diff --git a/aquatic_http/src/lib.rs b/aquatic_http/src/lib.rs
index 54ed266..1975aac 100644
--- a/aquatic_http/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aquatic_http/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ use std::{
 use crate::config::Config;
 
 mod common;
-mod workers;
 pub mod config;
+mod workers;
 
 pub const APP_NAME: &str = "aquatic_http: HTTP/TLS BitTorrent tracker";
 
@@ -115,8 +115,13 @@ pub fn run_inner(config: Config, state: State) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
                 WorkerIndex::RequestWorker(i),
             );
 
-            workers::request::run_request_worker(config, state, request_mesh_builder, response_mesh_builder)
-                .await
+            workers::request::run_request_worker(
+                config,
+                state,
+                request_mesh_builder,
+                response_mesh_builder,
+            )
+            .await
         });
 
         executors.push(executor);
diff --git a/aquatic_http/src/workers/mod.rs b/aquatic_http/src/workers/mod.rs
index 5f41ab1..63fc0ec 100644
--- a/aquatic_http/src/workers/mod.rs
+++ b/aquatic_http/src/workers/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 pub mod request;
-pub mod socket;
\ No newline at end of file
+pub mod socket;
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/common.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/common.rs
index b0f9f2e..06c1e75 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/common.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/common.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::sync::atomic::AtomicUsize;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
-use crossbeam_channel::Sender;
+use crossbeam_channel::{Sender, TrySendError};
 
 use aquatic_common::access_list::{create_access_list_cache, AccessListArcSwap};
 use aquatic_common::AHashIndexMap;
@@ -88,8 +88,14 @@ impl ConnectedRequestSender {
         request: ConnectedRequest,
         addr: SocketAddr,
     ) {
-        if let Err(err) = self.senders[index.0].try_send((self.index, request, addr)) {
-            ::log::warn!("request_sender.try_send failed: {:?}", err)
+        match self.senders[index.0].try_send((self.index, request, addr)) {
+            Ok(()) => {}
+            Err(TrySendError::Full(_)) => {
+                ::log::error!("Request channel {} is full, dropping request. Try increasing number of request workers or raising config.worker_channel_size.", index.0)
+            }
+            Err(TrySendError::Disconnected(_)) => {
+                panic!("Request channel {} is disconnected", index.0);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
@@ -109,8 +115,14 @@ impl ConnectedResponseSender {
         response: ConnectedResponse,
         addr: SocketAddr,
     ) {
-        if let Err(err) = self.senders[index.0].try_send((response, addr)) {
-            ::log::warn!("request_sender.try_send failed: {:?}", err)
+        match self.senders[index.0].try_send((response, addr)) {
+            Ok(()) => {}
+            Err(TrySendError::Full(_)) => {
+                ::log::error!("Response channel {} is full, dropping response. Try increasing number of socket workers or raising config.worker_channel_size.", index.0)
+            }
+            Err(TrySendError::Disconnected(_)) => {
+                panic!("Response channel {} is disconnected", index.0);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/config.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/config.rs
index 35f2e0a..279d6e8 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/config.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/config.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,18 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// generate responses and send them back to the socket workers.
     pub request_workers: usize,
     pub log_level: LogLevel,
+    /// Maximum number of items in each channel passing requests/responses
+    /// between workers. A value of zero means that the channel will be of
+    /// unbounded size.
+    pub worker_channel_size: usize,
+    /// How long to block waiting for requests in request workers. Higher
+    /// values means that with zero traffic, the worker will not unnecessarily
+    /// cause the CPU to wake up as often. However, high values (something like
+    /// larger than 1000) combined with very low traffic can cause delays
+    /// in torrent cleaning.
+    pub request_channel_recv_timeout_ms: u64,
     pub network: NetworkConfig,
     pub protocol: ProtocolConfig,
-    pub handlers: HandlerConfig,
     pub statistics: StatisticsConfig,
     pub cleaning: CleaningConfig,
     pub privileges: PrivilegeConfig,
@@ -33,9 +42,10 @@ impl Default for Config {
             socket_workers: 1,
             request_workers: 1,
             log_level: LogLevel::Error,
+            worker_channel_size: 0,
+            request_channel_recv_timeout_ms: 100,
             network: NetworkConfig::default(),
             protocol: ProtocolConfig::default(),
-            handlers: HandlerConfig::default(),
             statistics: StatisticsConfig::default(),
             cleaning: CleaningConfig::default(),
             privileges: PrivilegeConfig::default(),
@@ -110,20 +120,6 @@ impl Default for ProtocolConfig {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-#[serde(default)]
-pub struct HandlerConfig {
-    pub channel_recv_timeout_ms: u64,
-}
-
-impl Default for HandlerConfig {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            channel_recv_timeout_ms: 100,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct StatisticsConfig {
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/lib.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/lib.rs
index 1e7e604..3c77751 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/lib.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use anyhow::Context;
 #[cfg(feature = "cpu-pinning")]
 use aquatic_common::cpu_pinning::{pin_current_if_configured_to, WorkerIndex};
 use aquatic_common::privileges::drop_privileges_after_socket_binding;
-use crossbeam_channel::unbounded;
+use crossbeam_channel::{bounded, unbounded};
 
