INFRABOX_PARALLEL_LOG_PULL
+            value: {{ .Values.infrabox_parallel_log_pull | quote }}
           {{ if .Values.gc_enabled }}
           - name: GC_CLUSTER_MAX_AGE
             value: {{ .Values.gc_cluster_max_age | quote }}
diff --git a/src/services/gcp/infrabox-service-gcp/values.yaml b/src/services/gcp/infrabox-service-gcp/values.yaml
index ed5bd5a2..34d87df5 100644
--- a/src/services/gcp/infrabox-service-gcp/values.yaml
+++ b/src/services/gcp/infrabox-service-gcp/values.yaml
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ gc_interval: 3600
 log_level: info
 
 allow_ips:
+
+infrabox_parallel_log_pull: 2
diff --git a/src/services/gcp/pkg/stub/handler.go b/src/services/gcp/pkg/stub/handler.go
index 8d48264b..b59eee93 100644
--- a/src/services/gcp/pkg/stub/handler.go
+++ b/src/services/gcp/pkg/stub/handler.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package stub
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"crypto/x509"
 	b64 "encoding/base64"
@@ -15,8 +16,11 @@ import (
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"golang.org/x/sync/semaphore"
+
 	uuid "github.com/satori/go.uuid"
 
 	"github.com/sap/infrabox/src/services/gcp/pkg/apis/gcp/v1alpha1"
@@ -1111,6 +1115,14 @@ func retrieveLogs(cr *v1alpha1.GKECluster, cluster *RemoteCluster, log *logrus.E
 	log.Infof("Collecting data from GKE cluster %s", cluster.Name)
 	defer close(done)
 
+	parallelLogPulls := 1
+	if n, err := strconv.Atoi(os.Getenv("INFRABOX_PARALLEL_LOG_PULL")); err == nil {
+		if n > 0 && n < 10 {
+			parallelLogPulls = n
+		}
+		log.Infof("Setting parallel log pulls for log collection: %d", parallelLogPulls)
+	}
+
 	annotations := cr.GetAnnotations()
 	_, ok := annotations["infrabox.net/root-url"]
 	if !ok {
@@ -1144,23 +1156,40 @@ func retrieveLogs(cr *v1alpha1.GKECluster, cluster *RemoteCluster, log *logrus.E
 		return
 	}
 
+	// Do log collection in parallel, up to parallelLogPulls concurrent goroutines.
+	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
+	sem := semaphore.NewWeighted(int64(parallelLogPulls))
 	for _, pod := range pods {
+		pod := pod // necessary before Go1.22 I think that changed this behavior.
 		for _, container := range pod.Containers {
-			log.Debug("Collecting logs for pod: ", pod.PodID)
-			data, err := doCollectorRequest(cluster, log, "/api/pods/"+pod.PodID+"/log/"+container)
+			container := container
+			err := sem.Acquire(context.Background(), 1)
 			if err != nil {
-				log.Warningf("Failed to get collected pod logs: %v", err)
-				continue
+				log.Errorf("Failed to get collected pod list, cannot acquire semaphore: %v", err)
+				return
 			}
 
-			filename := "pod_" + pod.Namespace + "_" + pod.Pod + "_" + container + ".txt"
-			filename = path.Join(logPath, filename)
-			if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filename, *data, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-				log.Debugf("Failed to write pod logs: %v", err)
-				continue
-			}
+			wg.Add(1)
+			go func() {
+				defer sem.Release(1)
+				defer wg.Done()
+
+				log.Debug("Collecting logs for pod: ", pod.PodID)
+				data, err := doCollectorRequest(cluster, log, "/api/pods/"+pod.PodID+"/log/"+container)
+				if err != nil {
+					log.Warningf("Failed to get collected pod logs: %v", err)
+					return
+				}
+				filename := "pod_" + pod.Namespace + "_" + pod.Pod + "_" + container + ".txt"
+				filename = path.Join(logPath, filename)
+				if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filename, *data, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
+					log.Debugf("Failed to write pod logs: %v", err)
+					return
+				}
+			}()
 		}
 	}
+	wg.Wait()
 
 	archivePath := path.Join(logPath, "pods_log.zip")
 	err = archiver.Archive([]string{logPath}, archivePath)