diff --git a/cmd/wc-go/main.go b/cmd/wc-go/main.go
index 5e57081..7652cd6 100644
--- a/cmd/wc-go/main.go
+++ b/cmd/wc-go/main.go
@@ -72,8 +72,66 @@ func main() {
 	if len(goopt.Args) == 0 {
 		fmt.Println(goopt.Help())
 	} else {
+		if !*fWords && !*fChars && !*fLines && !*fBytes && !*fMaxLineLength {
+			*fWords = true
+			*fChars = false
+			*fLines = true
+			*fBytes = true
+			*fMaxLineLength = false
+		}
+		var TotalCounts wc.Counter
 		for _, a := range goopt.Args {
-			wc.Count(a, *fWords, *fChars, *fLines, *fBytes, *fMaxLineLength)
+			count, err := wc.Count(a, *fWords, *fChars, *fLines, *fBytes, *fMaxLineLength)
+			if err == nil {
+				TotalCounts.Lines += count.Lines
+				TotalCounts.Bytes += count.Bytes
+				TotalCounts.Words += count.Words
+				TotalCounts.Chars += count.Chars
+				TotalCounts.MaxLineLength += count.MaxLineLength
+				if *fLines {
+					fmt.Printf("%d", count.Lines)
+				}
+				fmt.Printf(" ")
+				if *fWords {
+					fmt.Printf("%d", count.Words)
+				}
+				fmt.Printf(" ")
+				if *fChars {
+					fmt.Printf("%d", count.Chars)
+				}
+				fmt.Printf(" ")
+				if *fBytes {
+					fmt.Printf("%d", count.Bytes)
+				}
+				fmt.Printf(" ")
+				if *fMaxLineLength {
+					fmt.Printf("%d", count.MaxLineLength)
+				}
+				fmt.Printf(" %s\n", a)
+			}
+
+		}
+		if len(goopt.Args) > 1 {
+			if *fLines {
+				fmt.Printf("%d", TotalCounts.Lines)
+			}
+			fmt.Printf(" ")
+			if *fWords {
+				fmt.Printf("%d", TotalCounts.Words)
+			}
+			fmt.Printf(" ")
+			if *fChars {
+				fmt.Printf("%d", TotalCounts.Chars)
+			}
+			fmt.Printf(" ")
+			if *fBytes {
+				fmt.Printf("%d", TotalCounts.Bytes)
+			}
+			fmt.Printf(" ")
+			if *fMaxLineLength {
+				fmt.Printf("%d", TotalCounts.MaxLineLength)
+			}
+			fmt.Println(" total")
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/wc/counter.go b/pkg/wc/counter.go
index 129804d..016600f 100644
--- a/pkg/wc/counter.go
+++ b/pkg/wc/counter.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"runtime"
 	"unicode/utf8"
 )
 
@@ -17,25 +18,18 @@ type Counter struct {
 	MaxLineLength int64
 }
 
-func Count(filename string, cw, cc, cl, cb, mll bool) {
-	if !cw && !cc && !cl && !cb && !mll {
-		cw = true
-		cc = false
-		cl = true
-		cb = true
-		mll = false
-	}
+func Count(filename string, cw, cc, cl, cb, mll bool) (Counter, error) {
 	file, err := os.Open(filename)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
-		return
+		return Counter{}, err
 	}
 	defer file.Close()
 
 	processLine := cw || cc
 
 	var c = &Counter{}
-	numWorkers := 2 //runtime.NumCPU()
+	numWorkers := runtime.NumCPU()
 
 	if cl && !processLine {
 		c.Lines = CountLines(file, numWorkers)
@@ -48,27 +42,11 @@ func Count(filename string, cw, cc, cl, cb, mll bool) {
 		fi, err := file.Stat()
 		if err != nil {
 			fmt.Println(err)
-			return
+			return Counter{}, err
 		}
 		c.Bytes = fi.Size()
 	}
-
-	if cl {
-		fmt.Printf("%d ", c.Lines)
-	}
-	if cw {
-		fmt.Printf("%d ", c.Words)
-	}
-	if cc {
-		fmt.Printf("%d ", c.Chars)
-	}
-	if cb {
-		fmt.Printf("%d ", c.Bytes)
-	}
-	if mll {
-		fmt.Printf("%d ", c.MaxLineLength)
-	}
-	fmt.Printf("%s\n", filename)
+	return *c, nil
 }
 
 func CountLines(file *os.File, numWorkers int) int64 {