diff --git a/sync-all-repos b/sync-all-repos
index 8f45557..b864f24 100755
--- a/sync-all-repos
+++ b/sync-all-repos
@@ -8,14 +8,8 @@ fi
 
 set -e
 
-for repo in ~/.ctt \
-                ~/bin \
-                ~/vcs/notes \
-                ~/vcs/nico-dot-cdist \
-                ~/vcs/cdist-workdir/dot-cdist \
-                ~/vcs/ansible-main \
-                ~/.password-store \
-            ; do
+update_repo() {
+    repo=$1
     echo $repo
     cd $repo
 
@@ -36,7 +30,15 @@ for repo in ~/.ctt \
     git commit -m "updated by $0 on $(hostname)"  || true
     git pull
     git push
-done
+
+}
+
+REPOLIST="$HOME/.ctt $HOME/bin $HOME/vcs/notes $HOME/vcs/nico-dot-cdist $HOME/vcs/cdist-workdir/dot-cdist $HOME/vcs/ansible-main"
+REPOLIST2="$REPOLIST $HOME/.password-store"
+
+# First in parallel, then en sequence to spot errors
+for repo in "${REPOLIST}; do ( update_repo $repo & ) ; done
+for repo in "${REPOLIST}; do update_repo $repo ; done
 
 # Repos we want to sync, but don't want to update the working tree
 for repo in \