diff --git a/lib/epochtalk_server/bbc_parser.ex b/lib/epochtalk_server/bbc_parser.ex
index 17142f9e..ab607196 100644
--- a/lib/epochtalk_server/bbc_parser.ex
+++ b/lib/epochtalk_server/bbc_parser.ex
@@ -3,11 +3,15 @@ defmodule EpochtalkServer.BBCParser do
   require Logger
   alias Porcelain.Process, as: Proc
 
-  # poolboy genserver call timeout (ms)
-  # should be greater than internal porcelain php call
-  @call_timeout 500
+  # genserver call timeouts (ms)
+  @genserver_parse_timeout 5000
+  @genserver_parse_tuple_timeout 500
+
+  # poolboy timeout (ms)
+  @poolboy_transaction_timeout 200
+
   # porcelain php parser call timeout (ms)
-  @receive_timeout 400
+  @receive_timeout 20
 
   @moduledoc """
   `BBCParser` genserver, runs interactive php shell to call bbcode parser
@@ -18,24 +22,70 @@ defmodule EpochtalkServer.BBCParser do
   @impl true
   def init(:ok), do: {:ok, load()}
 
+  @impl true
+  def handle_info({_pid, :data, :out, data}, state) do
+    Logger.debug("#{__MODULE__}(info): #{inspect(data)}")
+    {:noreply, state}
+  end
+
   @impl true
   def handle_call({:parse, ""}, _from, {proc, pid}),
     do: {:reply, {:ok, ""}, {proc, pid}}
 
   def handle_call({:parse, bbcode_data}, _from, {proc, pid}) when is_binary(bbcode_data) do
-    Proc.send_input(proc, "echo parse_bbc('#{bbcode_data}');\n")
+    Logger.debug(
+      "#{__MODULE__}(start parse): #{String.first(bbcode_data)} #{NaiveDateTime.utc_now()}"
+    )
+
+    parsed = parse_with_proc(bbcode_data, {proc, pid})
 
-    parsed =
-      receive do
-        {^pid, :data, :out, data} -> {:ok, data}
-      after
-        # time out after not receiving any data
-        @receive_timeout -> {:timeout, bbcode_data}
-      end
+    Logger.debug(
+      "#{__MODULE__}(finish parse): #{String.first(bbcode_data)} #{NaiveDateTime.utc_now()}"
+    )
 
     {:reply, parsed, {proc, pid}}
   end
 
+  def handle_call({:parse_list_tuple, {left_list, right_list}}, _from, {proc, pid}) do
+    Logger.debug("#{__MODULE__}(start parse list tuple): #{NaiveDateTime.utc_now()}")
+    parsed = parse_list_tuple_with_proc({left_list, right_list}, {proc, pid})
+    Logger.debug("#{__MODULE__}(finish parse list tuple): #{NaiveDateTime.utc_now()}")
+    {:reply, {:ok, parsed}, {proc, pid}}
+  end
+
+  defp parse_list_tuple_with_proc({left, right}, {proc, pid}) do
+    left = parse_list_with_proc(left, {proc, pid})
+    right = parse_list_with_proc(right, {proc, pid})
+    {left, right}
+  end
+
+  defp parse_list_with_proc(bbcode_data_list, {proc, pid}) do
+    bbcode_data_list
+    |> Enum.map(&parse_with_proc(&1, {proc, pid}))
+  end
+
+  defp parse_with_proc(nil, {_proc, _pid}), do: {:ok, nil}
+  defp parse_with_proc("", {_proc, _pid}), do: {:ok, ""}
+
+  defp parse_with_proc(bbcode_data, {proc, pid}) do
+    Proc.send_input(proc, "echo parse_bbc('#{bbcode_data}');\n")
+
+    receive do
+      {^pid, :data, :out, data} ->
+        {:ok, data}
+    after
+      # time out after not receiving any data
+      @receive_timeout ->
+        Logger.error("#{__MODULE__}(parse timeout): #{inspect(pid)}, #{inspect(bbcode_data)}")
+
+        bbcode_data =
+          "<p style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold\">((bbcode parse timeout))</p></br>" <>
+            bbcode_data
+
+        {:timeout, bbcode_data}
+    end
+  end
+
   ## === parser api functions ====
 
