diff --git a/client/src/main.rs b/client/src/main.rs
index f87ee45..b4f914a 100644
--- a/client/src/main.rs
+++ b/client/src/main.rs
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ async fn do_upgrade(
     multi: MultiProgress,
     fuz: bool,
 ) -> anyhow::Result<(u64, u64, Option<Duration>)> {
-    //TODO: download full packages too, ratelimited by maxpar_dl.
+    //TODO: download full packages too, rate-limited by maxpar_dl.
     let (upgrade_candidates, _downloads) = util::find_deltaupgrade_candidates(&blacklist, fuz)?;
     info!("downloading {} updates", upgrade_candidates.len());
 
@@ -237,19 +237,23 @@ async fn do_upgrade(
     total_pg.tick();
     total_pg.enable_steady_tick(Duration::from_millis(100));
 
+    let global = GlobalState {
+        multi,
+        total_pg,
+        maxpar_req,
+        maxpar_dl,
+        maxpar_cpu,
+        client: client.clone(),
+    };
+
     let mut set = JoinSet::new();
     for (url, newpkg, oldpkg, oldfile, dec_size) in upgrade_candidates {
         let get_delta_f = get_delta(
+            global.clone(),
             newpkg.clone(),
             oldpkg.clone(),
             oldfile,
             dec_size.clone(),
-            multi.clone(),
-            total_pg.clone(),
-            maxpar_req.clone(),
-            maxpar_dl.clone(),
-            maxpar_cpu.clone(),
-            client.clone(),
             delta_cache.clone(),
             server.clone(),
         );
@@ -293,22 +297,27 @@ async fn do_upgrade(
     lasterror.ok_or((deltasize, newsize, comptime)).swap()
 }
 
-//TODO: maybe have less parameters somehow?
-async fn get_delta(
-    newpkg: Package,
-    oldpkg: Package,
-    oldfile: Mmap,
-    mut dec_size: u64,
+#[derive(Clone)]
+pub(crate) struct GlobalState {
     multi: MultiProgress,
     total_pg: ProgressBar,
     maxpar_req: Arc<Semaphore>,
     maxpar_dl: Arc<Semaphore>,
     maxpar_cpu: Arc<Semaphore>,
     client: Client,
+}
+
+//TODO: maybe have less parameters somehow?
+async fn get_delta(
+    global: GlobalState,
+    newpkg: Package,
+    oldpkg: Package,
+    oldfile: Mmap,
+    mut dec_size: u64,
     delta_cache: PathBuf,
     server: Url,
 ) -> Result<(u64, u64, Option<Duration>), anyhow::Error> {
-    total_pg.inc_length(dec_size);
+    global.total_pg.inc_length(dec_size);
     let mut file_name = delta_cache.clone();
     file_name.push(newpkg.to_string());
     let delta = parsing::Delta::try_from((oldpkg.clone(), newpkg.clone()))?;
@@ -321,32 +330,23 @@ async fn get_delta(
         .await
         .unwrap();
     let url = server.join(&format!("/arch/{oldpkg}/{newpkg}"))?;
-    let pg = util::do_download(
-        multi.clone(),
-        &newpkg,
-        client.clone(),
-        maxpar_req,
-        maxpar_dl,
-        url.clone(),
-        &mut deltafile,
-    )
-    .await?;
+    let pg = util::do_download(global.clone(), &newpkg, url.clone(), &mut deltafile).await?;
     info!(
         "downloaded {} in {} seconds",
         deltafile_name.display(),
         pg.elapsed().as_secs_f64()
     );
-    total_pg.inc(dec_size / 2);
+    global.total_pg.inc(dec_size / 2);
     // To not lose 1 in case of integer division round-down
     dec_size -= dec_size / 2;
     let comptime;
     {
         let file_name = file_name.clone();
         let p_pg = ProgressBar::new(0);
-        let p_pg = multi.insert_after(&pg, p_pg);
+        let p_pg = global.multi.insert_after(&pg, p_pg);
         pg.finish_and_clear();
-        multi.remove(&pg);
-        let guard_cpu = maxpar_cpu.acquire_owned().await;
+        global.multi.remove(&pg);
+        let guard_cpu = global.maxpar_cpu.acquire_owned().await;
         comptime = tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || -> Result<_, _> {
             let oldfile = Cursor::new(oldfile);
             let oldfile = zstd::decode_all(oldfile).unwrap();
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ async fn get_delta(
     use std::os::unix::fs::MetadataExt;
     let deltasize = deltafile.metadata().await?.size();
     let newsize = tokio::fs::File::open(&file_name).await?.metadata().await?.size();
-    total_pg.inc(dec_size);
+    global.total_pg.inc(dec_size);
     Ok((deltasize, newsize, comptime))
 }
 
diff --git a/client/src/util.rs b/client/src/util.rs
index 7c7f069..7c6aec6 100644
--- a/client/src/util.rs
+++ b/client/src/util.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use ruma_headers::ContentDisposition;
 use tokio::{
     io::{AsyncRead, AsyncSeek, AsyncSeekExt, AsyncWrite, AsyncWriteExt},
     pin,
-    sync::Semaphore,
 };
 
 type Str = Box<str>;
@@ -32,12 +31,9 @@ pub(crate) fn progress_style() -> ProgressStyle {
         .progress_chars("█▇▆▅▄▃▂▁  ")
 }
 
-pub(crate) async fn do_download<W: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + AsyncSeek, G: AsRef<Semaphore>>(
-    multi: MultiProgress,
+pub(crate) async fn do_download<W: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + AsyncSeek>(
+    global: crate::GlobalState,
     pkg: &Package,
-    client: Client,
-    request_guard: G,
-    dl_guard: G,
     url: Url,
     target: W,
 ) -> Result<ProgressBar, anyhow::Error> {
@@ -46,19 +42,19 @@ pub(crate) async fn do_download<W: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + AsyncSeek, G: AsRef<
         .with_message(format!("{}-{}", pkg.get_name(), pkg.get_version()))
         .with_style(progress_style());
 
-    let pg = multi.add(pg);
+    let pg = global.multi.add(pg);
     pin!(target);
     let mut target = pg.wrap_async_write(target);
     let mut tries = 8_u8;
     //TODO: abstract retry logic
     'retry: loop {
-        let guard = request_guard.as_ref().acquire().await?;
+        let guard = global.maxpar_req.as_ref().acquire().await?;
         pg.tick();
         let write_offset = target.seek(std::io::SeekFrom::End(0)).await.unwrap();
         // get the server to generate the delta, this is expected to time out, possibly multiple times
         let mut delta = {
             loop {
-                let mut req = client.get(url.clone());
+                let mut req = global.client.get(url.clone());
                 if write_offset != 0 {
                     let range = format!("bytes={write_offset}-");
                     debug!("{pkg:?} sending range request {range}");
@@ -96,7 +92,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn do_download<W: AsyncRead + AsyncWrite + AsyncSeek, G: AsRef<
         // acquire guard after sending request but before using the body
         // so the deltas can get generated on the server as parallel as possible
         // but the download does not get fragmented/overwhelmed
-        let guard = dl_guard.as_ref().acquire().await?;
+        let guard = global.maxpar_dl.as_ref().acquire().await?;
 
         match delta.status() {
             StatusCode::OK | StatusCode::PARTIAL_CONTENT => (),