diff --git a/package/archlinux/PKGBUILD b/package/archlinux/PKGBUILD
index 1343f6c3..1f8c1f30 100644
--- a/package/archlinux/PKGBUILD
+++ b/package/archlinux/PKGBUILD
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ optdepends=('aws-cli: sync to s3'
 source=("https://github.com/arcan1s/ahriman/releases/download/$pkgver/$pkgname-$pkgver-src.tar.xz"
         'ahriman.sysusers'
         'ahriman.tmpfiles')
-sha512sums=('21a1a216af25aeb580f5f2f574e9eed6eb79b74a1038c40a2e1594f18ca0afcd8a64358d11494b87a9a9ea25d5f6be27c39591b124a6ae2d7d4e78fbe44fdd1d'
+sha512sums=('1af6c022bb1cf3bb55cb3ba426673ee73f98bd1a4de2191033a2d09bd73c6afb10c2a14ac3c70daa6ecbf7a62385178005f5276ee6a9942dc295d7c49d7ed412'
             '13718afec2c6786a18f0b223ef8e58dccf0688bca4cdbe203f14071f5031ed20120eb0ce38b52c76cfd6e8b6581a9c9eaa2743eb11abbaca637451a84c33f075'
             '55b20f6da3d66e7bbf2add5d95a3b60632df121717d25a993e56e737d14f51fe063eb6f1b38bd81cc32e05db01c0c1d80aaa720c45cde87f238d8b46cdb8cbc4')
 backup=('etc/ahriman.ini'
diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py b/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
index 711f2bd6..d4f8275b 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/ahriman.py
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #
 import argparse
 
+from multiprocessing import Pool
+
 import ahriman.version as version
 
 from ahriman.application.application import Application
@@ -26,64 +28,81 @@ from ahriman.application.lock import Lock
 from ahriman.core.configuration import Configuration
 
 
-def add(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Configuration) -> None:
+def _call(args: argparse.Namespace, architecture: str, config: Configuration) -> None:
+    '''
+    additional function to wrap all calls for multiprocessing library
+    :param args: command line args
+    :param architecture: repository architecture
+    :param config: configuration instance
+    '''
+    with Lock(args.lock, architecture, args.force, config):
+        args.fn(args, architecture, config)
+
+
+def add(args: argparse.Namespace, architecture: str, config: Configuration) -> None:
     '''
     add packages callback
     :param args: command line args
+    :param architecture: repository architecture
     :param config: configuration instance
     '''
-    Application.from_args(args, config).add(args.package, args.without_dependencies)
+    Application(architecture, config).add(args.package, args.without_dependencies)
 
 
-def rebuild(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Configuration) -> None:
+def rebuild(args: argparse.Namespace, architecture: str, config: Configuration) -> None:
     '''
     world rebuild callback
     :param args: command line args
+    :param architecture: repository architecture
     :param config: configuration instance
     '''
-    app = Application.from_args(args, config)
+    app = Application(architecture, config)
     packages = app.repository.packages()
     app.update(packages)
 
 
-def remove(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Configuration) -> None:
+def remove(args: argparse.Namespace, architecture: str, config: Configuration) -> None:
     '''
     remove packages callback
     :param args: command line args
+    :param architecture: repository architecture
     :param config: configuration instance
     '''
-    Application.from_args(args, config).remove(args.package)
+    Application(architecture, config).remove(args.package)
 
 
-def report(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Configuration) -> None:
+def report(args: argparse.Namespace, architecture: str, config: Configuration) -> None:
     '''
     generate report callback
     :param args: command line args
+    :param architecture: repository architecture
     :param config: configuration instance
     '''
-    Application.from_args(args, config).report(args.target)
+    Application(architecture, config).report(args.target)
 
 
-def sync(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Configuration) -> None:
+def sync(args: argparse.Namespace, architecture: str, config: Configuration) -> None:
     '''
     sync to remote server callback
     :param args: command line args
+    :param architecture: repository architecture
     :param config: configuration instance
     '''
-    Application.from_args(args, config).sync(args.target)
+    Application(architecture, config).sync(args.target)
 
 
-def update(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Configuration) -> None:
+def update(args: argparse.Namespace, architecture: str, config: Configuration) -> None:
     '''
     update packages callback
     :param args: command line args
+    :param architecture: repository architecture
     :param config: configuration instance
     '''
     # typing workaround
     def log_fn(line: str) -> None:
         return print(line) if args.dry_run else app.logger.info(line)
 
