diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f0dc18..91a3932 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Downloading the latest 65 to 100 items of a feed queues them at once, instead of hanging until most had downloaded and holding up adding feeds and Refresh meanwhile.
 - Changes to the feed list made at the same moment, such as two people adding feeds, or a feed added while the server settings change, no longer undo one another.
 - A download that stops partway is given up after two minutes without data, instead of holding up every scan and download until a restart.
 - On a phone, the closed feed list no longer shades the left edge of the page with its shadow.
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e67d0f8..14cd66e 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -594,7 +594,10 @@ async fn daemon(
         Err(e) => tracing::warn!(error = %format!("{e:#}"), "could not retire feeds whose OPML is no longer in config"),
     }
 
-    let (tx_cmd, mut rx_cmd) = mpsc::channel::<Cmd>(64);
+    // Room for any one request's commands: a web request waits inside itself for a free place,
+    // and Download latest sends up to 100. With 64 the rest waited on downloads an hour long, and
+    // every other request that queues work waited behind them (#154).
+    let (tx_cmd, mut rx_cmd) = mpsc::channel::<Cmd>(1024);
 
     let web = start_web(&ctx, &config_path, web_addr, &tx_cmd, &events).await?;
     // status and reload are answered by the socket itself; everything else waits its turn in the