diff --git a/src/handlers/event-utils.ts b/src/handlers/event-utils.ts
index e61cc2ed..e4c3c891 100644
--- a/src/handlers/event-utils.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/event-utils.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
     MonoTypeOperatorFunction,
     catchError,
     finalize,
+    mergeMap
 } from 'rxjs';
 import {
     Files,
@@ -149,8 +150,8 @@ export function executeModule(
 ) {
     return of(module).pipe(
         //converting the task into a promise so rxjs can resolve the Awaitable properly
-        concatMap(() => Result.wrapAsync(async () => task())),
-        concatMap(result => {
+        mergeMap(() => Result.wrapAsync(async () => task())),
+        mergeMap(result => {
             if (result.isOk()) {
                 emitter.emit('module.activate', SernEmitter.success(module));
                 return EMPTY;
diff --git a/src/handlers/interaction-event.ts b/src/handlers/interaction-event.ts
index 2e150dab..0c385af6 100644
--- a/src/handlers/interaction-event.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/interaction-event.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Interaction } from 'discord.js';
-import { mergeMap, merge } from 'rxjs';
+import { concatMap, merge } from 'rxjs';
 import { SernEmitter } from '../core';
 import {
     isAutocomplete,
@@ -28,6 +28,6 @@ export function interactionHandler([emitter, , , modules, client]: DependencyLis
             filterTap(e => emitter.emit('warning', SernEmitter.warning(e))),
             makeModuleExecutor(module => 
                 emitter.emit('module.activate', SernEmitter.failure(module, SernError.PluginFailure))),
-            mergeMap(payload => executeModule(emitter, payload)),
+            concatMap(payload => executeModule(emitter, payload)),
     );
 }
diff --git a/src/handlers/message-event.ts b/src/handlers/message-event.ts
index aa7a05b2..01d7fe05 100644
--- a/src/handlers/message-event.ts
+++ b/src/handlers/message-event.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { mergeMap, EMPTY } from 'rxjs';
+import { concatMap, EMPTY } from 'rxjs';
 import type { Message } from 'discord.js';
 import { SernEmitter } from '../core';
 import { sharedEventStream, SernError, filterTap } from '../core/_internal';
@@ -42,6 +42,6 @@ export function messageHandler(
         makeModuleExecutor(module => {
             emitter.emit('module.activate', SernEmitter.failure(module, SernError.PluginFailure));
         }),
-        mergeMap(payload => executeModule(emitter, payload)),
+        concatMap(payload => executeModule(emitter, payload)),
     );
 }