diff --git a/config_dist.yaml b/config_dist.yaml
index d0a7064..5b919c1 100644
--- a/config_dist.yaml
+++ b/config_dist.yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ build:
   worker: 2
   makej: 8
   checks: true
+  batch: 100
 
 logging:
   level: INFO
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index e4a811a..fcc9ff8 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -620,10 +620,14 @@ func (b *BuildManager) syncWorker() {
 		pkgBuilds, err := Glob(filepath.Join(conf.Basedir.Upstream, "/**/PKGBUILD"))
 		check(err)
 
+		queued := 0
 		for _, pkgbuild := range pkgBuilds {
 			if b.exit {
 				return
 			}
+			if queued >= conf.Build.Batch {
+				break
+			}
 
 			sPkgbuild := strings.Split(pkgbuild, "/")
 			repo := sPkgbuild[len(sPkgbuild)-2]
@@ -657,6 +661,7 @@ func (b *BuildManager) syncWorker() {
 				continue
 			}
 
+			queued++
 			// send to parse
 			for _, march := range conf.March {
 				b.parseWG.Add(1)
diff --git a/utils.go b/utils.go
index 64092f8..dc1d385 100644
--- a/utils.go
+++ b/utils.go
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ type Conf struct {
 		Worker int
 		Makej  int
 		Checks bool
+		Batch  int
 	}
 	Logging struct {
 		Level string