diff --git a/actix-threadpool/Cargo.toml b/actix-threadpool/Cargo.toml
index 2250c391..58a1d7a0 100644
--- a/actix-threadpool/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix-threadpool/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ jian_rs = { git = "https://github.com/fakeshadow/jian_rs"}
 lazy_static = "1.3"
 log = "0.4"
 num_cpus = "1.10"
+parking_lot = "0.11.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 actix-rt = "1"
diff --git a/actix-threadpool/src/lib.rs b/actix-threadpool/src/lib.rs
index 65db87eb..d06763f4 100644
--- a/actix-threadpool/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix-threadpool/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 //! Thread pool for blocking operations
 //!
 //! The pool would lazily generate thread according to the workload and spawn up to a total amount
-//! of you machine's `logical CPU cores * 5` threads. Any spawned threads kept idle for 5 minutes
+//! of you machine's `logical CPU cores * 5` threads. Any spawned threads kept idle for 1 minutes
 //! would be recycled and de spawned.
 //!
 //! *. Settings are configuable through env variables.
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
 //!     // Optional: Set the min thread count for the blocking pool.
 //!     std::env::set_var("ACTIX_THREADPOOL_MIN", "1");
 //!     // Optional: Set the timeout duration IN SECONDS for the blocking pool's idle threads.
-//!     std::env::set_var("ACTIX_THREADPOOL_TIMEOUT", "300");
+//!     std::env::set_var("ACTIX_THREADPOOL_TIMEOUT", "60");
 //!
 //!     let future = actix_threadpool::run(|| {
 //!         /* Some blocking code with a Result<T, E> as return type */
 //!         Ok::<usize, ()>(1usize)
 //!     });
 //!
-//!     // calling actix::web::block(|| {}) would have the same functionality.
+//!     // calling actix_web::web::block(|| {}) would have the same functionality.
 //!
 //!     /*
 //!         We can await on this blocking code and NOT block our runtime.
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ use std::time::Duration;
 use derive_more::Display;
 use futures_channel::oneshot;
 use jian_rs::ThreadPool;
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 
 /// Env variable for default cpu pool max size.
 const ENV_MAX_THREADS: &str = "ACTIX_THREADPOOL";
@@ -55,46 +56,34 @@ const ENV_MIN_THREADS: &str = "ACTIX_THREADPOOL_MIN";
 const ENV_IDLE_TIMEOUT: &str = "ACTIX_THREADPOOL_TIMEOUT";
 
 lazy_static::lazy_static! {
-    pub(crate) static ref POOL: ThreadPool = {
-        let max = std::env::var(ENV_MAX_THREADS)
-            .map_err(|_| ())
-            .and_then(|val| {
-                val.parse().map_err(|_| log::warn!(
-                    "Can not parse {} value, using default",
-                    ENV_MAX_THREADS,
-                ))
-            })
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| num_cpus::get() * 5);
+    pub(crate) static ref POOL: Mutex<ThreadPool> = {
+        let max = parse_env(ENV_MAX_THREADS).unwrap_or_else(|| num_cpus::get() * 5);
+        let min = parse_env(ENV_MIN_THREADS).unwrap_or(1);
+        let dur = parse_env(ENV_IDLE_TIMEOUT).unwrap_or(60);
 
-        let min = std::env::var(ENV_MIN_THREADS)
-        .map_err(|_| ())
-        .and_then(|val| {
-            val.parse().map_err(|_| log::warn!(
-                "Can not parse {} value, using default",
-                ENV_MIN_THREADS,
-            ))
-        })
-        .unwrap_or_else(|_| 1);
-
-        let dur = std::env::var(ENV_IDLE_TIMEOUT)
-            .map_err(|_| ())
-            .and_then(|val| {
-                val.parse().map_err(|_| log::warn!(
-                    "Can not parse {} value, using default",
-                    ENV_IDLE_TIMEOUT,
-                ))
-            })
-            .unwrap_or_else(|_| 60 * 5);
-
-        ThreadPool::builder()
+        Mutex::new(ThreadPool::builder()
             .thread_name("actix-threadpool")
             .max_threads(max)
             .min_threads(min)
             .idle_timeout(Duration::from_secs(dur))
-            .build()
+            .build())
     };
 }
 
+thread_local! {
+    static POOL_LOCAL: ThreadPool = {
+        POOL.lock().clone()
+    }
+}
+
+fn parse_env<R: std::str::FromStr>(env: &str) -> Option<R> {
+    std::env::var(env).ok().and_then(|val| {
+        val.parse()
+            .map_err(|_| log::warn!("Can not parse {} value, using default", env))
+            .ok()
+    })
+}
+
 /// Blocking operation execution error
 #[derive(Debug, Display)]
 pub enum BlockingError<E: fmt::Debug> {
@@ -116,10 +105,10 @@ where
 {
     let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
 
-    let _ = POOL.execute(move || {
-        if !tx.is_canceled() {
+    POOL_LOCAL.with(|pool| {
+        let _ = pool.execute(move || {
             let _ = tx.send(f());
-        }
+        });
     });
 
     CpuFuture { rx }