   @doc """
@@ -46,6 +96,34 @@ defmodule EpochtalkServer.BBCParser do
   @doc """
   Uses poolboy to call parser
   """
+  def parse_list_tuple({left_bbcode_data, right_bbcode_data}) do
+    :poolboy.transaction(
+      :bbc_parser,
+      fn pid ->
+        try do
+          Logger.debug("#{__MODULE__}(parse): #{inspect(pid)}")
+
+          GenServer.call(
+            pid,
+            {:parse_list_tuple, {left_bbcode_data, right_bbcode_data}},
+            @genserver_parse_tuple_timeout
+          )
+        catch
+          e, r ->
+            # something went wrong, log the error
+            Logger.error(
+              "#{__MODULE__}(parse poolboy): #{inspect(pid)}, #{inspect(e)}, #{inspect(r)}"
+            )
+
+            left_bbcode_data = left_bbcode_data |> Enum.map(&{:timeout, &1})
+            right_bbcode_data = right_bbcode_data |> Enum.map(&{:timeout, &1})
+            {:error, {left_bbcode_data, right_bbcode_data}}
+        end
+      end,
+      @poolboy_transaction_timeout
+    )
+  end
+
   def parse(bbcode_data) do
     :poolboy.transaction(
       :bbc_parser,
@@ -53,7 +131,7 @@ defmodule EpochtalkServer.BBCParser do
         try do
           Logger.debug("#{__MODULE__}(parse): #{inspect(pid)}")
 
-          GenServer.call(pid, {:parse, bbcode_data}, @call_timeout)
+          GenServer.call(pid, {:parse, bbcode_data}, @genserver_parse_timeout)
           |> case do
             # on success, return parsed data
             {:ok, parsed} ->
@@ -61,10 +139,7 @@ defmodule EpochtalkServer.BBCParser do
 
             # on parse timeout, log and return unparsed data
             {:timeout, unparsed} ->
-              Logger.error("#{__MODULE__}(parse timeout): #{inspect(pid)}, #{inspect(unparsed)}")
-
-              "<p style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold\">((bbcode parse timeout))</p></br>" <>
-                unparsed
+              unparsed
           end
         catch
           e, r ->
@@ -76,7 +151,7 @@ defmodule EpochtalkServer.BBCParser do
             bbcode_data
         end
       end,
-      @call_timeout
+      @poolboy_transaction_timeout
     )
   end
 
@@ -88,9 +163,6 @@ defmodule EpochtalkServer.BBCParser do
     Proc.send_input(proc, "require 'parsing.php';\n")
     Logger.debug("#{__MODULE__}(LOAD): #{inspect(pid)}")
     # clear initial php interactive shell message
-    receive do
-      {^pid, :data, :out, data} -> Logger.debug("#{__MODULE__}: #{inspect(data)}")
-    end
 
     {proc, pid}
   end
diff --git a/lib/epochtalk_server_web/json/post_json.ex b/lib/epochtalk_server_web/json/post_json.ex
index 99611f13..1a845943 100644
--- a/lib/epochtalk_server_web/json/post_json.ex
+++ b/lib/epochtalk_server_web/json/post_json.ex
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ defmodule EpochtalkServerWeb.Controllers.PostJSON do
   alias EpochtalkServerWeb.Controllers.BoardJSON
   alias EpochtalkServerWeb.Controllers.ThreadJSON
   alias EpochtalkServerWeb.Helpers.ACL
+  require Logger
 
   @moduledoc """
   Renders and formats `Post` data, in JSON format for frontend
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ defmodule EpochtalkServerWeb.Controllers.PostJSON do
     # format post data
     posts =
       posts
-      |> Enum.map(&format_proxy_post_data_for_by_thread(&1))
+      |> format_proxy_posts_for_by_thread()
 
