diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6503950..f5f3325 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 result*
 /tests/*/gomod2nix.toml
 /tests/*/go.mod
+.idea
diff --git a/internal/generate/generate.go b/internal/generate/generate.go
index 12db73b..8980d0f 100644
--- a/internal/generate/generate.go
+++ b/internal/generate/generate.go
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func ImportPkgs(directory string, numWorkers int) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	executor := lib.NewParallellExecutor(numWorkers)
+	executor := lib.NewParallelExecutor(numWorkers)
 	for _, dl := range modDownloads {
 		dl := dl
 		executor.Add(func() error {
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func GeneratePkgs(directory string, goMod2NixPath string, numWorkers int) ([]*sc
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	executor := lib.NewParallellExecutor(numWorkers)
+	executor := lib.NewParallelExecutor(numWorkers)
 	var mux sync.Mutex
 
 	cache := schema.ReadCache(goMod2NixPath)
diff --git a/internal/lib/executor.go b/internal/lib/executor.go
index 7b605d3..1d1e51c 100644
--- a/internal/lib/executor.go
+++ b/internal/lib/executor.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 )
 
-// ParallellExecutor - Execute callback functions in parallell
-type ParallellExecutor struct {
+// ParallelExecutor - Execute callback functions in parallel
+type ParallelExecutor struct {
 	errChan chan error
 	wg      *sync.WaitGroup
 	mux     *sync.Mutex
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ type ParallellExecutor struct {
 	done bool
 }
 
-func NewParallellExecutor(maxWorkers int) *ParallellExecutor {
-	return &ParallellExecutor{
+func NewParallelExecutor(maxWorkers int) *ParallelExecutor {
+	return &ParallelExecutor{
 		errChan: make(chan error),
 		mux:     new(sync.Mutex),
 		wg:      new(sync.WaitGroup),
@@ -28,12 +28,11 @@ func NewParallellExecutor(maxWorkers int) *ParallellExecutor {
 	}
 }
 
-func (e *ParallellExecutor) Add(fn func() error) {
+func (e *ParallelExecutor) Add(fn func() error) {
 	e.wg.Add(1)
 
-	e.guard <- struct{}{} // Block until a worker is available
-
 	go func() {
+		e.guard <- struct{}{} // Block until a worker is available
 		defer e.wg.Done()
 		defer func() {
 			<-e.guard
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ func (e *ParallellExecutor) Add(fn func() error) {
 	}()
 }
 
-func (e *ParallellExecutor) Wait() error {
+func (e *ParallelExecutor) Wait() error {
 	e.mux.Lock()
 	defer e.mux.Unlock()
 
diff --git a/internal/lib/executor_test.go b/internal/lib/executor_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d589f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/lib/executor_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package lib
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+// TestParallelExecutor_fnAlwaysErrors ensures that the executor does not block
+// forever when there are more erroring functions than workers. This is a
+// regression test.
+func TestParallelExecutor_fnAlwaysErrors(t *testing.T) {
+	const maxWorkers = 1
+	executor := NewParallelExecutor(1)
+
+	for i := 0; i < maxWorkers+1; i++ {
+		executor.Add(func() error {
+			return errors.New("testerror")
+		})
+	}
+
+	errCh := make(chan error)
+	go func() {
+		defer close(errCh)
+		errCh <- executor.Wait()
+	}()
+
+	select {
+	case err := <-errCh:
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Error("Expected error, got nil")
+		}
+	case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
+		t.Error("Timed out waiting for executor to finish: deadlock")
+	}
+}