diff --git a/tm_admin/users/users.py b/tm_admin/users/users.py
index 3884aafa..9fad6043 100755
--- a/tm_admin/users/users.py
+++ b/tm_admin/users/users.py
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 from dateutil.parser import parse
 import tm_admin.types_tm
 from tm_admin.types_tm import Userrole, Mappinglevel
+import concurrent.futures
+from cpuinfo import get_cpu_info
 
 from tm_admin.dbsupport import DBSupport
 from tm_admin.users.users_class import UsersTable
@@ -37,6 +39,29 @@
 # Instantiate logger
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+# The number of threads is based on the CPU cores
+info = get_cpu_info()
+cores = info["count"]
+
+def importThread(
+    data: list,
+    db: PostgresClient,
+):
+    """Thread to handle importing
+
+    Args:
+        data (list): The list of records to import
+        db (PostgresClient): A database connection
+    """
+    for record in data:
+        sql = f" UPDATE users SET licenses = ARRAY[{record[0]['license']}] WHERE id={record[0]['user']}"
+        # print(sql)
+        try:
+            result = db.dbcursor.execute(f"{sql};")
+        except:
+            return False
+
+    return True
 
 class UsersDB(DBSupport):
     def __init__(self,
@@ -77,43 +102,56 @@ def mergeInterests(self):
                 data[entry['user_id']] = list()
             data[entry['user_id']].append(entry['interest_id'])
 
-        for uid, value in data.items():
-            sql = f" UPDATE users SET interests = ARRAY{str(value)} WHERE id={uid}"
-            print(sql)
-            try:
-                result = self.pg.dbcursor.execute(f"{sql};")
-            except:
-                return False
+            for uid, value in data.items():
+                sql = f" UPDATE users SET interests = ARRAY{str(value)} WHERE id={uid}"
+                print(sql)
+                try:
+                    result = self.pg.dbcursor.execute(f"{sql};")
+                except:
+                    return False
 
         return True
 
     def mergeLicenses(self):
+        """Merge data from the TM user_licenses table into TM Admin."""
         table = 'user_licenses'
-        # FIXME: this shouldn't be hardcoded!
-        pg = PostgresClient('localhost/tm4')
         sql = f"SELECT row_to_json({table}) as row FROM {table}"
-        # print(sql)
+        # One database connection per thread
+        tmpg = list()
+        for i in range(0, cores + 1):
+            tmpg.append(PostgresClient('localhost/tm_admin'))
+
+        # just one thread to read the data
+        pg = PostgresClient('localhost/tm4')
         try:
             result = pg.dbcursor.execute(sql)
         except:
             log.error(f"Couldn't execute query! {sql}")
             return False
 
-        result = pg.dbcursor.fetchall()
-
-        for record in result:
-            sql = f" UPDATE users SET licenses = ARRAY[{record[0]['license']}] WHERE id={record[0]['user']}"
-            print(sql)
-            try:
-                result = self.pg.dbcursor.execute(f"{sql};")
-            except:
-                return False
+        data = pg.dbcursor.fetchall()
+        entries = len(data)
+        log.debug(f"There are {entries} entries in {table}")
+        chunk = round(entries / cores)
+
+        # if True:
+        #     importThread(data, tmpg[0])
+        index = 0
+        with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=cores) as executor:
+            block = 0
+            while block <= entries:
+                log.debug("Dispatching Block %d:%d" % (block, block + chunk))
+                result = executor.submit(importThread, data[block : block + chunk], tmpg[index])
+                block += chunk
+                index += 1
+            executor.shutdown()
 
         return True
 
     def mergeFavorites(self):
         table = 'project_favorites'
-        pg = PostgresClient(inuri)
+        # FIXME: this shouldn't be hardcoded!
+        pg = PostgresClient('localhost/tm4')
         sql = f"SELECT row_to_json({table}) as row FROM {table}"
         # print(sql)
         try:
@@ -122,6 +160,24 @@ def mergeFavorites(self):
             log.error(f"Couldn't execute query! {sql}")
             return False
 
+        result = pg.dbcursor.fetchall()
+        data = dict()
+        for record in result:
+            entry = record[0]   # there's only one item in the input data
+            if entry['user_id'] not in data:
+                data[entry['user_id']] = list()
+            data[entry['user_id']].append(entry['project_id'])
+
+        for uid, value in data.items():
+            sql = f" UPDATE users SET favorite_projects = ARRAY{str(value)} WHERE id={uid}"
+            print(sql)
+            try:
+                result = self.pg.dbcursor.execute(f"{sql};")
+            except:
+                return False
+
+        return True
+
     # These are just convience wrappers to support the REST API.
     def updateRole(self,
                    id: int,
@@ -208,12 +264,16 @@ def main():
 
     user = UsersDB(args.uri)
 
-    if user.mergeInterests():
-        log.info("UserDB.mergeInterests worked!")
+    # These may take a long time to complete
+    # if user.mergeInterests():
+    #     log.info("UserDB.mergeInterests worked!")
 
     if user.mergeLicenses():
         log.info("UserDB.mergeLicenses worked!")
 
+    # if user.mergeFavorites():
+    #     log.info("UserDB.mergeFavorites worked!")
+
     # user.resetSequence()
     # all = user.getAll()
     # # Don't pass id, let postgres auto increment