diff --git a/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/PresentationLayer/DiscordHandler.java b/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/PresentationLayer/DiscordHandler.java
index 564b8b46..b8999dc0 100644
--- a/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/PresentationLayer/DiscordHandler.java
+++ b/ArtificialAutism/src/main/java/PresentationLayer/DiscordHandler.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import java.net.*;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
 
 /**
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ public class DiscordHandler extends ListenerAdapter {
     private static StanfordCoreNLP stanfordCoreNLP;
     private static Datahandler datahandler;
     private static StanfordCoreNLP stanfordCoreNLPSentiment;
+    private static ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(2);
 
     //TODO add python program that edits the java code. python program just adds test if statements on
     //variables until the tests pass
@@ -168,11 +171,13 @@ public class DiscordHandler extends ListenerAdapter {
                     }
                 } else {
                     final String contentF = content;
-                    //these should be able to run on their own.
-                    new Thread(() -> {
-                        String strF = datahandler.trimString(contentF);
-                        datahandler.getResponseFutures(strF, stanfordCoreNLP, stanfordCoreNLPSentiment);
-                    }).start();
+                    executorService.execute(new Runnable() {
+                        @Override
+                        public void run() {
+                            String strF = datahandler.trimString(contentF);
+                            datahandler.getResponseFutures(strF, stanfordCoreNLP, stanfordCoreNLPSentiment);
+                        }
+                    });
                 }
             }
         }