diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 62d76ad..5180364 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ exclude = [
 
 [dependencies]
 async-std = "0.99"
+parking_lot = { version = "0.9", features = [ "nightly" ] }
 reqwest = { version = "0.10.0-alpha.1", features = [ "gzip", "json" ] }
 serde = "^1.0"
diff --git a/src/req/rate_limit.rs b/src/req/rate_limit.rs
index 1e0ab94..1a92601 100644
--- a/src/req/rate_limit.rs
+++ b/src/req/rate_limit.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ use std::time::{
     Duration,
     Instant,
 };
-use std::sync::{
+
+use parking_lot::{
     RwLock,
 };
 
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ impl RateLimit {
             return retry_after_delay
         }
         // Check buckets.
-        let app_buckets = app_rate_limit.buckets.read().unwrap();
-        let method_buckets = app_rate_limit.buckets.read().unwrap();
+        let app_buckets = app_rate_limit.buckets.read();
+        let method_buckets = method_rate_limit.buckets.read();
         for bucket in app_buckets.iter().chain(method_buckets.iter()) {
             let delay = bucket.get_delay();
             if delay.is_some() {
diff --git a/src/req/regional_requester.rs b/src/req/regional_requester.rs
index fc84255..90f09f4 100644
--- a/src/req/regional_requester.rs
+++ b/src/req/regional_requester.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 use std::future::Future;
-use std::sync::RwLock;
+use parking_lot::{
+    RwLock,
+    RwLockReadGuard,
+    RwLockWriteGuard,
+    MappedRwLockReadGuard,
+    MappedRwLockWriteGuard,
+};
 
 use async_std::task;
 use reqwest::{
@@ -23,7 +29,7 @@ pub struct RegionalRequester<'a> {
     /// Represents the app rate limit.
     app_rate_limit: RateLimit,
     /// Represents method rate limits.
-    method_rate_limits: HashMap<&'a str, RateLimit>,
+    method_rate_limits: RwLock<HashMap<&'a str, RateLimit>>,
 }
 
 impl <'a> RegionalRequester<'a> {
@@ -39,7 +45,7 @@ impl <'a> RegionalRequester<'a> {
             riot_api_config: riot_api_config,
             client: client,
             app_rate_limit: RateLimit::new(RateLimitType::Application),
-            method_rate_limits: HashMap::new(),
+            method_rate_limits: RwLock::new(HashMap::new()),
         }
     }
 
@@ -52,11 +58,10 @@ impl <'a> RegionalRequester<'a> {
             attempts += 1;
 
             // Rate limiting.
-            let app_rate_limit = &self.app_rate_limit;
-            let method_rate_limit = self.method_rate_limits.entry(method_id)
-                .or_insert_with(|| RateLimit::new(RateLimitType::Method));
-
-            while let Some(delay) = RateLimit::get_both_or_delay(app_rate_limit, method_rate_limit) {
+            while let Some(delay) = {
+                let method_rate_limit = &self.get_insert_rate_limit(method_id);
+                RateLimit::get_both_or_delay(&self.app_rate_limit, method_rate_limit)
+            } {
                 task::sleep(delay).await;
             }
 
@@ -74,8 +79,10 @@ impl <'a> RegionalRequester<'a> {
             };
 
             // Update rate limits (if needed).
-            app_rate_limit.on_response(&response);
-            method_rate_limit.on_response(&response);
+            {
+                self.app_rate_limit.on_response(&response);
+                self.method_rate_limits.read().get(method_id).unwrap().on_response(&response);
+            }
 
             // Handle response.
             let status = response.status();
@@ -111,6 +118,22 @@ impl <'a> RegionalRequester<'a> {
         self.get(method_id, relative_url, region, query)
     }
 
+    fn get_insert_rate_limit(&self, method_id: &'a str) -> MappedRwLockReadGuard<RateLimit> {
+        // This is really stupid?
+        {
+            let map_guard = self.method_rate_limits.read();
+            if map_guard.contains_key(method_id) {
+                return RwLockReadGuard::map(map_guard, |mrl| mrl.get(method_id).unwrap());
+            }
+        }
+        let map_guard = self.method_rate_limits.write();
+        let val_write = RwLockWriteGuard::map(
+            map_guard, |mrl| mrl.entry(method_id)
+                .or_insert(RateLimit::new(RateLimitType::Method))
+        );
+        MappedRwLockWriteGuard::downgrade(val_write)
+    }
+
     fn is_none_status_code(status: &StatusCode) -> bool {
         Self::NONE_STATUS_CODES.contains(&status.as_u16())
     }
diff --git a/src/req/token_bucket.rs b/src/req/token_bucket.rs
index 557ed5c..acf0805 100644
--- a/src/req/token_bucket.rs
+++ b/src/req/token_bucket.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-use std::sync::{Mutex, MutexGuard};
+
+use parking_lot::{Mutex, MutexGuard};
 
 pub trait TokenBucket {
     /// Get the duration til the next available token, or 0 duration if a token is available.
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ impl VectorTokenBucket {
     }
 
     fn update_get_timestamps(&self) -> MutexGuard<VecDeque<Instant>> {
-        let mut timestamps = self.timestamps.lock().unwrap();
+        let mut timestamps = self.timestamps.lock();
         let cutoff = Instant::now() - self.duration;
         while timestamps.back().map_or(false, |ts| ts < &cutoff) {
             timestamps.pop_back();