diff --git a/friendica-remove-old-photos-parallel.sh b/friendica-remove-old-photos-parallel.sh
index 7e0272a..c49878a 100755
--- a/friendica-remove-old-photos-parallel.sh
+++ b/friendica-remove-old-photos-parallel.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@ loop() {
 	#Parse each file in folder
 	folderescaped=${folder////\\/}
 	ky=$(echo "${y}" | sed -e "s/${folderescaped}/https:\/\/${url}/g" -e "s/-[0-9]*\..*\$//g")
-	f=$(sudo mariadb "${db}" -N -B -q -e "select photo from contact where photo like '${ky}%' limit 1")
+	f=$(mariadb "${db}" -N -B -q -e "select photo from contact where photo like '${ky}%' limit 1")
 	if [[ $? -eq 0 && -z ${f} && -f ${y} ]]; then
-		ls -lh "${y}"
-		sudo rm -rf "${y}"
+		( ls -lh "${y}" && rm -rf "${y}" ) &
+				if [[ $(jobs -r -p | wc -l) -ge $(($(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) * 2)) ]]; then
+					wait -n
+				fi
+
 		d=$((d + 1))
 	fi
 	#printf "\rPhotos: %s\tFolder %s\tEntry %s   " "$d" "$n" "$m"
@@ -24,12 +27,11 @@ loop() {
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 #Go to the Friendica installation
 cd "${folderavatar}" || exit
-#let "indexlength=37+${#url}"
-((indexlength = 49 + ${#url}))
-sudo mariadb "${db}" -e "alter table contact add index if not exists photo_index (photo(${indexlength}))"
+indexlength=$((49 + ${#url}))
+mariadb "${db}" -e "alter table contact add index if not exists photo_index (photo(${indexlength}))"
 n=0
 d=0
-sudo find "${folderavatar}" -depth -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read -r x; do
+find "${folderavatar}" -depth -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read -r x; do
 	n=$((n + 1))
 	#If the directory still exists
 	if [[ -d "${x}" ]]; then
@@ -43,10 +45,10 @@ sudo find "${folderavatar}" -depth -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read
 				if [[ $(jobs -r -p | wc -l) -ge $(($(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) * 2)) ]]; then
 					wait -n
 				fi
-				#done < <(sudo find "${x}" -type f -mtime -8)
-			done < <(sudo find "${x}" -type f)
+				#done < <(find "${x}" -type f -mtime -8)
+			done < <(find "${x}" -type f)
 		fi
 	fi
 done
-sudo mariadb "${db}" -e "alter table contact drop index photo_index"
+mariadb "${db}" -e "alter table contact drop index photo_index"
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