diff --git a/lib/collection.js b/lib/collection.js
index d73e4c2ef..390c9bd97 100644
--- a/lib/collection.js
+++ b/lib/collection.js
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Collection.prototype.find = function find(criteria, cb) {
   // Run Normal Query on collection
   collection.find(where, query.select, queryOptions).toArray(function(err, docs) {
     if(err) return cb(err);
-    cb(null, utils.normalizeResults(docs, self.schema));
+    utils.normalizeResults(docs, self.schema, cb)
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 93da760f0..172509935 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 var _ = require('lodash'),
     ObjectId = require('mongodb').ObjectID,
     MongoBinary = require('mongodb').Binary,
-    url = require('url');
+    url = require('url'),
+    compute = require('background-compute');
 
 /**
  * ignore
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@ exports.rewriteIds = function rewriteIds(models, schema) {
  * @api public
  */
 
-exports.normalizeResults = function normalizeResults(models, schema) {
-  var _models = models.map(function (model) {
+exports.normalizeResults = function normalizeResults(models, schema, cb) {
+  return compute.parallel.map(models, 8, function(model) {
     var _model = exports._rewriteIds(model, schema);
     Object.keys(_model).forEach(function (key) {
       if (model[key] instanceof MongoBinary && _.has(_model[key], 'buffer')) {
@@ -91,8 +92,7 @@ exports.normalizeResults = function normalizeResults(models, schema) {
       }
     });
     return _model;
-  });
-  return _models;
+  }, cb);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4199938b1..6f3e303a1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "async": "1.5.2",
+    "background-compute": "~0.0.7",
     "lodash": "3.10.1",
     "mongodb": "2.1.3",
     "validator": "4.5.1",