diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f8b1c0290..3d23d3aff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ $ python3 sherlock --help
 usage: sherlock [-h] [--version] [--verbose] [--folderoutput FOLDEROUTPUT]
                 [--output OUTPUT] [--tor] [--unique-tor] [--csv] [--xlsx]
                 [--site SITE_NAME] [--proxy PROXY_URL] [--json JSON_FILE]
-                [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--print-all] [--print-found] [--no-color]
-                [--browse] [--local] [--nsfw]
+                [--workers WORKERS] [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--print-all]
+                [--print-found] [--no-color] [--browse] [--local] [--nsfw]
                 USERNAMES [USERNAMES ...]
 
 Sherlock: Find Usernames Across Social Networks (Version 0.14.3)
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ optional arguments:
                         Make requests over a proxy. e.g. socks5://127.0.0.1:1080
   --json JSON_FILE, -j JSON_FILE
                         Load data from a JSON file or an online, valid, JSON file.
+  --workers WORKERS     Set the maximum number of workers (Default: 20)
   --timeout TIMEOUT     Time (in seconds) to wait for response to requests (Default: 60)
   --print-all           Output sites where the username was not found.
   --print-found         Output sites where the username was found.
diff --git a/sherlock/sherlock.py b/sherlock/sherlock.py
index fb9f52453..e01772b65 100644
--- a/sherlock/sherlock.py
+++ b/sherlock/sherlock.py
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ def sherlock(
     unique_tor=False,
     proxy=None,
     timeout=60,
+    max_workers:int=20
 ):
     """Run Sherlock Analysis.
 
@@ -207,11 +208,8 @@ def sherlock(
         underlying_session = requests.session()
         underlying_request = requests.Request()
 
-    # Limit number of workers to 20.
-    # This is probably vastly overkill.
-    if len(site_data) >= 20:
-        max_workers = 20
-    else:
+    # Reduce worker count if greater than size of target pool
+    if len(site_data) < max_workers:
         max_workers = len(site_data)
 
     # Create multi-threaded session for all requests.
@@ -582,6 +580,13 @@ def main():
         default=None,
         help="Load data from a JSON file or an online, valid, JSON file.",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--workers",
+        type=int,
+        default=20,
+        dest="workers",
+        help="Set the maximum number of workers for Sherlock (Default: 20)"
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--timeout",
         action="store",
@@ -764,6 +769,7 @@ def main():
             unique_tor=args.unique_tor,
             proxy=args.proxy,
             timeout=args.timeout,
+            max_workers=args.workers
         )
 
         if args.output: