diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseManager.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseManager.groovy
index 1af73c6b..23f60815 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseManager.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseManager.groovy
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream
 @Log
 class BrowseManager {
     
+    private static final int BATCH_SIZE = 32
+    
     private final I2PConnector connector
     private final EventBus eventBus
     private final Persona me
@@ -58,19 +60,34 @@ class BrowseManager {
                 boolean chat = headers.containsKey("Chat") && Boolean.parseBoolean(headers['Chat'])
                 
                 // at this stage, start pulling the results
-                eventBus.publish(new BrowseStatusEvent(host: e.host, status : BrowseStatus.FETCHING, totalResults : results))
+                UUID uuid = UUID.randomUUID()
+                eventBus.publish(new BrowseStatusEvent(host: e.host, status : BrowseStatus.FETCHING, 
+                    totalResults : results, uuid : uuid))
+                log.info("Starting to fetch $results results with uuid $uuid")
                 
                 JsonSlurper slurper = new JsonSlurper()
                 DataInputStream dis = new DataInputStream(new GZIPInputStream(is))
-                UUID uuid = UUID.randomUUID()
+                UIResultEvent[] batch = new UIResultEvent[Math.min(BATCH_SIZE, results)]
+                int j = 0
                 for (int i = 0; i < results; i++) {
+                    log.fine("parsing result $i at batch position $j")
+                    
                     int size = dis.readUnsignedShort()
                     byte [] tmp = new byte[size]
                     dis.readFully(tmp)
                     def json = slurper.parse(tmp)
                     UIResultEvent result = ResultsParser.parse(e.host, uuid, json)
                     result.chat = chat
-                    eventBus.publish(result)
+                    batch[j++] = result
+                    
+                    
+                    // publish piecemally
+                    if (j == batch.length) {
+                        eventBus.publish(new UIResultBatchEvent(results : batch, uuid : uuid))
+                        j = 0
+                        batch = new UIResultEvent[Math.min(results - i - 1, BATCH_SIZE)]
+                        log.fine("publishing batch, next batch size ${batch.length}")
+                    }
                 }
                 
                 eventBus.publish(new BrowseStatusEvent(host: e.host, status : BrowseStatus.FINISHED))
diff --git a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseStatusEvent.groovy b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseStatusEvent.groovy
index 5703574c..e1de5fb6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseStatusEvent.groovy
+++ b/core/src/main/groovy/com/muwire/core/search/BrowseStatusEvent.groovy
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ class BrowseStatusEvent extends Event {
     Persona host
     BrowseStatus status
     int totalResults
+    UUID uuid
 }
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/BrowseController.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/BrowseController.groovy
index 8c98d6c4..7723c5a3 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/BrowseController.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/controllers/com/muwire/gui/BrowseController.groovy
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import com.muwire.core.download.UIDownloadEvent
 import com.muwire.core.search.BrowseStatus
 import com.muwire.core.search.BrowseStatusEvent
 import com.muwire.core.search.UIBrowseEvent
+import com.muwire.core.search.UIResultBatchEvent
 import com.muwire.core.search.UIResultEvent
 
 @ArtifactProviderFor(GriffonController)
@@ -28,27 +29,31 @@ class BrowseController {
     
     void register() {
         core.eventBus.register(BrowseStatusEvent.class, this)
-        core.eventBus.register(UIResultEvent.class, this)
+        core.eventBus.register(UIResultBatchEvent.class, this)
         core.eventBus.publish(new UIBrowseEvent(host : model.host))
     }
     
     void mvcGroupDestroy() {
         core.eventBus.unregister(BrowseStatusEvent.class, this)
-        core.eventBus.unregister(UIResultEvent.class, this)
+        core.eventBus.unregister(UIResultBatchEvent.class, this)
     }
     
     void onBrowseStatusEvent(BrowseStatusEvent e) {
         runInsideUIAsync {
             model.status = e.status
-            if (e.status == BrowseStatus.FETCHING)
+            if (e.status == BrowseStatus.FETCHING) {
                 model.totalResults = e.totalResults
+                model.uuid = e.uuid
+            }
         }
     }
     
-    void onUIResultEvent(UIResultEvent e) {
+    void onUIResultBatchEvent(UIResultBatchEvent e) {
         runInsideUIAsync {
-            model.chatActionEnabled = e.chat
-            model.results << e
+            if (e.uuid != model.uuid)
+                return
+            model.chatActionEnabled = e.results[0].chat
+            model.results.addAll(e.results.toList())
             model.resultCount = model.results.size()
             view.resultsTable.model.fireTableDataChanged()
         }
diff --git a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/BrowseModel.groovy b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/BrowseModel.groovy
index c902e554..e33d389b 100644
--- a/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/BrowseModel.groovy
+++ b/gui/griffon-app/models/com/muwire/gui/BrowseModel.groovy
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class BrowseModel {
     @Observable boolean chatActionEnabled
     @Observable int totalResults
     @Observable int resultCount
+    UUID uuid
     
     def results = []
 }
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