diff --git a/daemon/core/service.py b/daemon/core/service.py
index 944dbd5f..e20faf00 100644
--- a/daemon/core/service.py
+++ b/daemon/core/service.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class CoreServices(object):
         self.defaultservices.clear()
         self.customservices.clear()
 
-    def node_service_startups(self, services):
+    def node_service_dependencies(self, services):
         # generate service map and find starting points
         node_services = {service.name: service for service in services}
         is_dependency = set()
@@ -424,6 +424,7 @@ class CoreServices(object):
                         continue
                 except ValueError:
                     logger.exception("error converting start time to float")
+            # self.bootnodeservice(node, service, services)
             result = pool.apply_async(self.bootnodeservice, (node, service, services))
             results.append(result)
 
diff --git a/daemon/core/session.py b/daemon/core/session.py
index 3af1b5fe..6cae3a62 100644
--- a/daemon/core/session.py
+++ b/daemon/core/session.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import subprocess
 import tempfile
 import threading
 import time
+from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool
 
 import pwd
 
@@ -716,13 +717,24 @@ class Session(object):
         request flag.
         """
         with self._objects_lock:
+            pool = ThreadPool()
+            results = []
+
+            start = time.time()
             for obj in self.objects.itervalues():
                 # TODO: PyCoreNode is not the type to check
                 if isinstance(obj, nodes.PyCoreNode) and not nodeutils.is_node(obj, NodeTypes.RJ45):
                     # add a control interface if configured
                     logger.info("booting node: %s", obj.name)
                     self.add_remove_control_interface(node=obj, remove=False)
-                    obj.boot()
+                    result = pool.apply_async(obj.boot)
+                    results.append(result)
+
+            pool.close()
+            pool.join()
+            for result in results:
+                result.get()
+            logger.info("BOOT RUN TIME: %s", time.time() - start)
 
         self.update_control_interface_hosts()
 
diff --git a/daemon/tests/test_services.py b/daemon/tests/test_services.py
index 3cefd7bf..346fa502 100644
--- a/daemon/tests/test_services.py
+++ b/daemon/tests/test_services.py
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class TestServices:
         ]
 
         # when
-        startups = session.services.get_service_startups(services)
+        startups = session.services.node_service_dependencies(services)
 
         # then
         assert len(startups) == 2
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class TestServices:
 
         # when
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-            session.services.get_service_startups(services)
+            session.services.node_service_dependencies(services)
 
     def test_services_dependencies_cycle(self, session):
         # given
@@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ class TestServices:
 
         # when
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-            session.services.get_service_startups(services)
+            session.services.node_service_dependencies(services)