diff --git a/common/common.go b/common/common.go
index cb105ea..289f370 100644
--- a/common/common.go
+++ b/common/common.go
@@ -118,6 +118,20 @@ func IsIgnoredRequest(err error) bool {
 	return ok
 }
 
+// TooManyRequestError is the error for too many request
+type TooManyRequestError struct {
+	Message string
+}
+
+func (e *TooManyRequestError) Error() string {
+	return e.Message
+}
+
+func IsTooManyRequestError(err error) bool {
+	_, ok := err.(*TooManyRequestError)
+	return ok
+}
+
 // Destination describes a sync service node.
 // Each sync service edge node (ESS) has an address that is composed of the node's ID, Type, and Organization.
 // An ESS node communicates with the CSS using either MQTT or HTTP.
diff --git a/core/base/apiServer.go b/core/base/apiServer.go
index 975f79e..1eae03b 100644
--- a/core/base/apiServer.go
+++ b/core/base/apiServer.go
@@ -2159,6 +2159,19 @@ func handleObjectGetData(orgID string, objectType string, objectID string, canAc
 		}
 	}
 
+	if common.ObjectDownloadSemaphore.TryAcquire(1) == false {
+		// If too many downloads are in flight, agent will get error and retry. Originally, there was a lock around the download that
+		// caused the downloads to be serial. It was changed to use a semaphore to allow limited concurrency.
+		if trace.IsLogging(logger.TRACE) {
+			trace.Trace("Failed to acquire semaphore for handleObjects of %s %s %s \n", orgID, objectType, objectID)
+		}
+		err := &common.TooManyRequestError{Message: "Error in handleObjects: Unable to acquire object semaphore."}
+		communications.SendErrorResponse(writer, err, "", 0)
+		return
+	}
+
+	defer common.ObjectDownloadSemaphore.Release(1)
+
 	// Get range from the header "Range:bytes={startOffset}-{endOffset}"
 	var dataReader io.Reader
 	var eof bool
diff --git a/core/communications/communicator.go b/core/communications/communicator.go
index 444713e..d764c7c 100644
--- a/core/communications/communicator.go
+++ b/core/communications/communicator.go
@@ -147,6 +147,8 @@ func SendErrorResponse(writer http.ResponseWriter, err error, message string, st
 			statusCode = http.StatusConflict
 		case *common.IgnoredRequest:
 			statusCode = http.StatusTemporaryRedirect
+		case *common.TooManyRequestError:
+			statusCode = http.StatusTooManyRequests
 		case *Error:
 			// Don't return an error if it's a communication error
 			statusCode = http.StatusNoContent
@@ -198,7 +200,7 @@ func IsTransportError(pResp *http.Response, err error) bool {
 			// 503: service unavailable
 			return true
 		} else if pResp.StatusCode == http.StatusRequestTimeout {
-			// 408: request time out 
+			// 408: request time out
 			return true
 		} else if pResp.StatusCode == http.StatusTooManyRequests {
 			// 429: too many requests
diff --git a/core/communications/httpCommunication.go b/core/communications/httpCommunication.go
index 2843294..c3373c7 100644
--- a/core/communications/httpCommunication.go
+++ b/core/communications/httpCommunication.go
@@ -1687,7 +1687,7 @@ func (communication *HTTP) handleGetData(orgID string, objectType string, object
 		if trace.IsLogging(logger.TRACE) {
 			trace.Trace("Failed to acquire semaphore for handleGetData of %s %s %s %s \n", objectType, objectID, destType, destID)
 		}
-		err := &Error{"Error in handleGetData: Unable to acquire object semaphore."}
+		err := &common.TooManyRequestError{Message: "Error in handleGetData: Unable to acquire object semaphore."}
 		SendErrorResponse(writer, err, "", http.StatusTooManyRequests)
 		return
 	}