diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 619dc20..8f32bad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ The available configuration options are:
 * 'fieldsClassBlacklist' : array of string referencing types (ClassName) of fields that wont be available for editing
 * 'fieldsNameBlacklist' : array of string referencing the names of fields that wont be available for editing
 * 'folderName' : name of the folder where the images should be uploaded
+* 'sequentialUploads' : boolean, if true files will be uploaded one by one
 		
 Each option can be set through the component's method setConfig( $reference, $value )
 In addition, some configuration option can be set more specifically via individual methods:
diff --git a/code/GridFieldBulkImageUpload.php b/code/GridFieldBulkImageUpload.php
index 4db5abe..b1f49dc 100644
--- a/code/GridFieldBulkImageUpload.php
+++ b/code/GridFieldBulkImageUpload.php
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ class GridFieldBulkImageUpload implements GridField_HTMLProvider, GridField_URLH
 		'editableFields' => null,
 		'fieldsClassBlacklist' => array(),
 		'fieldsNameBlacklist' => array(),
-		'folderName' => 'bulkUpload'
+		'folderName' => 'bulkUpload',
+    'sequentialUploads' => false
 	);
 	
 	/**
@@ -67,6 +68,12 @@ class GridFieldBulkImageUpload implements GridField_HTMLProvider, GridField_URLH
 		{
 			$value = array_unique( array_merge($value, $this->forbiddenFieldsClasses) );
 		}
+    
+    //sequentialUploads true/false
+    if ( $reference == 'sequentialUploads' && !is_bool($value) )
+		{
+      $value = false;
+		}
 
 		$this->config[$reference] = $value;
 	}
diff --git a/code/GridFieldBulkImageUpload_Request.php b/code/GridFieldBulkImageUpload_Request.php
index 26a6eff..65a1edd 100644
--- a/code/GridFieldBulkImageUpload_Request.php
+++ b/code/GridFieldBulkImageUpload_Request.php
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@ class GridFieldBulkImageUpload_Request extends RequestHandler {
 		$uploadField->removeExtraClass('ss-uploadfield');
 		
 		$uploadField->setTemplate('AssetUploadField');
-		$uploadField->setConfig('downloadTemplateName','GridFieldBulkImageUpload_downloadtemplate');
+		$uploadField->setConfig('downloadTemplateName','GridFieldBulkImageUpload_downloadtemplate');   
+    $uploadField->setConfig('sequentialUploads', $this->component->getConfig('sequentialUploads'));
 				
 		
 		$uploadField->setConfig('url', $this->Link('upload'));