diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/browser/modules/fs.ts b/packages/protocol/src/browser/modules/fs.ts
index c8b793af..bb23c6b0 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/browser/modules/fs.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/browser/modules/fs.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,42 @@
 import * as fs from "fs";
 import { callbackify } from "util";
-import { ClientProxy } from "../../common/proxy";
+import { ClientProxy, Batch } from "../../common/proxy";
 import { IEncodingOptions, IEncodingOptionsCallback } from "../../common/util";
 import { FsModuleProxy, Stats as IStats, WatcherProxy, WriteStreamProxy } from "../../node/modules/fs";
 import { Writable  } from "./stream";
 
 // tslint:disable no-any
 
+class StatBatch extends Batch<IStats, { path: fs.PathLike }> {
+	public constructor(private readonly proxy: FsModuleProxy) {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	protected remoteCall(batch: { path: fs.PathLike }[]): Promise<(IStats | Error)[]> {
+		return this.proxy.statBatch(batch);
+	}
+}
+
+class LstatBatch extends Batch<IStats, { path: fs.PathLike }> {
+	public constructor(private readonly proxy: FsModuleProxy) {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	protected remoteCall(batch: { path: fs.PathLike }[]): Promise<(IStats | Error)[]> {
+		return this.proxy.lstatBatch(batch);
+	}
+}
+
+class ReaddirBatch extends Batch<Buffer[] | fs.Dirent[] | string[], { path: fs.PathLike, options: IEncodingOptions }> {
+	public constructor(private readonly proxy: FsModuleProxy) {
+		super();
+	}
+
+	protected remoteCall(queue: { path: fs.PathLike, options: IEncodingOptions }[]): Promise<(Buffer[] | fs.Dirent[] | string[] | Error)[]> {
+		return this.proxy.readdirBatch(queue);
+	}
+}
+
 class Watcher extends ClientProxy<WatcherProxy> implements fs.FSWatcher {
 	public close(): void {
 		this.proxy.close();
@@ -28,7 +58,15 @@ class WriteStream extends Writable<WriteStreamProxy> implements fs.WriteStream {
 }
 
 export class FsModule {
-	public constructor(private readonly proxy: FsModuleProxy) {}
+	private readonly statBatch: StatBatch;
+	private readonly lstatBatch: LstatBatch;
+	private readonly readdirBatch: ReaddirBatch;
+
+	public constructor(private readonly proxy: FsModuleProxy) {
+		this.statBatch = new StatBatch(this.proxy);
+		this.lstatBatch = new LstatBatch(this.proxy);
+		this.readdirBatch = new ReaddirBatch(this.proxy);
+	}
 
 	public access = (path: fs.PathLike, mode: number | undefined | ((err: NodeJS.ErrnoException) => void), callback?: (err: NodeJS.ErrnoException) => void): void => {
 		if (typeof mode === "function") {
@@ -72,9 +110,7 @@ export class FsModule {
 	}
 
 	public exists = (path: fs.PathLike, callback: (exists: boolean) => void): void => {
-		callbackify(this.proxy.exists)(path, (exists) => {
-			callback!(exists as any);
-		});
+		this.proxy.exists(path).then((exists) => callback(exists)).catch(() => callback(false));
 	}
 
 	public fchmod = (fd: number, mode: string | number, callback: (err: NodeJS.ErrnoException) => void): void => {
@@ -124,7 +160,7 @@ export class FsModule {
 	}
 
 	public lstat = (path: fs.PathLike, callback: (err: NodeJS.ErrnoException, stats: fs.Stats) => void): void => {
-		callbackify(this.proxy.lstat)(path, (error, stats) => {
+		callbackify(this.lstatBatch.add)({ path }, (error, stats) => {
 			callback(error, stats && new Stats(stats));
 		});
 	}
@@ -175,7 +211,7 @@ export class FsModule {
 			callback = options;
 			options = undefined;
 		}
-		callbackify(this.proxy.readdir)(path, options, callback!);
+		callbackify(this.readdirBatch.add)({ path, options }, callback!);
 	}
 
 	public readlink = (path: fs.PathLike, options: IEncodingOptionsCallback, callback?: (err: NodeJS.ErrnoException, linkString: string | Buffer) => void): void => {
@@ -203,7 +239,7 @@ export class FsModule {
 	}
 