-    app = Application.from_args(args, config)
+    app = Application(architecture, config)
     packages = app.get_updates(args.package, args.no_aur, args.no_manual, args.no_vcs, log_fn)
     if args.dry_run:
         return
@@ -91,20 +110,21 @@ def update(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Configuration) -> None:
     app.update(packages)
 
 
-def web(args: argparse.Namespace, config: Configuration) -> None:
+def web(args: argparse.Namespace, architecture: str, config: Configuration) -> None:
     '''
     web server callback
     :param args: command line args
+    :param architecture: repository architecture
     :param config: configuration instance
     '''
     from ahriman.web.web import run_server, setup_service
-    app = setup_service(args.architecture, config)
-    run_server(app, args.architecture)
+    app = setup_service(architecture, config)
+    run_server(app, architecture)
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog='ahriman', description='ArcHlinux ReposItory MANager')
-    parser.add_argument('-a', '--architecture', help='target architecture', required=True)
+    parser.add_argument('-a', '--architecture', help='target architectures', action='append')
     parser.add_argument('-c', '--config', help='configuration path', default='/etc/ahriman.ini')
     parser.add_argument('--force', help='force run, remove file lock', action='store_true')
     parser.add_argument('--lock', help='lock file', default='/tmp/ahriman.lock')
@@ -118,7 +138,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 
     check_parser = subparsers.add_parser('check', description='check for updates')
     check_parser.add_argument('package', help='filter check by packages', nargs='*')
-    check_parser.set_defaults(fn=update, no_aur=False, no_manual=True, no_vcs=False, dry_run=True)
+    check_parser.add_argument('--no-vcs', help='do not check VCS packages', action='store_true')
+    check_parser.set_defaults(fn=update, no_aur=False, no_manual=True, dry_run=True)
 
     rebuild_parser = subparsers.add_parser('rebuild', description='rebuild whole repository')
     rebuild_parser.set_defaults(fn=rebuild)
@@ -153,5 +174,5 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         exit(1)
 
     config = Configuration.from_path(args.config)
-    with Lock(args.lock, args.architecture, args.force, config):
-        args.fn(args, config)
+    with Pool(len(args.architecture)) as pool:
+        pool.starmap(_call, [(args, architecture, config) for architecture in args.architecture])
diff --git a/src/ahriman/application/application.py b/src/ahriman/application/application.py
index 77fb46db..78f78d43 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/application/application.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/application/application.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import argparse
 import logging
 import os
 import shutil
@@ -53,16 +52,6 @@ class Application:
         self.architecture = architecture
         self.repository = Repository(architecture, config)
 
-    @classmethod
-    def from_args(cls: Type[Application], args: argparse.Namespace, config: Configuration) -> Application:
-        '''
-        constructor which has to be used to build instance from command line args
-        :param args: command line args
-        :param config: configuration instance
-        :return: application instance
-        '''
-        return cls(args.architecture, config)
-
     def _known_packages(self) -> Set[str]:
         '''
         load packages from repository and pacman repositories
diff --git a/src/ahriman/models/repository_paths.py b/src/ahriman/models/repository_paths.py
index 514aeb72..520e60f7 100644
--- a/src/ahriman/models/repository_paths.py
+++ b/src/ahriman/models/repository_paths.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 @dataclass
 class RepositoryPaths:
     '''
-    repository paths holder
+    repository paths holder. For the most operations with paths you want to use this object
     :ivar root: repository root (i.e. ahriman home)
     :ivar architecture: repository architecture
     '''
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class RepositoryPaths:
         '''
         :return: directory for devtools chroot
         '''
+        # for the chroot directory devtools will create own tree and we don't have to specify architecture here
         return os.path.join(self.root, 'chroot')
 
     @property
@@ -45,14 +46,14 @@ class RepositoryPaths:
         '''
         :return: directory for manual updates (i.e. from add command)
         '''
-        return os.path.join(self.root, 'manual')
+        return os.path.join(self.root, 'manual', self.architecture)
 
     @property
     def packages(self) -> str:
         '''
         :return: directory for built packages
         '''
-        return os.path.join(self.root, 'packages')
+        return os.path.join(self.root, 'packages', self.architecture)
 
     @property
     def repository(self) -> str:
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ class RepositoryPaths:
         '''
         :return: directory for downloaded PKGBUILDs for current build
         '''
-        return os.path.join(self.root, 'sources')
+        return os.path.join(self.root, 'sources', self.architecture)
 
     def create_tree(self) -> None:
         '''