     # build by_thread results
     %{
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ defmodule EpochtalkServerWeb.Controllers.PostJSON do
       when is_list(posts) do
     posts =
       posts
-      |> Enum.map(&format_proxy_post_data_for_by_thread(&1))
+      |> format_proxy_posts_for_by_thread()
 
     %{
       posts: posts,
@@ -444,27 +445,79 @@ defmodule EpochtalkServerWeb.Controllers.PostJSON do
     |> Map.delete(:role_name)
   end
 
-  defp format_proxy_post_data_for_by_thread(post) do
-    body = String.replace(Map.get(post, :body) || Map.get(post, :body_html), "'", "\'")
+  defp format_proxy_posts_for_by_thread(posts) do
+    # extract body/signature lists from posts
+    {body_list, signature_list} =
+      posts
+      |> Enum.reduce({[], []}, fn post, {body_list, signature_list} ->
+        body = String.replace(Map.get(post, :body) || Map.get(post, :body_html), "'", "\'")
+
+        # add space to end if the last character is a backslash (fix for parser)
+        body_len = String.length(body)
+        last_char = String.slice(body, (body_len - 1)..body_len)
+        body = if last_char == "\\", do: body <> " ", else: body
+
+        signature =
+          if Map.get(post.user, :signature),
+            do: String.replace(post.user.signature, "'", "\'"),
+            else: nil
+
+        # return body/signature lists in reverse order
+        {[body | body_list], [signature | signature_list]}
+      end)
 
-    # add space to end if the last character is a backslash (fix for parser)
-    body_len = String.length(body)
-    last_char = String.slice(body, (body_len - 1)..body_len)
-    body = if last_char == "\\", do: body <> " ", else: body
+    # reverse body/signature lists
+    {body_list, signature_list} = {Enum.reverse(body_list), Enum.reverse(signature_list)}
 
-    parsed_body = EpochtalkServer.BBCParser.parse(body)
+    # parse body/signature lists
+    {parsed_body_list, parsed_signature_list} =
+      {body_list, signature_list}
+      |> EpochtalkServer.BBCParser.parse_list_tuple()
+      |> case do
+        {:ok, parsed_tuple} ->
+          parsed_tuple
 
-    signature =
-      if Map.get(post.user, :signature),
-        do: String.replace(post.user.signature, "'", "\'"),
-        else: nil
+        {:error, unparsed_tuple} ->
+          Logger.error("#{__MODULE__}(tuple parse): #{inspect(unparsed_tuple)}")
+          unparsed_tuple
+      end
 
-    parsed_signature =
-      if signature,
-        do: EpochtalkServer.BBCParser.parse(signature),
-        else: nil
+    zip_posts(posts, parsed_body_list, parsed_signature_list)
+  end
 
-    user = post.user |> Map.put(:signature, parsed_signature)
-    post |> Map.put(:body_html, parsed_body) |> Map.put(:user, user)
+  defp zip_posts(posts, parsed_body_list, parsed_signature_list) do
+    # zip posts with body/signature lists
+    Enum.zip_with(
+      [posts, parsed_body_list, parsed_signature_list],
+      fn [post, parsed_body, parsed_signature] ->
+        parsed_body =
+          case parsed_body do
+            {:ok, parsed_body} ->
+              Logger.debug("#{__MODULE__}(body): post_id #{inspect(post.id)}")
+              parsed_body
+
+            {:timeout, unparsed_body} ->
+              Logger.error("#{__MODULE__}(body timeout): post_id #{inspect(post.id)}")
+              unparsed_body
+          end
+
+        parsed_signature =
+          case parsed_signature do
+            {:ok, parsed_signature} ->
+              Logger.debug("#{__MODULE__}(signature): user_id #{inspect(post.user.id)}")
+              parsed_signature
+
+            {:timeout, unparsed_signature} ->
+              Logger.error("#{__MODULE__}(signature timeout): user_id #{inspect(post.user.id)}")
+              unparsed_signature
+          end
+
+        user = post.user |> Map.put(:signature, parsed_signature)
+
+        post
+        |> Map.put(:body_html, parsed_body)
+        |> Map.put(:user, user)
+      end
+    )
   end
 end