diff --git a/OpenCand.ETL/Parser/CsvServices/CsvParserService.cs b/OpenCand.ETL/Parser/CsvServices/CsvParserService.cs
index 0118a62..b8a652c 100644
--- a/OpenCand.ETL/Parser/CsvServices/CsvParserService.cs
+++ b/OpenCand.ETL/Parser/CsvServices/CsvParserService.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System.Globalization;
 using CsvHelper;
 using CsvHelper.Configuration;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using OpenCand.ETL.Contracts;
 
@@ -11,9 +12,12 @@ namespace OpenCand.Parser.Services
         private readonly ILogger<CsvParserService<CsvObj>> logger;
         private readonly CsvFixerService csvFixerService;
         private readonly IParserService<CsvObj> parserService;
+        private readonly IConfiguration configuration;
 
         private readonly CsvConfiguration parserConfig;
 
+        private readonly int MaxDegreeOfParallelism;
+
         // Progress tracking fields
         private long processedCount;
         private long totalCount;
@@ -24,11 +28,26 @@ namespace OpenCand.Parser.Services
         public CsvParserService(
             ILogger<CsvParserService<CsvObj>> logger,
             IParserService<CsvObj> parserService,
-            CsvFixerService csvFixerService)
+            CsvFixerService csvFixerService,
+            IConfiguration configuration)
         {
             this.logger = logger;
             this.csvFixerService = csvFixerService;
             this.parserService = parserService;
+            this.configuration = configuration;
+
+            var defaultThreadCount = configuration.GetValue<int>("ParserSettings:DefaultThreads", 25);
+
+            if (configuration.GetValue<string>($"ParserSettings:{typeof(CsvObj).Name}Threads") == null)
+            {
+                logger.LogInformation($"ParserSettings:{typeof(CsvObj).Name}Threads not found in configuration, using default value of {defaultThreadCount}.");
+                MaxDegreeOfParallelism = configuration.GetValue<int>("ParserSettings:DefaultThreads", defaultThreadCount);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                MaxDegreeOfParallelism = configuration.GetValue<int>($"ParserSettings:{typeof(CsvObj).Name}Threads", defaultThreadCount);
+                logger.LogInformation($"Using {MaxDegreeOfParallelism} threads for parsing {typeof(CsvObj).Name} based on configuration.");
+            }
 
             parserConfig = new CsvConfiguration(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture)
             {
@@ -60,7 +79,7 @@ namespace OpenCand.Parser.Services
                 using var csv = new CsvReader(reader, parserConfig);
                 var po = new ParallelOptions
                 {
-                    MaxDegreeOfParallelism = 40
+                    MaxDegreeOfParallelism = MaxDegreeOfParallelism
                 };
 
                 //csv.Context.RegisterClassMap<ClassMap<CsvObj>>(); // optional for advanced mapping, not needed
diff --git a/OpenCand.ETL/Parser/ParserManager.cs b/OpenCand.ETL/Parser/ParserManager.cs
index 1b20fc7..731682c 100644
--- a/OpenCand.ETL/Parser/ParserManager.cs
+++ b/OpenCand.ETL/Parser/ParserManager.cs
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ namespace OpenCand.Parser
             var bensCandidatosDirectory = Path.Combine(BasePath, csvSettings.BensCandidatosFolder);
             var redesSociaisDirectory = Path.Combine(BasePath, csvSettings.RedesSociaisFolder);
 
-            //await ParseFolder(candidatosDirectory, candidatoParserService);
+            await ParseFolder(candidatosDirectory, candidatoParserService);
             await ParseFolder(bensCandidatosDirectory, bemCandidatoParserService);
             await ParseFolder(redesSociaisDirectory, redeSocialParserService);
 
diff --git a/OpenCand.ETL/appsettings.json b/OpenCand.ETL/appsettings.json
index 9874775..0a20f41 100644
--- a/OpenCand.ETL/appsettings.json
+++ b/OpenCand.ETL/appsettings.json
@@ -14,5 +14,9 @@
         "BensCandidatosFolder": "data/bem_candidato",
         "RedesSociaisFolder": "data/rede_social"
     },
+    "ParserSettings": {
+        "DefaultThreads": 40,
+        "CandidatoCSVThreads": 5
+    },
     "BasePath": "sample"
 }