diff --git a/crates/brush-dataset/src/formats/nerfstudio.rs b/crates/brush-dataset/src/formats/nerfstudio.rs
index f2e2d269..6f26e2be 100644
--- a/crates/brush-dataset/src/formats/nerfstudio.rs
+++ b/crates/brush-dataset/src/formats/nerfstudio.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use super::DatasetZip;
 use super::LoadDatasetArgs;
 use crate::splat_import::load_splat_from_ply;
+use crate::stream_fut_parallel;
 use crate::{clamp_img_to_max_size, DataStream, Dataset};
 use anyhow::Context;
 use anyhow::Result;
@@ -209,26 +210,34 @@ pub fn read_dataset<B: Backend>(
         // Not entirely sure yet if we want to report stats on both test
         // and eval, atm this skips "transforms_test.json" even if it's there.
 
-        for (i, handle) in train_handles.into_iter().enumerate() {
+        let train_handles = stream_fut_parallel(train_handles);
+        let mut train_handles = std::pin::pin!(train_handles);
+
+        let mut i = 0;
+        while let Some(view) = train_handles.next().await {
             if let Some(eval_period) = load_args.eval_split_every {
                 // Include extra eval images only when the dataset doesn't have them.
                 if i % eval_period == 0 && val_stream.is_some() {
-                    eval_views.push(handle.await?);
+                    eval_views.push(view?);
                 } else {
-                    train_views.push(handle.await?);
+                    train_views.push(view?);
                 }
             } else {
-                train_views.push(handle.await?);
+                train_views.push(view?);
             }
 
             emitter
                 .emit(Dataset::from_views(train_views.clone(), eval_views.clone()))
                 .await;
+
+            i += 1;
         }
 
         if let Some(val_stream) = val_stream {
-            for handle in val_stream {
-                eval_views.push(handle.await?);
+            let val_handles = stream_fut_parallel(val_stream);
+            let mut val_handles = std::pin::pin!(val_handles);
+            while let Some(view) = val_handles.next().await {
+                eval_views.push(view?);
                 emitter
                     .emit(Dataset::from_views(train_views.clone(), eval_views.clone()))
                     .await;
diff --git a/crates/brush-dataset/src/lib.rs b/crates/brush-dataset/src/lib.rs
index b204ac87..74c4e228 100644
--- a/crates/brush-dataset/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/brush-dataset/src/lib.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ pub(crate) fn stream_fut_parallel<T: Send + 'static>(
             .get()
     };
 
+    log::info!("Loading steam with {parallel} threads");
+
     let mut futures = futures;
     fn_stream(|emitter| async move {
         while !futures.is_empty() {