diff --git a/proxy/merging.go b/proxy/merging.go
index 8949495a2..7f415173b 100644
--- a/proxy/merging.go
+++ b/proxy/merging.go
@@ -81,7 +81,37 @@ func parallelMerge(timeout time.Duration, rc ResponseCombiner, next ...Proxy) Pr
 
 var reMergeKey = regexp.MustCompile(`\{\{\.Resp(\d+)_([\d\w-_\.]+)\}\}`)
 
+func isBlocking(i int, deps [][]int) bool {
+	for _, dep := range deps {
+		for _, j := range dep {
+			if i == j {
+				return true
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 func sequentialMerge(patterns []string, timeout time.Duration, rc ResponseCombiner, next ...Proxy) Proxy {
+	deps := make([][]int, len(patterns))
+	matches := make([][][]string, len(patterns))
+	for i, pattern := range patterns {
+		matches[i] = reMergeKey.FindAllStringSubmatch(pattern, -1)
+		deps[i] = make([]int, 0, len(matches))
+		for _, match := range matches[i] {
+			if rNum, err := strconv.Atoi(match[1]); err == nil {
+				var found bool
+				for _, j := range deps[i] {
+					if j == rNum {
+						found = true
+					}
+				}
+				if !found {
+					deps[i] = append(deps[i], rNum)
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	return func(ctx context.Context, request *Request) (*Response, error) {
 		localCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, timeout)
 
@@ -89,72 +119,109 @@ func sequentialMerge(patterns []string, timeout time.Duration, rc ResponseCombin
 		out := make(chan *Response, 1)
 		errCh := make(chan error, 1)
 
+		type partResult struct { i int; err error }
+		ch := make(chan partResult, len(next))
+		done := make([]chan struct {}, len(next))
+		for i := range next {
+			done[i] = make(chan struct {}, 1)
+		}
+
 		acc := newIncrementalMergeAccumulator(len(next), rc)
-	TxLoop:
-		for i, n := range next {
-			if i > 0 {
-				for _, match := range reMergeKey.FindAllStringSubmatch(patterns[i], -1) {
-					if len(match) > 1 {
-						rNum, err := strconv.Atoi(match[1])
-						if err != nil || rNum >= i || parts[rNum] == nil {
-							continue
-						}
-						key := "Resp" + match[1] + "_" + match[2]
-
-						var v interface{}
-						var ok bool
-
-						data := parts[rNum].Data
-						keys := strings.Split(match[2], ".")
-						if len(keys) > 1 {
-							for _, k := range keys[:len(keys)-1] {
-								v, ok = data[k]
-								if !ok {
-									break
-								}
-								switch clean := v.(type) {
-								case map[string]interface{}:
-									data = clean
-								default:
-									break
+
+		for i := range next {
+			go func(i int) {
+				n := next[i]
+				for _, j := range deps[i] {
+					select{
+					case <-done[j]:
+					case <-localCtx.Done():
+						return
+					}
+				}
+				var req *Request = request
+				if i > 0 {
+					req = CloneRequest(request)
+					for _, match := range matches[i] {
+						if len(match) > 1 {
+							rNum, err := strconv.Atoi(match[1])
+							if err != nil || rNum >= i || parts[rNum] == nil {
+								continue
+							}
+							key := "Resp" + match[1] + "_" + match[2]
+
+							var v interface{}
+							var ok bool
+
+							data := parts[rNum].Data
+							keys := strings.Split(match[2], ".")
+							if len(keys) > 1 {
+								for _, k := range keys[:len(keys)-1] {
+									v, ok = data[k]
+									if !ok {
+										break
+									}
+									switch clean := v.(type) {
+									case map[string]interface{}:
+										data = clean
+									default:
+										break
+									}
 								}
 							}
-						}
 
-						v, ok = data[keys[len(keys)-1]]
-						if !ok {
-							continue
-						}
-						switch clean := v.(type) {
-						case string:
-							request.Params[key] = clean
-						case int:
-							request.Params[key] = strconv.Itoa(clean)
-						case float64:
-							request.Params[key] = strconv.FormatFloat(clean, 'E', -1, 32)
-						case bool:
-							request.Params[key] = strconv.FormatBool(clean)
-						default:
-							request.Params[key] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", v)
+							v, ok = data[keys[len(keys)-1]]
+							if !ok {
+								continue
+							}
+							switch clean := v.(type) {
+							case string:
+								req.Params[key] = clean
+							case int:
+								req.Params[key] = strconv.Itoa(clean)
+							case float64:
+								req.Params[key] = strconv.FormatFloat(clean, 'E', -1, 32)
+							case bool:
+								req.Params[key] = strconv.FormatBool(clean)
+							default:
+								req.Params[key] = fmt.Sprintf("%v", v)
+							}
 						}
 					}
 				}
-			}
-			requestPart(localCtx, n, request, out, errCh)
-			select {
-			case err := <-errCh:
-				if i == 0 {
-					cancel()
-					return nil, err
+				requestPart(localCtx, n, req, out, errCh)
+				select {
+				case err := <-errCh:
+					ch <- partResult{i, err}
+				case response := <-out:
+					parts[i] = response
+					close(done[i])
+					if !response.IsComplete {
+						cancel()
+						return
+					}
+					ch <- partResult{i, nil}
 				}
-				acc.Merge(nil, err)
-				break TxLoop
-			case response := <-out:
-				acc.Merge(response, nil)
-				if !response.IsComplete {
-					break TxLoop
+			}(i)
+		}
+
+		for _ = range next {
+			select {
+			case res := <-ch:
+				if i, err := res.i, res.err; err != nil {
+					acc.Merge(nil, err)
+					if isBlocking(i, deps) {
+						cancel()
+						break
+					}
 				}
-				parts[i] = response
+			case <-localCtx.Done():
+				break
+			}
+		}
+
+		for _, part := range parts {
+			if part != nil {
+				acc.Merge(part, nil)
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -201,7 +268,14 @@ func (i *incrementalMergeAccumulator) Merge(res *Response, err error) {
 
 func (i *incrementalMergeAccumulator) Result() (*Response, error) {
 	if i.data == nil {
-		return &Response{Data: make(map[string]interface{}, 0), IsComplete: false}, newMergeError(i.errs)
+		err := newMergeError(i.errs)
+
+		// none succeeded
+		if len(i.errs) == 1 {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		return &Response{Data: make(map[string]interface{}, 0), IsComplete: false}, err
 	}
 
 	if i.pending != 0 || len(i.errs) != 0 {
@@ -235,6 +309,8 @@ func requestPart(ctx context.Context, next Proxy, request *Request, out chan<- *
 func newMergeError(errs []error) error {
 	if len(errs) == 0 {
 		return nil
+	} else if len(errs) == 1 {
+		return errs[0]
 	}
 	return mergeError{errs}
 }