diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/containers/mapDispatchToProps.ts b/frontend/src/ts/containers/mapDispatchToProps.ts
index a6d4c52..e7de95f 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/containers/mapDispatchToProps.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/containers/mapDispatchToProps.ts
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ const valueFromInput = (element: HTMLInputElement): string => {
 let syncedComments = 0;
 let totalSyncedComments = 0;
 
-const syncComments = async (commentQueue: any[], dispatch: Redux.Dispatch<Redux.Action>) => {
+const syncComments = async (commentQueue: any[], dispatch: Redux.Dispatch<Redux.Action>, commentType: String) => {
+    const parallelRequests: Promise <void> [] = [];
     // We need to throttle the amount of parallel sync requests that we make
     // because large forums could be syncing thousands of comments
-    const maxParallelRequests = 1;
-    const parallelRequests: Promise <void> [] = [];
-
+    // Parent comments can be synced in parallel but child comments need to be synced 1 at a time
+    const maxParallelRequests = commentType === 'parentComments' ? 100 : 1;
     for (let comment of commentQueue) {
         // Make the sync request and add its promise to the queue,
         // and remove it from queue when complete
@@ -85,12 +85,14 @@ const syncComments = async (commentQueue: any[], dispatch: Redux.Dispatch<Redux.
             await Promise.race(parallelRequests);
         }
     }
-    // Wait for all of the requests to finish
     Promise.all(parallelRequests).then(() => {
-        dispatch(setValueAction('isManualSyncRunning', false));
+        // We sync parent comments first then child comments immediately after, so we only update the state of the sync after child comments
+        if (commentType === 'childComments') {
+            dispatch(setValueAction('isManualSyncRunning', false));
+        }
         dispatch(updateSyncStatusAction({
             is_manual: true,
-            progress_message: `Complete (${syncedComments} of ${totalSyncedComments})`,
+            progress_message: `Completed (${syncedComments} of ${totalSyncedComments})`,
         }));
     });
 }
@@ -151,11 +153,8 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch: Redux.Dispatch<Redux.Action>) => {
             const endDate: Moment = getDateFromInput(rangeEndInput);
 
             // Create a queue of comments within the provided date-range from the Disqus API
-            let commentQueue: any[] = [];
-            // To prevent API errors, we need to make sure parent comments are synced before child comments.
-            // To sort this correctly, we use a list of parent comment objects and a dictionary of child comment objects organized by parent comment ID
             const parentCommentList: any[] = [];
-            const childCommentDict: any = {};
+            const childCommentList: any[] = [];
             const getDisqusComments = async (cursor: string = '') => {
                 return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
                     DisqusApi.instance.listPostsForForum(cursor, startDate, endDate, 100, async (xhr: Event) => {
@@ -177,54 +176,37 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch: Redux.Dispatch<Redux.Action>) => {
                         }
 
                         const pendingComments = disqusData.response;
-                        totalSyncedComments += pendingComments.length - 1;
+                        totalSyncedComments += pendingComments.length;
 
                         pendingComments.forEach((comment: any) => {
-                            if (!comment.parent) {
-                                // if the comment is a parent comment, push it to the parent comment list.
-                                parentCommentList.push(comment);
-                            } else {
-                                // if the comment is a child comment, add it to the dict organized by parent comment ID
-                                childCommentDict[comment.parent] = comment;
-                            }
+                            comment.parent ? childCommentList.push(comment) : parentCommentList.push(comment);
                         });
-
-                        // now we populate the queue that starts with a parent comment and then is followed by all of its children in order.
-                        for (let i = 0; i < parentCommentList.length; i ++ ) {
-                            // add the parent comment to the end of the queue
-                            const currentParent = parentCommentList[i];
-                            commentQueue.push(currentParent)
-
-                            // if the childCommentDict has the currentParent's ID in it, then we know the current parent's child comment.
-                            let currentParentID = currentParent.id
-                            while (currentParentID && childCommentDict[currentParentID]) {
-                                let childComment = childCommentDict[currentParentID];
-                                // add the child comment to the end of the queue
-                                commentQueue.push(childComment)
-                                // make the currentParentID the child comment's ID to search for more child comments
-                                currentParentID = childComment.id;
-                            }
-                        }
-
                         const nextCursor = disqusData.cursor;
                         if (nextCursor && nextCursor.hasNext) {
                             await getDisqusComments(nextCursor.next);
                         }
+                        const commentQueue = [parentCommentList, childCommentList];
                         resolve(commentQueue);
                     });
                 });
             };
 
             dispatch(setValueAction('isManualSyncRunning', true));
-            getDisqusComments().then((commentQueue: any[]) => {
-                syncComments(commentQueue, dispatch);
-            }).catch((err: any) => {
-                dispatch(setMessageAction({
-                    onDismiss: handleClearMessage,
-                    text: (err && err.response) || 'Error connecting to the Disqus API',
-                    type: 'error',
-                }));
-            });
+            getDisqusComments()
+                .then((commentQueue: any[]) => {
+                    syncComments(commentQueue[0], dispatch, 'parentComments');
+                    return commentQueue;
+                })
+                .then((commentQueue: any[]) => {
+                    syncComments(commentQueue[1], dispatch, 'childComments');
+                })
+                .catch((err: any) => {
+                    dispatch(setMessageAction({
+                        onDismiss: handleClearMessage,
+                        text: (err && err.response) || 'Error connecting to the Disqus API',
+                        type: 'error',
+                    }));
+                });
         },
         onSubmitSiteForm: (event: React.SyntheticEvent<HTMLFormElement>) => {
             event.preventDefault();