 	public stat = (path: fs.PathLike, callback: (err: NodeJS.ErrnoException, stats: fs.Stats) => void): void => {
-		callbackify(this.proxy.stat)(path, (error, stats) => {
+		callbackify(this.statBatch.add)({ path }, (error, stats) => {
 			callback(error, stats && new Stats(stats));
 		});
 	}
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/common/proxy.ts b/packages/protocol/src/common/proxy.ts
index dd0feda2..6558ea2a 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/common/proxy.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/common/proxy.ts
@@ -81,3 +81,74 @@ export enum Module {
 	NodePty = "node-pty",
 	Trash = "trash",
 }
+
+interface BatchItem<T, A> {
+	args: A;
+	resolve: (t: T) => void;
+	reject: (e: Error) => void;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Batch remote calls.
+ */
+export abstract class Batch<T, A> {
+	private idleTimeout: number | NodeJS.Timer | undefined;
+	private maxTimeout: number | NodeJS.Timer | undefined;
+	private batch = <BatchItem<T, A>[]>[];
+
+	public constructor(
+		/**
+		 * Flush after reaching this amount of time.
+		 */
+		private readonly maxTime = 1000,
+		/**
+		 * Flush after reaching this count.
+		 */
+		private readonly maxCount = 100,
+		/**
+		 * Flush after not receiving more requests for this amount of time.
+		 */
+		private readonly idleTime = 100,
+	) {}
+
+	public add = (args: A): Promise<T> => {
+		return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+			this.batch.push({
+				args,
+				resolve,
+				reject,
+			});
+			if (this.batch.length >= this.maxCount) {
+				this.flush();
+			} else {
+				clearTimeout(this.idleTimeout as any);
+				this.idleTimeout = setTimeout(this.flush, this.idleTime);
+				if (typeof this.maxTimeout === "undefined") {
+					this.maxTimeout = setTimeout(this.flush, this.maxTime);
+				}
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	protected abstract remoteCall(batch: A[]): Promise<(T | Error)[]>;
+
+	private flush = (): void => {
+		clearTimeout(this.idleTimeout as any);
+		clearTimeout(this.maxTimeout as any);
+		this.maxTimeout = undefined;
+
+		const batch = this.batch;
+		this.batch = [];
+
+		this.remoteCall(batch.map((q) => q.args)).then((results) => {
+			batch.forEach((item, i) => {
+				const result = results[i];
+				if (result && result instanceof Error) {
+					item.reject(result);
+				} else {
+					item.resolve(result);
+				}
+			});
+		}).catch((error) => batch.forEach((item) => item.reject(error)));
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/protocol/src/node/modules/fs.ts b/packages/protocol/src/node/modules/fs.ts
index c2e164a2..cc6177b2 100644
--- a/packages/protocol/src/node/modules/fs.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol/src/node/modules/fs.ts
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ export class FsModuleProxy {
 		return this.makeStatsSerializable(await promisify(fs.lstat)(path));
 	}
 
+	public async lstatBatch(args: { path: fs.PathLike }[]): Promise<(Stats | Error)[]> {
+		return Promise.all(args.map((a) => this.lstat(a.path).catch((e) => e)));
+	}
+
 	public mkdir(path: fs.PathLike, mode: number | string | fs.MakeDirectoryOptions | undefined | null): Promise<void> {
 		return promisify(fs.mkdir)(path, mode);
 	}
@@ -182,6 +186,10 @@ export class FsModuleProxy {
 		return promisify(fs.readdir)(path, options);
 	}
 
+	public readdirBatch(args: { path: fs.PathLike, options: IEncodingOptions }[]): Promise<(Buffer[] | fs.Dirent[] | string[] | Error)[]> {
+		return Promise.all(args.map((a) => this.readdir(a.path, a.options).catch((e) => e)));
+	}
+
 	public readlink(path: fs.PathLike, options: IEncodingOptions): Promise<string | Buffer> {
 		return promisify(fs.readlink)(path, options);
 	}
@@ -202,6 +210,10 @@ export class FsModuleProxy {
 		return this.makeStatsSerializable(await promisify(fs.stat)(path));
 	}
 
+	public async statBatch(args: { path: fs.PathLike }[]): Promise<(Stats | Error)[]> {
+		return Promise.all(args.map((a) => this.stat(a.path).catch((e) => e)));
+	}
+
 	public symlink(target: fs.PathLike, path: fs.PathLike, type?: fs.symlink.Type | null): Promise<void> {
 		return promisify(fs.symlink)(target, path, type);
 	}
diff --git a/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts b/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts
index c7cb5811..6334149e 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/vscode/bootstrapFork.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 import * as cp from "child_process";
 import * as fs from "fs";
+import * as os from "os";
 import * as path from "path";
 import * as vm from "vm";
+import { logger } from "@coder/logger";
 import { buildDir, isCli } from "../constants";
 
 let ipcMsgBuffer: Buffer[] | undefined = [];
@@ -151,6 +153,13 @@ export const forkModule = (modulePath: string, args?: string[], options?: cp.For
 	} else {
 		proc = cp.spawn(process.execPath, ["--require", "ts-node/register", "--require", "tsconfig-paths/register", process.argv[1], ...forkArgs], forkOptions);
 	}
+	if (args && args[0] === "--type=watcherService" && os.platform() === "linux") {
+		cp.exec(`renice -n 19 -p ${proc.pid}`, (error) => {
+			if (error) {
+				logger.warn(error.message);
+			}
+		});
+	}
 
 	return proc;
 };