diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d750bbc00..c3bee966a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 ### Improvements
 
 - Auth token, ip address, remote address, mobile number, email redacted/masked from server log
+- Improved deployment time by images download faster.
 
 ### Infrastructure breaking changes
 
diff --git a/infrastructure/deployment/deploy.sh b/infrastructure/deployment/deploy.sh
index 5e868a8a9..4c082c54c 100755
--- a/infrastructure/deployment/deploy.sh
+++ b/infrastructure/deployment/deploy.sh
@@ -289,9 +289,10 @@ docker_stack_deploy() {
     do
       echo "Server failed to download $tag. Retrying..."
       sleep 5
-    done 
+    done &
   done
-  
+  wait
+  echo "Images are getting downloaded"
   echo "Updating docker swarm stack with new compose files"
 
   configured_ssh 'cd /opt/opencrvs && \