diff --git a/src/common/tools/descriptor/Loader.py b/src/common/tools/descriptor/Loader.py
index fc3b008b4004efe5afc270da65246c4635c777c3..5972d425be5298ec7fcb63bd28b50f3643363ae4 100644
--- a/src/common/tools/descriptor/Loader.py
+++ b/src/common/tools/descriptor/Loader.py
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
 #    for message,level in compose_notifications(results):
 #        loggers.get(level)(message)
 
-import json
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
+import concurrent.futures, json, logging, operator
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 from common.proto.context_pb2 import Connection, Context, Device, Link, Service, Slice, Topology
 from context.client.ContextClient import ContextClient
 from device.client.DeviceClient import DeviceClient
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ from .Tools import (
     get_descriptors_add_contexts, get_descriptors_add_services, get_descriptors_add_slices,
     get_descriptors_add_topologies, split_devices_by_rules)
 
+LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
 ENTITY_TO_TEXT = {
     # name   => singular,    plural
     'context'   : ('Context',    'Contexts'   ),
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ def compose_notifications(results : TypeResults) -> TypeNotificationList:
 
 class DescriptorLoader:
     def __init__(
-        self, descriptors : Union[str, Dict],
+        self, descriptors : Union[str, Dict], num_workers : int = 1,
         context_client : Optional[ContextClient] = None, device_client : Optional[DeviceClient] = None,
         service_client : Optional[ServiceClient] = None, slice_client : Optional[SliceClient] = None
     ) -> None:
@@ -93,6 +95,8 @@ class DescriptorLoader:
         self.__slices      = self.__descriptors.get('slices'     , [])
         self.__connections = self.__descriptors.get('connections', [])
 
+        self.__num_workers = num_workers
+
         self.__contexts_add   = None
         self.__topologies_add = None
         self.__devices_add    = None
@@ -242,12 +246,26 @@ class DescriptorLoader:
         #self.__dev_cli.close()
         #self.__ctx_cli.close()
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def worker(grpc_method, grpc_class, entity) -> Any:
+        return grpc_method(grpc_class(**entity))
+
     def _process_descr(self, entity_name, action_name, grpc_method, grpc_class, entities) -> None:
         num_ok, error_list = 0, []
-        for entity in entities:
-            try:
-                grpc_method(grpc_class(**entity))
-                num_ok += 1
-            except Exception as e: # pylint: disable=broad-except
-                error_list.append(f'{str(entity)}: {str(e)}')
+
+        with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=self.__num_workers) as executor:
+            future_to_entity = {
+                executor.submit(DescriptorLoader.worker, grpc_method, grpc_class, entity): (i, entity)
+                for i,entity in enumerate(entities)
+            }
+
+            for future in concurrent.futures.as_completed(future_to_entity):
+                i, entity = future_to_entity[future]
+                try:
+                    _ = future.result()
+                    num_ok += 1
+                except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=broad-except
+                    error_list.append((i, f'{str(entity)}: {str(e)}'))
+
+        error_list = [str_error for _,str_error in sorted(error_list, key=operator.itemgetter(0))]
         self.__results.append((entity_name, action_name, num_ok, error_list))
diff --git a/src/webui/service/main/routes.py b/src/webui/service/main/routes.py
index 38d13aad562f3e55490952db84ef784f87697739..dcbbf71a6fee6ebd040f14c7d0d2cb07ba9ee085 100644
--- a/src/webui/service/main/routes.py
+++ b/src/webui/service/main/routes.py
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ slice_client = SliceClient()
 
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+DESCRIPTOR_LOADER_NUM_WORKERS = 10
+
 def process_descriptors(descriptors):
     try:
         descriptors_file = request.files[descriptors.name]
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ def process_descriptors(descriptors):
         flash(f'Unable to load descriptor file: {str(e)}', 'danger')
         return
 
-    descriptor_loader = DescriptorLoader(descriptors)
+    descriptor_loader = DescriptorLoader(descriptors, num_workers=DESCRIPTOR_LOADER_NUM_WORKERS)
     results = descriptor_loader.process()
     for message,level in compose_notifications(results):
         if level == 'error': LOGGER.warning('ERROR message={:s}'.format(str(message)))