diff --git a/src/main.sh b/src/main.sh
index 7a94165..262487b 100755
--- a/src/main.sh
+++ b/src/main.sh
@@ -509,6 +509,9 @@ local_files_present || load_missing_files
 precompute_views
 
 # Generate filenames for temporary files
+# We keep these files in a temporary directory and not in the state directory
+# because this allows for straight-forward capability to run multiple instances
+# simultaneously.
 tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
 LOCKFILE="$tmpdir/lock"
 RESULTS="$tmpdir/results"
diff --git a/src/sh/cache.sh b/src/sh/cache.sh
index 6627b2e..61c5111 100644
--- a/src/sh/cache.sh
+++ b/src/sh/cache.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 if [ ! "${CACHE_LOADED:-}" ]; then
   # Base path for cache
-  CACHEDIR="$HOME/.cache/$APP_NAME"
+  CACHEDIR="${XGD_CACHE_HOME:-"$HOME/.cache"}/$APP_NAME"
   # Directory names for cache types
   TYPE_ARTIST="artist"
   TYPE_RELEASEGROUP="releasegroup"
diff --git a/src/sh/config.sh b/src/sh/config.sh
index f8e1e05..36dc17c 100644
--- a/src/sh/config.sh
+++ b/src/sh/config.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # the file may be overwritten by specifying the environment variable
 # `CONFIGFILE`. If a configuration file is specified, then it must also exist.
 # A configuration file comprises the specification of environment variables
-# that are` allowed to be set.
+# that are allowed to be set.
 #
 # Currently, the following files hold variables that are configurable:
 # - `src/sh/filter.sh`:  Configuration of filters that can be triggered with
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 # - `src/sh/keys.sh`:    Configuration of key bindings to certain actions
 # - `src/sh/theme.sh`:   Configuration of theme
 # - `src/sh/sort.sh`:    List sorting
-CONFIGFILE_DEFAULT="$HOME/.config/$APP_NAME/config"
+CONFIGFILE_DEFAULT="${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME/.config"}/$APP_NAME/config"
 CONFIGFILE="${CONFIGFILE:-"$CONFIGFILE_DEFAULT"}"
 [ "$CONFIGFILE" != "$CONFIGFILE_DEFAULT" ] && [ ! -f "$CONFIGFILE" ] && err "The configuration file manually specified with the environment variable CONFIGFILE=($CONFIGFILE) does not exist." && exit 1
 # shellcheck source=/dev/null
diff --git a/src/sh/local.sh b/src/sh/local.sh
index 2578970..cf5ea97 100644
--- a/src/sh/local.sh
+++ b/src/sh/local.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 # will also use the methods here, and modifications thereof, to support
 # MusicBainz collections.
 if [ ! "${LOCAL_LOADED:-}" ]; then
-  LOCALDATADIR="$HOME/.cache/$APP_NAME/local"
+  LOCALDATADIR="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-"$HOME/.local/share"}/$APP_NAME"
   LOCALDATA_ARTISTS="$LOCALDATADIR/artists"
   LOCALDATA_RELEASEGROUPS="$LOCALDATADIR/releasegroups"
   LOCALDATA_RELEASES="$LOCALDATADIR/releases"
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ __precompute_lists() {
       .disambiguation,
       .["life-span"].begin,
       .["life-span"].end
-      ] | join("\t")' >"$LOCALDATA_ARTISTS_LIST"
+      ] | join("\t")' >"$LOCALDATA_ARTISTS_LIST" &
   cache_get_file_batch "$TYPE_RELEASEGROUP" <"$LOCALDATA_RELEASEGROUPS" | xargs \
     $JQ '[
       .id,
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ __precompute_lists() {
       ."first-release-date",
       .title,
       (."artist-credit" | map(([.name, .joinphrase]|join(""))) | join(""))
-      ] | join("\t")' >"$LOCALDATA_RELEASEGROUPS_LIST"
+      ] | join("\t")' >"$LOCALDATA_RELEASEGROUPS_LIST" &
+  wait
 }
 
 # Precompute views
@@ -282,19 +283,24 @@ reloaddb() {
     __batch_load_missing "$TYPE_RELEASE"
   tmpreleasefiles=$(mktemp)
   cache_get_file_batch "$TYPE_RELEASE" <"$tmpreleases" >"$tmpreleasefiles"
-  xargs \
-    $JQ '."release-group".id' \
-    <"$tmpreleasefiles" >"$LOCALDATA_RELEASEGROUPS"
-  xargs \
-    $JQ '."release-group"."artist-credit" | map(.artist.id) | join("\n")' \
-    <"$tmpreleasefiles" >"$LOCALDATA_ARTISTS"
+  (
+    xargs \
+      $JQ '."release-group".id' \
+      <"$tmpreleasefiles" >"$LOCALDATA_RELEASEGROUPS"
+    tf1=$(mktemp)
+    sort "$LOCALDATA_RELEASEGROUPS" | uniq >"$tf1"
+    mv "$tf1" "$LOCALDATA_RELEASEGROUPS"
+  ) &
+  (
+    xargs \
+      $JQ '."release-group"."artist-credit" | map(.artist.id) | join("\n")' \
+      <"$tmpreleasefiles" >"$LOCALDATA_ARTISTS"
+    tf2=$(mktemp)
+    sort "$LOCALDATA_ARTISTS" | uniq >"$tf2"
+    mv "$tf2" "$LOCALDATA_ARTISTS"
+  ) &
+  wait
   rm -f "$tmpreleases" "$tmpreleasefiles"
-  tf1=$(mktemp)
-  tf2=$(mktemp)
-  sort "$LOCALDATA_RELEASEGROUPS" | uniq >"$tf1"
-  mv "$tf1" "$LOCALDATA_RELEASEGROUPS"
-  sort "$LOCALDATA_ARTISTS" | uniq >"$tf2"
-  mv "$tf2" "$LOCALDATA_ARTISTS"
   __batch_load_missing "$TYPE_RELEASEGROUP" <"$LOCALDATA_RELEASEGROUPS"
   __batch_load_missing "$TYPE_ARTIST" <"$LOCALDATA_ARTISTS"
   __precompute_lists
diff --git a/src/sh/log.sh b/src/sh/log.sh
index 650d307..bb96b2c 100644
--- a/src/sh/log.sh
+++ b/src/sh/log.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if [ ! "${LOG_LOADED:-}" ]; then
   ERR="\033[38;5;196m"
   INFO="\033[38;5;75m"
   OFF="\033[m"
-  LOGDIR="$HOME/.local/state/$APP_NAME"
+  LOGDIR="${XDG_STATE_HOME:-"$HOME/.local/state"}/$APP_NAME"
   [ -d "$LOGDIR" ] || mkdir -p "$LOGDIR"
   LOGFILE="$LOGDIR/log"
   export ERR INFO OFF LOGFILE