diff --git a/PDFWorkflowManager/PDFWorkflowManager/MainForm.cs b/PDFWorkflowManager/PDFWorkflowManager/MainForm.cs
index a05ad9d..7ff49c1 100644
--- a/PDFWorkflowManager/PDFWorkflowManager/MainForm.cs
+++ b/PDFWorkflowManager/PDFWorkflowManager/MainForm.cs
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@ namespace PDFWorkflowManager
             }
             */
         }
+
         private async Task prepConvertToTempOutdir(string[] strFiles)
         {
             try
@@ -807,32 +808,25 @@ namespace PDFWorkflowManager
                 toolStripProgressBar1.Value = 0;
                 toolStripStatusLabel1.Text = "Converting files to jpg.";
 
-                List<Task> tasks = new List<Task>();
-
+                // Convert to jpg 300 DPI
                 await Task.Run(() =>
                 {
-                    Parallel.ForEach(strFiles, async inputFile =>
+                    Parallel.ForEach(strFiles, inputFile =>
                     {
                         outputFile = Path.Combine(tempJpg300Dir, Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(inputFile) + ".jpg");
                         convertToJpeg(inputFile, outputFile, 85, 300);
-
-                        //Interlocked.Increment(ref toolStripProgressBar1.Value);
-                        //UpdateProgressBar();
                     });
                 });
 
+                // Convert to jpg 150 DPI
                 await Task.Run(() =>
                 {
-                    Parallel.ForEach(strFiles, async inputFile =>
+                    Parallel.ForEach(strFiles, inputFile =>
                     {
                         outputFile = Path.Combine(tempJpg150Dir, Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(inputFile) + ".jpg");
                         convertToJpeg(inputFile, outputFile, 85, 150);
-
-                        //Interlocked.Increment(ref toolStripProgressBar1.Value);
-                        //UpdateProgressBar();
                     });
                 });
-                await Task.WhenAll(tasks);
             }
             finally
             {
@@ -854,6 +848,7 @@ namespace PDFWorkflowManager
                 toolStripProgressBar1.Value++;
             }
         }
+
         private async void btnConvertToPDF_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
         {
             try
@@ -1484,7 +1479,7 @@ namespace PDFWorkflowManager
                     txtProjectDir.Text = dict.ContainsKey("ProjectDir") ? dict["ProjectDir"] : "";
 
                     // MessageBox.Show("Loaded file: " + loadedProjectFilePath, "File Loaded", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Information);
-                    toolStripStatusLabel1.Text = "Project file loaded: ";
+                    toolStripStatusLabel1.Text = "Project file loaded.";
                 }
             }
         }