diff --git a/setup.sh b/setup.sh
index 9ff6fe8..77ab804 100644
--- a/setup.sh
+++ b/setup.sh
@@ -225,8 +225,12 @@ function copy_zpool_cache () {
     zpool set 'cachefile=/etc/zfs/'"${zpool_name}"'.cache' "${zpool_name}"
 }
 
-function install_archlinux () {
+function pacman_dl_parallel () {
     sed -ri -e 's'$'\x1''^.*?(ParallelDownloads)[^\r\n\f]*'$'\x1''\1 = 5'$'\x1''g' '/etc/pacman.conf'
+}
+
+function install_archlinux () {
+    pacman_dl_parallel
     pacstrap /mnt              \
         base                   \
         base-devel             \
@@ -457,6 +461,7 @@ function install_os_in_chroot () {
     pacman -S archlinux-keyring --noconfirm
 
     keep_initiramfs_root_only_rw
+    pacman_dl_parallel
     unleash_makepkg
     add_motd_getting_started_msg
     get_aur_helper