diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e06289f..668d869 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ Or with your own parameters:
 
     -r  --resume            Resumes encoding.
 
+    --one-shot-resume       One-shot resume. Each worker will process one chunk, then quit.
+                            No concat will be done.
+
     --keep                  Doesn't delete temporary folders after encode has finished.
 
     -q  --quiet             Do not print a progress bar to the terminal.
diff --git a/av1an-cli/src/lib.rs b/av1an-cli/src/lib.rs
index 916c28c..21f5669 100644
--- a/av1an-cli/src/lib.rs
+++ b/av1an-cli/src/lib.rs
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ pub struct CliOpts {
   #[clap(short, long)]
   pub resume: bool,
 
+  /// One-shot resume. Each worker will process one chunk, then quit.
+  #[clap(short, long)]
+  pub one_shot_resume: bool,
+
   /// Do not delete the temporary folder after encoding has finished
   #[clap(short, long)]
   pub keep: bool,
@@ -654,6 +658,7 @@ pub fn parse_cli(args: CliOpts) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<EncodeArgs>> {
       probes: args.probes,
       probing_rate: args.probing_rate,
       resume: args.resume,
+      one_shot_resume: args.one_shot_resume,
       scenes: args.scenes.clone(),
       split_method: args.split_method.clone(),
       sc_method: args.sc_method,
diff --git a/av1an-core/src/lib.rs b/av1an-core/src/lib.rs
index 2504bee..1623df1 100644
--- a/av1an-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/av1an-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ struct DoneChunk {
 struct DoneJson {
   frames: AtomicUsize,
   done: DashMap<String, DoneChunk>,
+  locked: DashMap<String, bool>,
   audio_done: AtomicBool,
 }
 
diff --git a/av1an-core/src/settings.rs b/av1an-core/src/settings.rs
index 8129197..d9f13cd 100644
--- a/av1an-core/src/settings.rs
+++ b/av1an-core/src/settings.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::borrow::{Borrow, Cow};
-use std::cmp::{Ordering, Reverse};
+use std::cmp::{min, Ordering, Reverse};
 use std::collections::{BTreeSet, HashSet};
 use std::convert::TryInto;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ pub struct EncodeArgs {
   pub verbosity: Verbosity,
   pub log_file: PathBuf,
   pub resume: bool,
+  pub one_shot_resume: bool,
   pub keep: bool,
   pub force: bool,
 
@@ -180,6 +181,7 @@ impl EncodeArgs {
       init_done(DoneJson {
         frames: AtomicUsize::new(0),
         done: DashMap::new(),
+        locked: DashMap::new(),
         audio_done: AtomicBool::new(false),
       });
 
@@ -1038,7 +1040,22 @@ properly into a mkv file. Specify mkvmerge as the concatenation method by settin
 
   /// Returns unfinished chunks and number of total chunks
   fn load_or_gen_chunk_queue(&mut self, splits: &[Scene]) -> anyhow::Result<(Vec<Chunk>, usize)> {
-    if self.resume {
+    if self.resume && self.one_shot_resume {
+      let mut chunks = read_chunk_queue(self.temp.as_ref())?;
+      let mut num_chunks = chunks.len();
+
+      let done = get_done();
+
+      // only keep the chunks that are not done
+      chunks.retain(|chunk| !done.done.contains_key(&chunk.name()) && !done.locked.contains_key(&chunk.name()));
+
+      num_chunks = min(num_chunks, self.workers);
+
+      //only take as many chunks as workers
+      chunks = chunks[0..num_chunks].to_vec();
+
+      Ok((chunks, num_chunks))
+    } else if self.resume {
       let mut chunks = read_chunk_queue(self.temp.as_ref())?;
       let num_chunks = chunks.len();
 
@@ -1126,6 +1143,10 @@ properly into a mkv file. Specify mkvmerge as the concatenation method by settin
       exit(0);
     }
 
+    if self.workers == 0 {
+      self.workers = determine_workers(self.encoder) as usize;
+    }
+
     let (mut chunk_queue, total_chunks) = self.load_or_gen_chunk_queue(&splits)?;
 
     if self.resume {
@@ -1138,6 +1159,26 @@ properly into a mkv file. Specify mkvmerge as the concatenation method by settin
       );
     }
 
+    if self.one_shot_resume {
+      //Save lockfile into done so other chunks can start
+      let temp = self.temp.as_str();
+      let progress_file = Path::new(temp).join("done.json");
+
+      for chunk in &mut chunk_queue {
+        get_done().locked.insert(
+          chunk.name(),
+          true,
+        );
+      }
+
+      let mut progress_file = File::create(&progress_file).unwrap();
+      progress_file
+          .write_all(serde_json::to_string(get_done()).unwrap().as_bytes())
+          .unwrap();
+
+      info!("Updated done chunk locks");
+    }
+
     if let Some(vspipe_cache) = vspipe_cache {
       vspipe_cache.join().unwrap();
     }
@@ -1234,9 +1275,6 @@ properly into a mkv file. Specify mkvmerge as the concatenation method by settin
         None
       };
 
-      if self.workers == 0 {
-        self.workers = determine_workers(self.encoder) as usize;
-      }
       self.workers = cmp::min(self.workers, chunk_queue.len());
 
       if atty::is(atty::Stream::Stderr) {
@@ -1318,6 +1356,11 @@ properly into a mkv file. Specify mkvmerge as the concatenation method by settin
       let _audio_output_exists =
         audio_thread.map_or(false, |audio_thread| audio_thread.join().unwrap());
 
+      if self.one_shot_resume {
+        debug!("encoding finished, exiting due to one-shot");
+        return Ok(())
+      }
+
       debug!("encoding finished, concatenating with {}", self.concat);
 
       match self.concat {