diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 09af00526..fff463091 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4106,9 +4106,9 @@ checksum = "daf8dba3b7eb870caf1ddeed7bc9d2a049f3cfdfae7cb521b087cc33ae4c49da"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "usage-lib"
-version = "0.7.0-beta.1"
+version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "42547410624203d989610d0ea354357f3542647a387f00d0f3b1e71e772f4f53"
+checksum = "d084308c1d5a54b1f8be06be6a339650f7aca300ac1ebae84949a8babff60c4c"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "heck 0.5.0",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index bfd70d58b..8c937dada 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ toml = { version = "0.8", features = ["parse"] }
 toml_edit = { version = "0.22", features = ["parse"] }
 url = "2.5.0"
 #usage-lib = { path = "../usage/lib" }
-usage-lib = { version = "0.7.0-beta.1", features = ["clap"] }
+usage-lib = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["clap"] }
 versions = { version = "6.2.0", features = ["serde"] }
 vfox = "0.1"
 walkdir = "2.5.0"
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index 412db261f..d351b1e1a 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -240,28 +240,44 @@ impl Config {
 
     fn load_tasks_in_dir(&self, dir: &Path) -> Result<Vec<Task>> {
         let configs = self.configs_at_root(dir);
-        let config_tasks = configs.iter().flat_map(|cf| cf.tasks()).cloned();
+        let config_tasks = configs
+            .par_iter()
+            .flat_map(|cf| cf.tasks())
+            .cloned()
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
         let includes = configs
             .iter()
             .find_map(|cf| cf.task_config().includes.clone())
             .unwrap_or_else(default_task_includes)
-            .into_iter()
+            .into_par_iter()
             .map(|p| if p.is_absolute() { p } else { dir.join(p) })
-            .collect_vec();
+            .filter(|p| p.exists())
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+            .into_iter()
+            .unique()
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
         let extra_tasks = includes
-            .iter()
+            .par_iter()
             .filter(|p| {
                 p.is_file() && p.extension().unwrap_or_default().to_string_lossy() == "toml"
             })
-            .map(|p| self.load_task_file(p))
-            .flatten_ok()
-            .collect::<Result<Vec<Task>>>()?;
-        let file_tasks = includes.into_iter().flat_map(|p| {
-            self.load_tasks_includes(&p).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-                warn!("loading tasks in {}: {err}", display_path(&p));
-                vec![]
+            .map(|p| {
+                self.load_task_file(p).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+                    warn!("loading tasks in {}: {err}", display_path(p));
+                    vec![]
+                })
             })
-        });
+            .flatten()
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        let file_tasks = includes
+            .into_par_iter()
+            .flat_map(|p| {
+                self.load_tasks_includes(&p).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+                    warn!("loading tasks in {}: {err}", display_path(&p));
+                    vec![]
+                })
+            })
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
         Ok(file_tasks
             .into_iter()
             .chain(config_tasks)