 use aquatic_common::access_list::update_access_list;
 use signal_hook::consts::SIGUSR1;
@@ -40,14 +40,22 @@ pub fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
     let mut response_receivers = BTreeMap::new();
 
     for i in 0..config.request_workers {
-        let (request_sender, request_receiver) = unbounded();
+        let (request_sender, request_receiver) = if config.worker_channel_size == 0 {
+            unbounded()
+        } else {
+            bounded(config.worker_channel_size)
+        };
 
         request_senders.push(request_sender);
         request_receivers.insert(i, request_receiver);
     }
 
     for i in 0..config.socket_workers {
-        let (response_sender, response_receiver) = unbounded();
+        let (response_sender, response_receiver) = if config.worker_channel_size == 0 {
+            unbounded()
+        } else {
+            bounded(config.worker_channel_size)
+        };
 
         response_senders.push(response_sender);
         response_receivers.insert(i, response_receiver);
diff --git a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/request.rs b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/request.rs
index dd0498b..ea81d29 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp/src/workers/request.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp/src/workers/request.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ pub fn run_request_worker(
     let mut torrents = TorrentMaps::default();
     let mut small_rng = SmallRng::from_entropy();
 
-    let timeout = Duration::from_millis(config.handlers.channel_recv_timeout_ms);
+    let timeout = Duration::from_millis(config.request_channel_recv_timeout_ms);
     let mut peer_valid_until = ValidUntil::new(config.cleaning.max_peer_age);
 
     let cleaning_interval = Duration::from_secs(config.cleaning.torrent_cleaning_interval);
diff --git a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/common.rs b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/common.rs
index 276c324..6f40729 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/common.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/common.rs
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ use hashbrown::HashMap;
 
 use aquatic_udp_protocol::*;
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, Clone, Copy)]
-pub struct ThreadId(pub u8);
-
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
 pub struct TorrentPeer {
     pub info_hash: InfoHash,
diff --git a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/config.rs b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/config.rs
index cc63900..55ee0e2 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/config.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/config.rs
@@ -18,15 +18,27 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub workers: u8,
     /// Run duration (quit and generate report after this many seconds)
     pub duration: usize,
-    /// Probability that an additional connect request will be sent for each
-    /// mio event
-    pub additional_request_probability: f32,
     pub network: NetworkConfig,
-    pub handler: HandlerConfig,
+    pub requests: RequestConfig,
     #[cfg(feature = "cpu-pinning")]
     pub cpu_pinning: CpuPinningConfig,
 }
 
+impl Default for Config {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            server_address: "127.0.0.1:3000".parse().unwrap(),
+            log_level: LogLevel::Error,
+            workers: 1,
+            duration: 0,
+            network: NetworkConfig::default(),
+            requests: RequestConfig::default(),
+            #[cfg(feature = "cpu-pinning")]
+            cpu_pinning: CpuPinningConfig::default_for_load_test(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(default)]
 pub struct NetworkConfig {
@@ -60,9 +72,21 @@ pub struct NetworkConfig {
     pub recv_buffer: usize,
 }
 
