diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index db294cc..3d4e9ab 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ node_modules/
 *.sql
 ok
 src/test.js
-processed-threads.json
\ No newline at end of file
+*-threads.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 672867f..bd9361d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     "chalk": "^5.3.0",
     "he": "^1.2.0",
     "moment": "^2.30.1",
+    "stream-json": "^1.9.1",
     "yargs": "^17.7.2"
   },
   "scripts": {
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 418422c..5250f2c 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -2,20 +2,22 @@ import { processPostsAndComments } from './parser.js';
 import { writeSql } from './sql.js';
 
 import { join } from "node:path";
-// es6 >:( 
+
+// es6 path >:( 
 import path from 'path';
 import {
   fileURLToPath
 } from 'url';
-
-import { exists, existsSync, writeFileSync, appendFileSync } from 'node:fs';
-
 export const __filename = fileURLToPath(
   import.meta.url);
 export const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
 
+import { existsSync, writeFileSync, createReadStream, createWriteStream } from 'node:fs';
+
 import yargs from 'yargs';
 
+import streamArray from 'stream-json/streamers/StreamArray.js';
+
 // https://github.com/yargs/yargs/blob/main/docs/examples.md section "Yargs is here to help you..."
 var args = yargs(process.argv.slice(2))
     .alias('c', 'comm')
@@ -42,6 +44,8 @@ processPostsAndComments(args.posts, args.comments, (result) => {
   console.log(result)
 }); */
 
+console.log(args.output?.trim())
+
 function printThreadStructure(thread, level = 0) {
     thread.forEach(item => {
       var out = '';
@@ -57,18 +61,39 @@ function printThreadStructure(thread, level = 0) {
 
 async function unflatten(postsFile, commentsFile) {
     try {
-        const result = await processPostsAndComments(postsFile, commentsFile);
+        var result = await processPostsAndComments(postsFile, commentsFile);
         //console.log('Thread Structure:');
         //printThreadStructure(result);
         
-        // Optional: write the result to a file
-        //writeFileSync('processed-threads.json', JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
+        const resultOutput = `${result[0].subreddit}-threads.json`;
 
-        // empty the file if it exists
+        // Write the result to a file
+        writeFileSync(resultOutput, JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
+
+        result = {};
+        
+        const pipeline = createReadStream(resultOutput).pipe(streamArray.withParser());
+        
+        // empty the sql file if it exists
         existsSync(args.output) ? writeFileSync(args.output, '') : null
-        result.forEach(post => {
+        const sqlOutput = createWriteStream(args.output, {flags: "a"});
+
+        var threadCounter = 0;
+
+        pipeline.on('data', (thread) => {
+          sqlOutput.write(writeSql(thread.value, args.comm, args.user));
+          threadCounter++;
+        });
+
+        pipeline.on('end', () => {
+          sqlOutput.close();
+          console.log(`Finished processing ${threadCounter} threads, sql saved to ${resultOutput}`);
+        });
+
+        // old
+        /* result.forEach(post => {
           appendFileSync(args.output, writeSql(post, args.comm, args.user))
-        })
+        }) */
     } catch (error) {
         console.error('Error processing files:', error);
     }
@@ -77,5 +102,4 @@ async function unflatten(postsFile, commentsFile) {
 // Run the main function
 unflatten(args.posts, args.comments);
 
-//console.log("HOLY FUCKING SMOKES!" + existsSync(tree))
-const outputPath = join(__dirname, '/', args.output);
\ No newline at end of file
+//const outputPath = join(__dirname, '/', args.output);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/sql.js b/src/sql.js
index a596a9c..c11beed 100644
--- a/src/sql.js
+++ b/src/sql.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 // shamelessly stolen code from https://github.com/mesmere/RedditLemmyImporter/blob/main/src/main/kotlin/write.kt
 // also reading the lemmy schema in lemmy/crates/db_schema/src/schema.rs
+// reads the created tree of a post and its comments and builds a json query to add it to your lemmy comm
+
 import moment from 'moment';
 import he from 'he';
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cbc5a19..35a1301 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -75,6 +75,18 @@ require-directory@^2.1.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/require-directory/-/require-directory-2.1.1.tgz#8c64ad5fd30dab1c976e2344ffe7f792a6a6df42"
   integrity sha512-fGxEI7+wsG9xrvdjsrlmL22OMTTiHRwAMroiEeMgq8gzoLC/PQr7RsRDSTLUg/bZAZtF+TVIkHc6/4RIKrui+Q==
 
+stream-chain@^2.2.5:
+  version "2.2.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stream-chain/-/stream-chain-2.2.5.tgz#b30967e8f14ee033c5b9a19bbe8a2cba90ba0d09"
+  integrity sha512-1TJmBx6aSWqZ4tx7aTpBDXK0/e2hhcNSTV8+CbFJtDjbb+I1mZ8lHit0Grw9GRT+6JbIrrDd8esncgBi8aBXGA==
+
+stream-json@^1.9.1:
+  version "1.9.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/stream-json/-/stream-json-1.9.1.tgz#e3fec03e984a503718946c170db7d74556c2a187"
+  integrity sha512-uWkjJ+2Nt/LO9Z/JyKZbMusL8Dkh97uUBTv3AJQ74y07lVahLY4eEFsPsE97pxYBwr8nnjMAIch5eqI0gPShyw==
+  dependencies:
+    stream-chain "^2.2.5"
+
 string-width@^4.1.0, string-width@^4.2.0, string-width@^4.2.3:
   version "4.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/string-width/-/string-width-4.2.3.tgz#269c7117d27b05ad2e536830a8ec895ef9c6d010"