diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index abf55453..7db8e45f 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/DataDog/datadog-go v4.8.3+incompatible
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/influxdata/influxdb1-client v0.0.0-20200827194710-b269163b24ab
+	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
 	github.com/prometheus/client_golang v1.14.0
 	github.com/prometheus/common v0.38.0
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.6-0.20201009195203-85dd5c8bc61c
@@ -21,7 +22,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.2 // indirect
 	github.com/deepmap/oapi-codegen v1.8.2 // indirect
 	github.com/influxdata/line-protocol v0.0.0-20200327222509-2487e7298839 // indirect
-	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/mod v0.6.0-dev.0.20220419223038-86c51ed26bb4 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.3.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/tools v0.1.12 // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/poller/inputs.go b/pkg/poller/inputs.go
index 942e70b5..1bb8bced 100644
--- a/pkg/poller/inputs.go
+++ b/pkg/poller/inputs.go
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 package poller
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -61,17 +64,53 @@ func (u *UnifiPoller) InitializeInputs() error {
 	inputSync.RLock()
 	defer inputSync.RUnlock()
 
+	errChan := make(chan error, len(inputs))
+	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
+
+	// parallelize startup
+	u.LogDebugf("initializing %d inputs", len(inputs))
 	for _, input := range inputs {
-		// This must return, or the app locks up here.
-		u.LogDebugf("inititalizing input... %s", input.Name)
-		if err := input.Initialize(u); err != nil {
-			u.LogDebugf("error initializing input ... %s", input.Name)
-			return err
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(input *InputPlugin) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			// This must return, or the app locks up here.
+			u.LogDebugf("inititalizing input... %s", input.Name)
+			if err := input.Initialize(u); err != nil {
+				u.LogDebugf("error initializing input ... %s", input.Name)
+				errChan <- err
+				return
+			}
+			u.LogDebugf("input successfully initialized ... %s", input.Name)
+			errChan <- nil
+		}(input)
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	close(errChan)
+	u.LogDebugf("collecting input errors...")
+
+	// collect errors if any.
+	errs := make([]error, 0)
+	for err := range errChan {
+		if err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, err)
 		}
-		u.LogDebugf("input successfully initialized ... %s", input.Name)
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	var err error
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("error initializing inputs")
+		for _, e := range errs {
+			err = errors.Wrap(err, e.Error())
+		}
+	}
+	u.LogDebugf("returning error: %w", err)
+
+	return err
+}
+
+type eventInputResult struct {
+	logs []any
+	err  error
 }
 
 // Events aggregates log messages (events) from one or more sources.
@@ -79,25 +118,56 @@ func (u *UnifiPoller) Events(filter *Filter) (*Events, error) {
 	inputSync.RLock()
 	defer inputSync.RUnlock()
 
-	events := Events{}
+	resultChan := make(chan eventInputResult, len(inputs))
+	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 
 	for _, input := range inputs {
-		if filter != nil &&
-			filter.Name != "" &&
-			!strings.EqualFold(input.Name, filter.Name) {
-			continue
-		}
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(input *InputPlugin) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			if filter != nil &&
+				filter.Name != "" &&
+				!strings.EqualFold(input.Name, filter.Name) {
+				resultChan <- eventInputResult{}
+				return
+			}
 
-		e, err := input.Events(filter)
-		if err != nil {
-			return &events, err
-		}
+			e, err := input.Events(filter)
+			if err != nil {
+				resultChan <- eventInputResult{err: err}
+				return
+			}
+			resultChan <- eventInputResult{logs: e.Logs}
 
-		// Logs is the only member to extend at this time.
-		events.Logs = append(events.Logs, e.Logs...)
+		}(input)
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	close(resultChan)
+
+	events := Events{}
+	errs := make([]error, 0)
+	for result := range resultChan {
+		if result.err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, result.err)
+		} else if result.logs != nil {
+			// Logs is the only member to extend at this time.
+			events.Logs = append(events.Logs, result.logs...)
+		}
+	}
+	var err error
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("error initializing inputs")
+		for _, e := range errs {
+			err = errors.Wrap(err, e.Error())
+		}
 	}
 
-	return &events, nil
+	return &events, err
+}
+
+type metricInputResult struct {
+	metric *Metrics
+	err    error
 }
 
 // Metrics aggregates all the measurements from filtered inputs and returns them.
@@ -106,24 +176,46 @@ func (u *UnifiPoller) Metrics(filter *Filter) (*Metrics, error) {
 	inputSync.RLock()
 	defer inputSync.RUnlock()
 
-	metrics := &Metrics{}
+	resultChan := make(chan metricInputResult, len(inputs))
+	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 
 	for _, input := range inputs {
-		if filter != nil &&
-			filter.Name != "" &&
-			!strings.EqualFold(input.Name, filter.Name) {
-			continue
-		}
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func(input *InputPlugin) {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			if filter != nil &&
+				filter.Name != "" &&
+				!strings.EqualFold(input.Name, filter.Name) {
+				resultChan <- metricInputResult{}
+				return
+			}
 
-		m, err := input.Metrics(filter)
-		if err != nil {
-			return metrics, err
-		}
+			m, err := input.Metrics(filter)
+			resultChan <- metricInputResult{metric: m, err: err}
+		}(input)
+	}
+	wg.Wait()
+	close(resultChan)
 
-		metrics = AppendMetrics(metrics, m)
+	errs := make([]error, 0)
+	metrics := &Metrics{}
+	for result := range resultChan {
+		if result.err != nil {
+			errs = append(errs, result.err)
+		} else if result.metric != nil {
+			metrics = AppendMetrics(metrics, result.metric)
+		}
 	}
 
-	return metrics, nil
+	var err error
+	if len(errs) > 0 {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("error initializing inputs")
+		for _, e := range errs {
+			err = errors.Wrap(err, e.Error())
+		}
+	}
+
+	return metrics, err
 }
 
 // AppendMetrics combines the metrics from two sources.