diff --git a/app/models/views/channel_list.rb b/app/models/views/channel_list.rb
index 4c9318b..9a6cd97 100644
--- a/app/models/views/channel_list.rb
+++ b/app/models/views/channel_list.rb
@@ -6,19 +6,15 @@ class ChannelList < ListView
     fetches :filter_ids, proc { Channel.filter_ids(site, query, current_user) }
     fetches :recent_channels, proc { Channel.recent_channels(site, current_user, page, per_page, last_update_date, filter_ids) }, [:filter_ids]
     fetches :channels_read, proc {
-      recent_channels.each do |channel|
-        channel.read = channel.has_posts?(current_user, channel.last_post)
-      end
+      recent_channels.each { |channel| channel.read = channel.has_posts?(current_user, channel.last_post) }
       nil
     }, [:recent_channels]
     fetches :highlight_query, proc {
-      recent_channels.each do |channel|
-        channel.query = query
-      end
+      recent_channels.each { |channel| channel.query = query }
       nil
-    }
+    }, [:recent_channels]
 
-    fetches :count, proc { recent_channels.count }
+    fetches :count, proc { recent_channels.count }, [:recent_channels]
     fetches :start_index, proc { (page - 1) * per_page }
     fetches :end_index, proc { (page - 1) * per_page + recent_channels.size }, [:recent_channels]
     fetches :last_update, proc { (recent_channels.map(&:created_at) + recent_channels.map(&:updated_at) + recent_channels.map(&:last_post_date)).map(&:utc).max.to_i }, [:recent_channels]
diff --git a/app/models/views/search.rb b/app/models/views/search.rb
index 807695c..5c555b7 100644
--- a/app/models/views/search.rb
+++ b/app/models/views/search.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class Search < ListView
         end
       end
       nil
-    }
+    }, [:results]
 
     fetches :last_update, proc { Time.now }
     fetches :count, proc { results[:result_count] }, [:results]
diff --git a/config/environments/production.rb b/config/environments/production.rb
index 1b11ebc..8214c95 100644
--- a/config/environments/production.rb
+++ b/config/environments/production.rb
@@ -66,4 +66,5 @@
 
   config.logger = Logger::Syslog.new("local0", Syslog::LOG_LOCAL5)
 
+  config.active_record.raise_in_transactional_callbacks = true
 end
diff --git a/config/environments/test.rb b/config/environments/test.rb
index 14f4c8c..139d95e 100644
--- a/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   # Allow pass debug_assets=true as a query parameter to load pages with unpackaged assets
   config.assets.allow_debugging = true
 
-  config.eager_load = false
+  config.eager_load = true
 
   config.active_support.test_order = :random
 
diff --git a/lib/view_model.rb b/lib/view_model.rb
index ca4a503..f42ed82 100644
--- a/lib/view_model.rb
+++ b/lib/view_model.rb
@@ -46,23 +46,47 @@ def initialize(attrs={})
   end
 
   def finalize
+    t = Time.now.to_f
     dependencies = []
+    threads = []
     self.class.fetch_args.each do |arg|
-      if !send("fetch_#{arg}")
-        dependencies << arg
+      threads << Thread.new do
+        ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.with_connection do
+          Rails.logger.info "view model thread #{arg} start"
+          t1 = Time.now.to_f
+          if !send("fetch_#{arg}")
+            dependencies << arg
+          end
+          Rails.logger.info "view model thread #{arg} finished (#{"%.1f" % ((Time.now.to_f - t1) * 1000)}ms)"
+        end
       end
     end
+    threads.each do |t|
+      t.join
+    end
+    threads = []
     while dependencies.size > 0
       d = []
       dependencies.each do |arg|
-        if !send("fetch_#{arg}")
-          d << arg
+        threads << Thread.new do
+          ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.with_connection do
+            Rails.logger.info "view model thread #{arg} start"
+            t1 = Time.now.to_f
+            if !send("fetch_#{arg}")
+              d << arg
+            end
+            Rails.logger.info "view model thread #{arg} finished (#{"%.1f" % ((Time.now.to_f - t1) * 1000)}ms)"
+          end
         end
       end
+      threads.each do |t|
+        t.join
+      end
+      threads = []
       dependencies = d
     end
 
-    Rails.logger.info "view model finalized"
+    Rails.logger.info "view model finalized (#{"%.1f" % ((Time.now.to_f - t) * 1000)}ms)"
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/test/integration/api/api_channels_test.rb b/test/integration/api/api_channels_test.rb
index 35fc3ec..24966c7 100644
--- a/test/integration/api/api_channels_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/api/api_channels_test.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ class ApiChannelsTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     c = create_channel(title)
     get '/api/channels.json'
     j = json_body
+    puts j.inspect
     jc = j['channels'].first
     assert_equal c.id, jc['id']
     assert_equal c.title, jc['title']
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ class ApiChannelsTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     title = "Test Channel #{Time.now.to_f}"
     post '/api/channels.json', {channel: {title: title, body: "Testing"}}
     j = json_body
+    puts j.inspect
     assert_nil json_body['errors']
     jc = j['channel']
     assert_not_nil jc['id']
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ class ApiChannelsTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     title2 = "FooTest Channel #{Time.now.to_f}"
     put "/api/channels/#{c.id}.json", {channel: {title: title2, text: "Channel text"}}
     j = json_body
+    puts j.inspect
     jc = j['channel']
     assert_equal title2, jc['title']
     assert_equal "Channel text", jc['text']
diff --git a/test/integration/api/api_posts_test.rb b/test/integration/api/api_posts_test.rb
index 2f2980c..bf3fa31 100644
--- a/test/integration/api/api_posts_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/api/api_posts_test.rb
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ class ApiPostsTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
     p = create_post("Post")
     get "/api/channels/#{c.id}/posts.json"
     j = json_body
+    puts j.inspect
     jc = j['channel']
     assert_equal c.id, jc['id']
     jp = j['posts'].last
diff --git a/test/unit/view_model_test.rb b/test/unit/view_model_test.rb
index 0e19aea..306abb8 100644
--- a/test/unit/view_model_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/view_model_test.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 require 'test_helper'
 
 class ViewModelTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
+  self.use_transactional_fixtures = false
 
   def setup
     create_user