diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6354693b7c..d620c1828a 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2945,6 +2945,7 @@ name = "veloren-common"
 version = "0.3.0"
 dependencies = [
  "bincode 1.1.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "crossbeam 0.7.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "dot_vox 4.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "find_folder 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "hashbrown 0.5.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -2954,6 +2955,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "lz4-compress 0.1.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mio 0.6.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "mio-extras 2.0.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "parking_lot 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rand 0.7.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rayon 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "serde 1.0.98 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
diff --git a/common/Cargo.toml b/common/Cargo.toml
index ed0edf6958..e4b10eeaf5 100644
--- a/common/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ lazy_static = "1.3.0"
 lz4-compress = "0.1.1"
 hashbrown = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["serde", "nightly"] }
 find_folder = "0.3.0"
+parking_lot = "0.9.0"
+crossbeam = "0.7.2"
diff --git a/common/src/event.rs b/common/src/event.rs
index 8332317593..464610d921 100644
--- a/common/src/event.rs
+++ b/common/src/event.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+use parking_lot::Mutex;
 use specs::Entity as EcsEntity;
-use std::{collections::VecDeque, ops::DerefMut, sync::Mutex};
+use std::{collections::VecDeque, ops::DerefMut};
 use vek::*;
 
 pub enum Event {
@@ -21,11 +22,11 @@ impl EventBus {
     }
 
     pub fn emit(&self, event: Event) {
-        self.queue.lock().unwrap().push_front(event);
+        self.queue.lock().push_front(event);
     }
 
     pub fn recv_all(&self) -> impl ExactSizeIterator<Item = Event> {
-        std::mem::replace(self.queue.lock().unwrap().deref_mut(), VecDeque::new()).into_iter()
+        std::mem::replace(self.queue.lock().deref_mut(), VecDeque::new()).into_iter()
     }
 }
 
@@ -42,6 +43,6 @@ impl<'a> Emitter<'a> {
 
 impl<'a> Drop for Emitter<'a> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.bus.queue.lock().unwrap().append(&mut self.events);
+        self.bus.queue.lock().append(&mut self.events);
     }
 }
diff --git a/common/src/net/post2.rs b/common/src/net/post2.rs
index fc81366da7..6a6b684637 100644
--- a/common/src/net/post2.rs
+++ b/common/src/net/post2.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crossbeam::channel;
 use log::warn;
 use serde::{de::DeserializeOwned, Serialize};
 use std::{
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ use std::{
     net::{Shutdown, SocketAddr, TcpListener, TcpStream},
     sync::{
         atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering},
-        mpsc, Arc,
+        Arc,
     },
     thread,
     time::Duration,
@@ -34,8 +35,8 @@ impl From<bincode::Error> for Error {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<mpsc::TryRecvError> for Error {
-    fn from(_error: mpsc::TryRecvError) -> Self {
+impl From<channel::TryRecvError> for Error {
+    fn from(_error: channel::TryRecvError) -> Self {
         Error::ChannelFailure
     }
 }
@@ -90,8 +91,8 @@ impl<S: PostMsg, R: PostMsg> PostOffice<S, R> {
 }
 
 pub struct PostBox<S: PostMsg, R: PostMsg> {
-    send_tx: mpsc::Sender<S>,
-    recv_rx: mpsc::Receiver<Result<R, Error>>,
+    send_tx: channel::Sender<S>,
+    recv_rx: channel::Receiver<Result<R, Error>>,
     worker: Option<thread::JoinHandle<()>>,
     running: Arc<AtomicBool>,
     error: Option<Error>,
@@ -108,8 +109,8 @@ impl<S: PostMsg, R: PostMsg> PostBox<S, R> {
         let running = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(true));
         let worker_running = running.clone();
 
-        let (send_tx, send_rx) = mpsc::channel();
-        let (recv_tx, recv_rx) = mpsc::channel();
+        let (send_tx, send_rx) = channel::unbounded();
+        let (recv_tx, recv_rx) = channel::unbounded();
 
         let worker = thread::spawn(move || Self::worker(stream, send_rx, recv_tx, worker_running));
 
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ impl<S: PostMsg, R: PostMsg> PostBox<S, R> {
         loop {
             match self.recv_rx.try_recv() {
                 Ok(Ok(msg)) => new.push(msg),
-                Err(mpsc::TryRecvError::Empty) => break,
+                Err(channel::TryRecvError::Empty) => break,
                 Err(e) => {
                     self.error = Some(e.into());
                     break;
@@ -171,8 +172,8 @@ impl<S: PostMsg, R: PostMsg> PostBox<S, R> {
 
     fn worker(
         mut stream: TcpStream,
-        send_rx: mpsc::Receiver<S>,
-        recv_tx: mpsc::Sender<Result<R, Error>>,
+        send_rx: channel::Receiver<S>,
+        recv_tx: channel::Sender<Result<R, Error>>,
         running: Arc<AtomicBool>,
     ) {
         let mut outgoing_chunks = VecDeque::new();
@@ -215,7 +216,7 @@ impl<S: PostMsg, R: PostMsg> PostBox<S, R> {
                                 .map(|chunk| chunk.to_vec())
                                 .for_each(|chunk| outgoing_chunks.push_back(chunk))
                         }
-                        Err(mpsc::TryRecvError::Empty) => break,
+                        Err(channel::TryRecvError::Empty) => break,
                         // Worker error
                         Err(e) => {
                             let _ = recv_tx.send(Err(e.into()));