+impl Default for NetworkConfig {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            multiple_client_ipv4s: true,
+            first_port: 45_000,
+            poll_timeout: 276,
+            poll_event_capacity: 2_877,
+            recv_buffer: 6_000_000,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(default)]
-pub struct HandlerConfig {
+pub struct RequestConfig {
     /// Number of torrents to simulate
     pub number_of_torrents: usize,
     /// Maximum number of torrents to ask about in scrape requests
@@ -82,37 +106,12 @@ pub struct HandlerConfig {
     pub torrent_selection_pareto_shape: f64,
     /// Probability that a generated peer is a seeder
     pub peer_seeder_probability: f64,
+    /// Probability that an additional connect request will be sent for each
+    /// mio event
+    pub additional_request_probability: f32,
 }
 
-impl Default for Config {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            server_address: "127.0.0.1:3000".parse().unwrap(),
-            log_level: LogLevel::Error,
-            workers: 1,
-            duration: 0,
-            additional_request_probability: 0.5,
-            network: NetworkConfig::default(),
-            handler: HandlerConfig::default(),
-            #[cfg(feature = "cpu-pinning")]
-            cpu_pinning: CpuPinningConfig::default_for_load_test(),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Default for NetworkConfig {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        Self {
-            multiple_client_ipv4s: true,
-            first_port: 45_000,
-            poll_timeout: 276,
-            poll_event_capacity: 2_877,
-            recv_buffer: 6_000_000,
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-impl Default for HandlerConfig {
+impl Default for RequestConfig {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             number_of_torrents: 10_000,
@@ -122,6 +121,7 @@ impl Default for HandlerConfig {
             weight_announce: 5,
             weight_scrape: 1,
             torrent_selection_pareto_shape: 2.0,
+            additional_request_probability: 0.5,
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/main.rs b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/main.rs
index 957fcbc..2488659 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/main.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/main.rs
@@ -10,14 +10,13 @@ use rand_distr::Pareto;
 
 mod common;
 mod config;
-mod handler;
-mod network;
 mod utils;
+mod worker;
 
 use common::*;
 use config::Config;
-use network::*;
 use utils::*;
+use worker::*;
 
 #[global_allocator]
 static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
@@ -37,7 +36,9 @@ impl aquatic_cli_helpers::Config for Config {
 }
 
 fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
-    if config.handler.weight_announce + config.handler.weight_connect + config.handler.weight_scrape
+    if config.requests.weight_announce
+        + config.requests.weight_connect
+        + config.requests.weight_scrape
         == 0
     {
         panic!("Error: at least one weight must be larger than zero.");
@@ -45,9 +46,9 @@ fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     println!("Starting client with config: {:#?}", config);
 
-    let mut info_hashes = Vec::with_capacity(config.handler.number_of_torrents);
+    let mut info_hashes = Vec::with_capacity(config.requests.number_of_torrents);
 
-    for _ in 0..config.handler.number_of_torrents {
+    for _ in 0..config.requests.number_of_torrents {
         info_hashes.push(generate_info_hash());
     }
 
@@ -56,12 +57,11 @@ fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
         statistics: Arc::new(Statistics::default()),
     };
 
-    let pareto = Pareto::new(1.0, config.handler.torrent_selection_pareto_shape).unwrap();
+    let pareto = Pareto::new(1.0, config.requests.torrent_selection_pareto_shape).unwrap();
 
     // Start workers
 
     for i in 0..config.workers {
-        let thread_id = ThreadId(i);
         let port = config.network.first_port + (i as u16);
 
         let ip = if config.server_address.is_ipv6() {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ fn run(config: Config) -> ::anyhow::Result<()> {
                 WorkerIndex::SocketWorker(i as usize),
             );
 
