diff --git a/larbs.sh b/larbs.sh
index 9cacb1e..42c3806 100644
--- a/larbs.sh
+++ b/larbs.sh
@@ -185,9 +185,12 @@ adduserandpass || error "Error adding username and/or password."
 # in a fakeroot environment, this is required for all builds with AUR.
 newperms "%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL"
 
-# Make pacman and paru colorful and adds eye candy on the progress bar because why not.
+# Make pacman and AUR helper colorful and adds eye candy on the progress bar because why not.
 grep -q "^Color" /etc/pacman.conf || sed -i "s/^#Color$/Color/" /etc/pacman.conf
 grep -q "ILoveCandy" /etc/pacman.conf || sed -i "/#VerbosePkgLists/a ILoveCandy" /etc/pacman.conf
+# Enable parallel downloads for pacman.
+grep -q "^#ParallelDownloads = 8$" /etc/pacman.conf \
+    && sed -i "s/^#ParallelDownloads = 8$/ParallelDownloads = 5/" /etc/pacman.conf
 
 # Use all cores for compilation.
 sed -i "s/-j2/-j$(nproc)/;s/^#MAKEFLAGS/MAKEFLAGS/" /etc/makepkg.conf