diff --git a/cpg-analysis/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/query/RuleRunner.kt b/cpg-analysis/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/query/RuleRunner.kt
index 40792aad08..2c27d19296 100644
--- a/cpg-analysis/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/query/RuleRunner.kt
+++ b/cpg-analysis/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/query/RuleRunner.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
  */
 package de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.query
 
-// import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.rules.*
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.TranslationConfiguration
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.TranslationManager
 import de.fraunhofer.aisec.cpg.TranslationResult
@@ -101,6 +100,8 @@ class RuleRunner(
             }
             .loadIncludes(loadIncludes)
             .defaultPasses()
+            .useParallelFrontends(true)
+            .useParallelPasses(true)
             .build()
 
     private val result: TranslationResult =
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ private class Cli : Runnable {
             return try {
                 Language.valueOf(value!!.uppercase())
             } catch (_: Exception) {
-                throw CommandLine.ParameterException(CommandLine(this), "Invalid language: $value")
+                throw CommandLine.ParameterException(CommandLine(this), "Invalid language:$value")
             } // TODO: maybe ignore or just warn
         }
     }
@@ -192,14 +193,16 @@ private class Cli : Runnable {
 
     // TODO: add functionality
     //  -> Pass-related options from the neo4j app
-    //  -> don't hardcode rules but load them dynamically (may be similar to the pass system in the neo4j app)
+    //  -> don't hardcode rules but load them dynamically (may be similar to the pass system in the
+    // neo4j app)
 
     /**
      * Runs the rules on the given compilation database and reports the results.
      *
-     * The rules are currently built into the application and cannot be changed without modifying the source code.
-     * The output is a SARIF file because currently the only [Reporter] is the [SarifReporter].
-     * The report's path is determined by the [Reporter.getDefaultPath] method of the respective [Reporter].
+     * The rules are currently built into the application and cannot be changed without modifying
+     * the source code. The output is a SARIF file because currently the only [Reporter] is the
+     * [SarifReporter]. The report's path is determined by the [Reporter.getDefaultPath] method of
+     * the respective [Reporter].
      */
     override fun run() {
         val runner =
diff --git a/cpg-console/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/console/CpgConsole.kt b/cpg-console/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/console/CpgConsole.kt
index 08b43d467a..697522de16 100644
--- a/cpg-console/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/console/CpgConsole.kt
+++ b/cpg-console/src/main/kotlin/de/fraunhofer/aisec/cpg/console/CpgConsole.kt
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ enum class Language {
 @CommandLine.Command(
     name = "cpg-analysis",
     description =
-    [
-        "Either specify no arguments to start an interactive shell or specify a compilation database and rules to run" +
+        [
+            "Either specify no arguments to start an interactive shell or specify a compilation database and rules to run" +
                 " like a normal CLI tool."
-    ]
+        ]
 )
 private class Cli : Runnable {
     @CommandLine.Option(
@@ -195,22 +195,22 @@ private class Cli : Runnable {
     @CommandLine.Option(
         names = ["-o", "--output"],
         description =
-        [
-            "Path to write the output to. If unspecified, a default path is used. Used to determine the " +
+            [
+                "Path to write the output to. If unspecified, a default path is used. Used to determine the " +
                     "report type (currently only SARIF). The default is SARIF."
-        ],
+            ],
         paramLabel = "FILE",
     )
     var outputPath: File =
         Path.of(
-            "reports",
-            "report-${
+                "reports",
+                "report-${
                 LocalDateTime.now().format(
                     DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern
                         ("yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss")
                 )
             }.sarif"
-        )
+            )
             .toFile()
 
     @CommandLine.Option(
@@ -294,9 +294,11 @@ private class Cli : Runnable {
             // create the report
             results.add(reportPlugin.execute(":report ${outputPath.absolutePath} $minify"))
 
-            // the following code is a copy of parts of the org.jetbrains.kotlinx.ki.shell.Shell.doRun() method
+            // the following code is a copy of parts of the
+            // org.jetbrains.kotlinx.ki.shell.Shell.doRun() method
             // of the kotlin-interactive-shell licensed under the Apache License 2.0.
-            // This is necessary because we want to run the shell headless which isn't directly supported.
+            // This is necessary because we want to run the shell headless which isn't directly
+            // supported.
             // COPY START
             var blankLines = 0
             fun evalSnippet(line: String) {
@@ -318,7 +320,6 @@ private class Cli : Runnable {
                             repl.incompleteLines.clear()
                             repl.handleError(result.result, result.isCompiled)
                         }
-
                         ResultWrapper.Status.SUCCESS -> {
                             repl.incompleteLines.clear()
                             repl.handleSuccess(result.result as ResultWithDiagnostics.Success<*>)