-            run_worker_thread(state, pareto, &config, addr, thread_id)
+            run_worker_thread(state, pareto, &config, addr)
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/utils.rs b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/utils.rs
index f88c211..bae1391 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/utils.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/utils.rs
@@ -1,43 +1,8 @@
-use std::sync::Arc;
-
 use rand::prelude::*;
 use rand_distr::Pareto;
 
 use aquatic_udp_protocol::*;
 
-use crate::common::*;
-use crate::config::Config;
-
-pub fn create_torrent_peer(
-    config: &Config,
-    rng: &mut impl Rng,
-    pareto: Pareto<f64>,
-    info_hashes: &Arc<Vec<InfoHash>>,
-    connection_id: ConnectionId,
-) -> TorrentPeer {
-    let num_scape_hashes = rng.gen_range(1..config.handler.scrape_max_torrents);
-
-    let mut scrape_hash_indeces = Vec::new();
-
-    for _ in 0..num_scape_hashes {
-        scrape_hash_indeces.push(select_info_hash_index(config, rng, pareto))
-    }
-
-    let info_hash_index = select_info_hash_index(config, rng, pareto);
-
-    TorrentPeer {
-        info_hash: info_hashes[info_hash_index],
-        scrape_hash_indeces,
-        connection_id,
-        peer_id: generate_peer_id(),
-        port: Port(rand::random()),
-    }
-}
-
-fn select_info_hash_index(config: &Config, rng: &mut impl Rng, pareto: Pareto<f64>) -> usize {
-    pareto_usize(rng, pareto, config.handler.number_of_torrents - 1)
-}
-
 pub fn pareto_usize(rng: &mut impl Rng, pareto: Pareto<f64>, max: usize) -> usize {
     let p: f64 = rng.sample(pareto);
     let p = (p.min(101.0f64) - 1.0) / 100.0;
diff --git a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/network.rs b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/worker/mod.rs
similarity index 95%
rename from aquatic_udp_load_test/src/network.rs
rename to aquatic_udp_load_test/src/worker/mod.rs
index 3a61804..816dafc 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/network.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/worker/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+mod request_gen;
+
 use std::io::Cursor;
 use std::net::SocketAddr;
 use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
@@ -12,48 +14,16 @@ use socket2::{Domain, Protocol, Socket, Type};
 use aquatic_udp_protocol::*;
 
 use crate::config::Config;
-use crate::{common::*, handler::process_response, utils::*};
+use crate::{common::*, utils::*};
+use request_gen::process_response;
 
-const MAX_PACKET_SIZE: usize = 4096;
-
-pub fn create_socket(config: &Config, addr: SocketAddr) -> ::std::net::UdpSocket {
-    let socket = if addr.is_ipv4() {
-        Socket::new(Domain::IPV4, Type::DGRAM, Some(Protocol::UDP))
-    } else {
-        Socket::new(Domain::IPV6, Type::DGRAM, Some(Protocol::UDP))
-    }
-    .expect("create socket");
-
-    socket
-        .set_nonblocking(true)
-        .expect("socket: set nonblocking");
-
-    if config.network.recv_buffer != 0 {
-        if let Err(err) = socket.set_recv_buffer_size(config.network.recv_buffer) {
-            eprintln!(
-                "socket: failed setting recv buffer to {}: {:?}",
-                config.network.recv_buffer, err
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
-    socket
-        .bind(&addr.into())
-        .unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("socket: bind to {}: {:?}", addr, err));
-
-    socket
-        .connect(&config.server_address.into())
-        .expect("socket: connect to server");
-
-    socket.into()
-}
+const MAX_PACKET_SIZE: usize = 8192;
 
 pub fn run_worker_thread(
     state: LoadTestState,
     pareto: Pareto<f64>,
     config: &Config,
     addr: SocketAddr,
-    thread_id: ThreadId,
 ) {
     let mut socket = UdpSocket::from_std(create_socket(config, addr));
     let mut buffer = [0u8; MAX_PACKET_SIZE];
@@ -61,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn run_worker_thread(
     let mut rng = SmallRng::from_rng(thread_rng()).expect("create SmallRng from thread_rng()");
     let mut torrent_peers = TorrentPeerMap::default();
 
