diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 4d3d4c5..3dbf6c1 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ struct conn {
 
 struct state {
   dispatch_semaphore_t sem;
+  dispatch_queue_t vms_queue;
+  dispatch_queue_t host_queue;
   struct conn *conns; // TODO: avoid O(N) lookup
 } _state;
 
@@ -252,8 +254,6 @@ static interface_ref start(struct state *state, struct cli_options *cliopt) {
                               cliopt->vmnet_nat66_prefix);
   }
 
-  dispatch_queue_t q = dispatch_queue_create(
-      "io.github.lima-vm.socket_vmnet.start", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
   dispatch_semaphore_t sem = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
 
   __block interface_ref iface;
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ static interface_ref start(struct state *state, struct cli_options *cliopt) {
 
   __block uint64_t max_bytes = 0;
   iface = vmnet_start_interface(
-      dict, q, ^(vmnet_return_t x_status, xpc_object_t x_param) {
+      dict, state->host_queue, ^(vmnet_return_t x_status, xpc_object_t x_param) {
         status = x_status;
         if (x_status == VMNET_SUCCESS) {
           print_vmnet_start_param(x_param);
@@ -271,17 +271,14 @@ static interface_ref start(struct state *state, struct cli_options *cliopt) {
         dispatch_semaphore_signal(sem);
       });
   dispatch_semaphore_wait(sem, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
-  dispatch_release(q);
   xpc_release(dict);
   if (status != VMNET_SUCCESS) {
     ERRORF("vmnet_start_interface: [%d] %s", status, vmnet_strerror(status));
     return NULL;
   }
 
-  dispatch_queue_t event_q = dispatch_queue_create(
-      "io.github.lima-vm.socket_vmnet.events", DISPATCH_QUEUE_CONCURRENT);
   vmnet_interface_set_event_callback(
-      iface, VMNET_INTERFACE_PACKETS_AVAILABLE, event_q,
+      iface, VMNET_INTERFACE_PACKETS_AVAILABLE, state->host_queue,
       ^(interface_event_t __attribute__((unused)) x_event_id,
         xpc_object_t x_event) {
         uint64_t estim_count = xpc_dictionary_get_uint64(
@@ -298,21 +295,17 @@ static void signalhandler(int signal) {
   siglongjmp(jmpbuf, 1);
 }
 
-static void stop(interface_ref iface) {
+static void stop(struct state *state, interface_ref iface) {
   if (iface == NULL) {
     return;
   }
-  dispatch_queue_t q = dispatch_queue_create(
-      "io.github.lima-vm.socket_vmnet.stop", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
   dispatch_semaphore_t sem = dispatch_semaphore_create(0);
   __block vmnet_return_t status;
-  vmnet_stop_interface(iface, q, ^(vmnet_return_t x_status) {
+  vmnet_stop_interface(iface, state->host_queue, ^(vmnet_return_t x_status) {
     status = x_status;
     dispatch_semaphore_signal(sem);
   });
   dispatch_semaphore_wait(sem, DISPATCH_TIME_FOREVER);
-  dispatch_release(q);
-  // TODO: release event_q ?
   if (status != VMNET_SUCCESS) {
     ERRORF("vmnet_stop_interface: [%d] %s", status, vmnet_strerror(status));
   }
@@ -376,8 +369,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   debug = getenv("DEBUG") != NULL;
   int rc = 1, listen_fd = -1;
   __block interface_ref iface = NULL;
-  dispatch_queue_t q = dispatch_queue_create(
-      "io.github.lima-vm.socket_vmnet.accept", DISPATCH_QUEUE_CONCURRENT);
 
   struct cli_options *cliopt = cli_options_parse(argc, argv);
   assert(cliopt != NULL);
@@ -420,6 +411,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   struct state state;
   memset(&state, 0, sizeof(state));
   state.sem = dispatch_semaphore_create(1);
+
+  // Queue for vm connections, allowing processing vms requests in parallel.
+  state.vms_queue = dispatch_queue_create(
+      "io.github.lima-vm.socket_vmnet.vms", DISPATCH_QUEUE_CONCURRENT);
+
+  // Queue for processing vmnet events.
+  state.host_queue = dispatch_queue_create(
+      "io.github.lima-vm.socket_vmnet.host", DISPATCH_QUEUE_SERIAL);
+
   iface = start(&state, cliopt);
   if (iface == NULL) {
     // Error already logged.
@@ -442,16 +442,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       goto done;
     }
     struct state *state_p = &state;
-    dispatch_async(q, ^{
+    dispatch_async(state.vms_queue, ^{
       on_accept(state_p, accept_fd, iface);
     });
   }
   rc = 0;
 done:
   DEBUGF("shutting down with rc=%d", rc);
-  dispatch_release(q);
   if (iface != NULL) {
-    stop(iface);
+    stop(&state, iface);
   }
   if (listen >= 0) {
     close(listen_fd);
@@ -460,6 +459,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     unlink(cliopt->pidfile);
     close(pid_fd);
   }
+  dispatch_release(state.vms_queue);
+  dispatch_release(state.host_queue);
   cli_options_destroy(cliopt);
   return rc;
 }