diff --git a/benchmark.py b/benchmark.py
index cbc825f..8a49fd1 100644
--- a/benchmark.py
+++ b/benchmark.py
@@ -9,30 +9,34 @@
 
 
 @click.command()
+@click.option('--batch-size', type=click.INT, default=1024)
+@click.option('--page-size', type=click.INT, default=2 ** 16)
+@click.option('--payload-length', type=click.INT, default=1024)
 @click.option('-c', '--count', type=click.INT, default=None)
-@click.option('-p', '--payload-length', type=click.INT, default=1024)
-@click.option('-s', '--size', type=click.INT, default=2 ** 16)
 @click.option('-t', '--topic', default='benchmark')
-def benchmark(count, topic, size, payload_length):
+def benchmark(count, topic, batch_size, page_size, payload_length):
     client = StrictRedis()
 
-    payload = "x" * payload_length
+    batch = ["x" * payload_length] * batch_size
 
     topic = Topic(client, topic)
     try:
-        topic.create(size)
+        topic.create(page_size)
     except Exception:
         pass
 
     gc.disable()
     start = time.time()
 
+    if count:
+        assert count % batch_size == 0
+
     generator = xrange(1, count + 1) if count else itertools.count(1)
 
     i = 0
     try:
         for i in generator:
-            topic.produce(payload)
+            topic.produce(batch)
             if i % 10000 == 0:
                 print 'Produced', i, 'records.'
     except KeyboardInterrupt:
@@ -40,8 +44,8 @@ def benchmark(count, topic, size, payload_length):
 
     end = time.time()
 
-    print 'Produced', i, payload_length / 1024.0, 'KB records in', end - start, 'seconds'
-    print i / (end - start), 'messages/sec'
+    print 'Produced', i * batch_size, payload_length / 1024.0, 'KB records in', end - start, 'seconds'
+    print (i * batch_size) / (end - start), 'messages/sec'
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/kafkaesque.py b/kafkaesque.py
index f334504..4da9f08 100644
--- a/kafkaesque.py
+++ b/kafkaesque.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ def create(self, size=1024, ttl=None):
     def consume(self, offset, limit=1024):
         return self.__pull((self.topic,), (offset, limit))
 
-    def produce(self, record):
-        return self.__push((self.topic,), (record,))
+    def produce(self, batch):
+        return self.__push((self.topic,), batch)
 
     def offset(self, consumer):
         score = self.client.zscore('{}/consumers'.format(self.topic), consumer)
@@ -57,10 +57,21 @@ def create(topic, page_size, ttl):
 @cli.command(help="Write messages to a topic.")
 @click.argument('topic')
 @click.argument('input', type=click.File('rb'), default='-')
-def produce(topic, input):
+@click.option('--batch-size', type=click.INT, default=1)
+def produce(topic, input, batch_size):
     topic = Topic(StrictRedis(), topic)
+    batch = []
+
+    def flush():
+        print topic.produce(batch), batch
+        del batch[:]
+
     for line in itertools.imap(operator.methodcaller('strip'), input):
-        print topic.produce(line), line
+        batch.append(line)
+        if len(batch) == batch_size:
+            flush()
+
+    flush()
 
 
 @cli.command(help="Read messages from a topic.")
diff --git a/scripts/push.lua b/scripts/push.lua
index fb3cb7f..a31b823 100644
--- a/scripts/push.lua
+++ b/scripts/push.lua
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ local function close_page ()
         redis.log(redis.LOG_DEBUG, string.format('Set %s#%s to expire in %s seconds.', topic, number, configuration['ttl']))
     end
     number = number + 1
+    length = 0
 end
 
 local function check_page ()
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ local function check_page ()
         close_page()
         start_page()
     end
+    return configuration['size'] - length
 end
 
 local last = redis.call('ZREVRANGE', topic .. '/pages', '0', '0', 'WITHSCORES')
@@ -39,9 +41,13 @@ else
     start_page()
 end
 
-for i=1,#items do
-    check_page()
-    redis.call('RPUSH', topic .. '/pages/' .. number, items[i])
+local cursor = 0
+while #items > cursor do
+    local remaining = check_page()
+    for i=1,remaining do
+        redis.call('RPUSH', topic .. '/pages/' .. number, items[cursor + i])
+    end
+    cursor = cursor + remaining
 end
 
 return offset
diff --git a/test_kafkaesque.py b/test_kafkaesque.py
index 940454d..25d1f11 100644
--- a/test_kafkaesque.py
+++ b/test_kafkaesque.py
@@ -37,14 +37,14 @@ def test_produce(client):
     topic.create(size)
 
     payload, offset = generator.next()
-    topic.produce(payload)
+    topic.produce((payload,))
     items.append((payload, offset))
 
     assert client.zrangebyscore('{}/pages'.format(name), '-inf', 'inf', withscores=True) == [('0', 0.0)]
     assert list(enumerate(client.lrange('{}/pages/{}'.format(name, 0), 0, size))) == items
 
     for payload, offset in itertools.islice(generator, size):
-        topic.produce(payload)
+        topic.produce((payload,))
         items.append((payload, offset))
 
     assert client.zrangebyscore('{}/pages'.format(name), '-inf', 'inf', withscores=True) == [('0', 0.0), ('1', float(size))]
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ def test_consume_page_sizes(client):
     topic.create(size)
 
     for offset, payload in itertools.islice(generator, size + 1):
-        topic.produce(payload)
+        topic.produce((payload,))
         items.append([offset, payload])
 
     offset, batch = list(topic.consume(0, limit=size))
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ def test_consume_across_pages(client):
     topic.create(size)
 
     for offset, payload in itertools.islice(generator, size + 1):
-        topic.produce(payload)
+        topic.produce((payload,))
         items.append([offset, payload])
 
     # Check with batches crossing pages.
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def test_ttl(client):
     topic.create(size, ttl=ttl)
 
     for i in xrange(0, size + 1):
-        topic.produce(i)
+        topic.produce((i,))
 
     assert ttl - 1 <= client.ttl('{}/pages/{}'.format(name, 0)) <= ttl
     assert client.ttl('{}/pages/{}'.format(name, 1)) == -1