-    let token = Token(thread_id.0 as usize);
+    let token = Token(0);
     let interests = Interest::READABLE;
     let timeout = Duration::from_micros(config.network.poll_timeout);
 
@@ -127,7 +97,7 @@ pub fn run_worker_thread(
                     }
                 }
 
-                if rng.gen::<f32>() <= config.additional_request_probability {
+                if rng.gen::<f32>() <= config.requests.additional_request_probability {
                     let additional_request =
                         create_connect_request(generate_transaction_id(&mut rng));
 
@@ -201,3 +171,35 @@ fn update_shared_statistics(state: &LoadTestState, statistics: &mut SocketWorker
 
     *statistics = SocketWorkerLocalStatistics::default();
 }
+
+fn create_socket(config: &Config, addr: SocketAddr) -> ::std::net::UdpSocket {
+    let socket = if addr.is_ipv4() {
+        Socket::new(Domain::IPV4, Type::DGRAM, Some(Protocol::UDP))
+    } else {
+        Socket::new(Domain::IPV6, Type::DGRAM, Some(Protocol::UDP))
+    }
+    .expect("create socket");
+
+    socket
+        .set_nonblocking(true)
+        .expect("socket: set nonblocking");
+
+    if config.network.recv_buffer != 0 {
+        if let Err(err) = socket.set_recv_buffer_size(config.network.recv_buffer) {
+            eprintln!(
+                "socket: failed setting recv buffer to {}: {:?}",
+                config.network.recv_buffer, err
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
+    socket
+        .bind(&addr.into())
+        .unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("socket: bind to {}: {:?}", addr, err));
+
+    socket
+        .connect(&config.server_address.into())
+        .expect("socket: connect to server");
+
+    socket.into()
+}
diff --git a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/handler.rs b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/worker/request_gen.rs
similarity index 83%
rename from aquatic_udp_load_test/src/handler.rs
rename to aquatic_udp_load_test/src/worker/request_gen.rs
index 2611341..98091c8 100644
--- a/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/handler.rs
+++ b/aquatic_udp_load_test/src/worker/request_gen.rs
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ fn create_random_request(
     torrent_peer: &TorrentPeer,
 ) -> Request {
     let weights = vec![
-        config.handler.weight_announce as u32,
-        config.handler.weight_connect as u32,
-        config.handler.weight_scrape as u32,
+        config.requests.weight_announce as u32,
+        config.requests.weight_connect as u32,
+        config.requests.weight_scrape as u32,
     ];
 
     let items = vec![
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ fn create_announce_request(
     transaction_id: TransactionId,
 ) -> Request {
     let (event, bytes_left) = {
-        if rng.gen_bool(config.handler.peer_seeder_probability) {
+        if rng.gen_bool(config.requests.peer_seeder_probability) {
             (AnnounceEvent::Completed, NumberOfBytes(0))
         } else {
             (AnnounceEvent::Started, NumberOfBytes(50))
@@ -186,3 +186,33 @@ fn create_scrape_request(
     })
     .into()
 }
+
+fn create_torrent_peer(
+    config: &Config,
+    rng: &mut impl Rng,
+    pareto: Pareto<f64>,
+    info_hashes: &Arc<Vec<InfoHash>>,
+    connection_id: ConnectionId,
+) -> TorrentPeer {
+    let num_scape_hashes = rng.gen_range(1..config.requests.scrape_max_torrents);
+
+    let mut scrape_hash_indeces = Vec::new();
+
+    for _ in 0..num_scape_hashes {
+        scrape_hash_indeces.push(select_info_hash_index(config, rng, pareto))
+    }
+
+    let info_hash_index = select_info_hash_index(config, rng, pareto);
+
+    TorrentPeer {
+        info_hash: info_hashes[info_hash_index],
+        scrape_hash_indeces,
+        connection_id,
+        peer_id: generate_peer_id(),
+        port: Port(rand::random()),
+    }
+}
+
+fn select_info_hash_index(config: &Config, rng: &mut impl Rng, pareto: Pareto<f64>) -> usize {
+    pareto_usize(rng, pareto, config.requests.number_of_torrents - 1)
+}