diff --git a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Persistence/GitFileArchiver.cs b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Persistence/GitFileArchiver.cs
index f61d1a3b1..219099b9a 100644
--- a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Persistence/GitFileArchiver.cs
+++ b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Persistence/GitFileArchiver.cs
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ public async Task ArchiveFileAsync(
         public void Commit()
         {
             var fileNames = _writtenFiles.Select(f => f.Name).ToList();
-            Commands.Stage(_repo, fileNames);
             var signature = new Signature(_options.UserName, _options.UserEmail, DateTime.UtcNow);
             var message = $"feat(archives): archive {fileNames.Count} files{Environment.NewLine}{string.Join(Environment.NewLine, fileNames)}";
+            Commands.Stage(_repo, fileNames);
             _repo.Commit(message, signature, signature);
 
             _logger.LogDebug("Committed {@FileNames}", fileNames);
diff --git a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Scheduling/ConfigurationExtensions.cs b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Scheduling/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
index 4c1f554d9..961bde835 100644
--- a/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Scheduling/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
+++ b/services/Archival/FilterLists.Archival.Infrastructure/Scheduling/ConfigurationExtensions.cs
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ public static void AddSchedulingServices(this IServiceCollection services, IConf
 
         public static void UseScheduling(this IApplicationBuilder app)
         {
-            // TODO: re-evaluate git in parallel
-            app.UseHangfireServer(new BackgroundJobServerOptions {WorkerCount = 1});
+            app.UseHangfireServer(new BackgroundJobServerOptions {WorkerCount = Environment.ProcessorCount});
         }
     }
 }