diff --git a/hypha.go b/hypha.go
index acfa736..b1437b6 100644
--- a/hypha.go
+++ b/hypha.go
@@ -284,44 +284,43 @@ func setHeaderLinks() {
 	}
 }
 
-// Index finds all hypha files in the full `path` and saves them to HyphaStorage. This function is recursive.
-func Index(path string) {
-	nodes, err := ioutil.ReadDir(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	for _, node := range nodes {
-		// If this hypha looks like it can be a hypha path, go deeper. Do not touch the .git and static folders for they have an admnistrative importance!
-		if node.IsDir() && isCanonicalName(node.Name()) && node.Name() != ".git" && node.Name() != "static" {
-			Index(filepath.Join(path, node.Name()))
-			continue
-		}
-
-		var (
-			hyphaPartPath           = filepath.Join(path, node.Name())
-			hyphaName, isText, skip = mimetype.DataFromFilename(hyphaPartPath)
-			hyphaData               *HyphaData
-		)
-		if !skip {
-			// Reuse the entry for existing hyphae, create a new one for those that do not exist yet.
-			if hd, ok := HyphaStorage[hyphaName]; ok {
-				hyphaData = hd
-			} else {
-				hyphaData = &HyphaData{}
-				HyphaStorage[hyphaName] = hyphaData
-				hyphae.IncrementCount()
-			}
-			if isText {
-				hyphaData.TextPath = hyphaPartPath
-			} else {
-				// Notify the user about binary part collisions. It's a design decision to just use any of them, it's the user's fault that they have screwed up the folder structure, but the engine should at least let them know, right?
-				if hyphaData.BinaryPath != "" {
-					log.Println("There is a file collision for binary part of a hypha:", hyphaData.BinaryPath, "and", hyphaPartPath, "-- going on with the latter")
-				}
-				hyphaData.BinaryPath = hyphaPartPath
-			}
-		}
-
+func HyphaToTemporaryWorkaround(h *hyphae.Hypha) *HyphaData {
+	return &HyphaData{
+		Name:       h.Name,
+		TextPath:   h.TextPath,
+		BinaryPath: h.BinaryPath,
 	}
 }
+
+// MergeIn merges in content file paths from a different hypha object. Prints warnings sometimes.
+func (h *HyphaData) MergeIn(oh *hyphae.Hypha) {
+	if h.TextPath == "" && oh.TextPath != "" {
+		h.TextPath = oh.TextPath
+	}
+	if oh.BinaryPath != "" {
+		if h.BinaryPath != "" {
+			log.Println("There is a file collision for binary part of a hypha:", h.BinaryPath, "and", oh.BinaryPath, "-- going on with the latter")
+		}
+		h.BinaryPath = oh.BinaryPath
+	}
+}
+
+// Index finds all hypha files in the full `path` and saves them to HyphaStorage. This function is recursive.
+func Index(path string) {
+	ch := make(chan *hyphae.Hypha, 5)
+
+	go func() {
+		hyphae.Index(path, 0, ch)
+		close(ch)
+	}()
+
+	for h := range ch {
+		if oldHypha, ok := HyphaStorage[h.Name]; ok {
+			oldHypha.MergeIn(h)
+		} else {
+			HyphaStorage[h.Name] = HyphaToTemporaryWorkaround(h)
+			hyphae.IncrementCount()
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/hyphae/files.go b/hyphae/files.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c97a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyphae/files.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package hyphae
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"log"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/bouncepaw/mycorrhiza/mimetype"
+	"github.com/bouncepaw/mycorrhiza/util"
+)
+
+// Index finds all hypha files in the full `path` and sends them to the channel. Handling of duplicate entries and attachment and counting them is up to the caller.
+func Index(path string, nestLevel uint, ch chan *Hypha) {
+	nodes, err := ioutil.ReadDir(path)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, node := range nodes {
+		// If this hypha looks like it can be a hypha path, go deeper. Do not touch the .git and static folders for they have an admnistrative importance!
+		if node.IsDir() &&
+			util.IsCanonicalName(node.Name()) &&
+			node.Name() != ".git" &&
+			!(nestLevel == 0 && node.Name() == "static") {
+			Index(filepath.Join(path, node.Name()), nestLevel+1, ch)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		var (
+			hyphaPartPath           = filepath.Join(path, node.Name())
+			hyphaName, isText, skip = mimetype.DataFromFilename(hyphaPartPath)
+			hypha                   = &Hypha{Name: hyphaName}
+		)
+		if !skip {
+			if isText {
+				hypha.TextPath = hyphaPartPath
+			} else {
+				hypha.BinaryPath = hyphaPartPath
+			}
+			ch <- hypha
+		}
+
+	}
+}