diff --git a/Include/Aurora/RuntimeConfig.hpp b/Include/Aurora/RuntimeConfig.hpp
index bed1524b..e2c3c341 100644
--- a/Include/Aurora/RuntimeConfig.hpp
+++ b/Include/Aurora/RuntimeConfig.hpp
@@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ namespace Aurora
     struct IOConfig
     {
         AuUInt32 uProtocolStackDefaultBufferSize { 64 * 1024 };
+        bool     bIsVeryLargeIOApplication       { false };
     };
 
     struct Win32Config
diff --git a/Source/IO/UNIX/IOSubmit.Linux.cpp b/Source/IO/UNIX/IOSubmit.Linux.cpp
index 55c3b4b6..bb7b38f8 100644
--- a/Source/IO/UNIX/IOSubmit.Linux.cpp
+++ b/Source/IO/UNIX/IOSubmit.Linux.cpp
@@ -158,39 +158,7 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::UNIX
 
     int ASubmittable::GetOrCreateFdPollForBlockingRead(int fd)
     {
-    #if 1
-        return fd; // wtf freetards are incapable of writing an os. 
-                   // the indirection of fds read state wasn't the problem.
-                   // linux will never be a real kernel
-                   // gnu will never be a real operating system
-    #else
-        // TODO (Reece): urgent: is this hack overkill? can we
-        // just return fd?
-        
-        if ((this->tempEPoll == 0) ||
-            (this->tempEPoll == -1))
-        {
-            epoll_event event;
-
-            if ((this->tempEPoll = ::epoll_create1(0)) == -1)
-            {
-                SysPushErrorIO();
-                return -1;
-            }
-
-            event.events   = EPOLLIN;
-            event.data.ptr = nullptr;
-            if (::epoll_ctl(this->tempEPoll, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, fd, &event) != 0)
-            {
-                SysPushErrorIO();
-                ::close(this->tempEPoll);
-                this->tempEPoll = -1;
-                return -1;
-            }
-        }
-
-        return this->tempEPoll;
-    #endif
+        return fd;
     }
 
     //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -245,9 +213,19 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::UNIX
 
     bool TLSIO::Init()
     {
-        if (io_setup(1024, &this->context) != 0)
+        if (gRuntimeConfig.ioConfig.bIsVeryLargeIOApplication)
         {
-            return false;
+            if (io_setup(1024 * 256, &this->context) != 0)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (io_setup(1024, &this->context) != 0)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
         }
 
         return true;
@@ -740,7 +718,9 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::UNIX
         }
 
         bool bEpollTriggered {};
-        io_event ioEvents[512];
+        io_event ioEvents[1024];
+        AuTuple<ASubmittable *, AuUInt, bool, int> toProcess[1024] {};
+        int toProcessDone {};
         int temp {};
         bool bAgain {};
 
@@ -758,7 +738,12 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::UNIX
                 AuTime::ns2ts(&targetTime, uTimeNow - uTargetTime);
             }
 
-            temp = io_getevents(io->context, 1, 512, ioEvents, timeout ? &targetTime : nullptr);
+            auto uCount = AuMin(AuArraySize(ioEvents), AuArraySize(toProcess) - toProcessDone);
+            if (uCount == 0)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+            temp = io_getevents(io->context, 1, uCount, ioEvents, timeout ? &targetTime : nullptr);
 
             if (temp >= 0)
             {
@@ -782,7 +767,7 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::UNIX
                             bytesTransacted = ioEvents[i].res;
                         }
 
-                        handle->LIOS_SendProcess(bytesTransacted, bError, errNo);
+                        toProcess[toProcessDone++] = AuMakeTuple(handle, bytesTransacted, bError, errNo);
                     }
                     else
                     {
@@ -844,6 +829,15 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::UNIX
             }
         }
 
+        for (AU_ITERATE_N(i, toProcessDone))
+        {
+            auto handle          = AuGet<0>(toProcess[i]);
+            auto bytesTransacted = AuGet<1>(toProcess[i]);
+            auto bError          = AuGet<2>(toProcess[i]);
+            auto errNo           = AuGet<3>(toProcess[i]);
+            handle->LIOS_SendProcess(bytesTransacted, bError, errNo);
+        }
+
         if (bEpollTriggered)
         {
             return epoll_wait(epfd, events, maxevents, 0);
@@ -939,7 +933,9 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::UNIX
             return -1;
         }
 
-        io_event ioEvents[512];
+        io_event ioEvents[1024];
+        AuTuple<ASubmittable *, AuUInt, bool, int> toProcess[1024] {};
+        int toProcessDone {};
         int temp;
 
         do
@@ -956,7 +952,12 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::UNIX
                 AuTime::ns2ts(&targetTime, uTimeNow - uTargetTime);
             }
 
-            temp = io_getevents(io->context, 1, 512, ioEvents, timeout ? &targetTime : nullptr);
+            auto uCount = AuMin(AuArraySize(ioEvents), AuArraySize(toProcess) - toProcessDone);
+            if (uCount == 0)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+            temp = io_getevents(io->context, 1, uCount, ioEvents, timeout ? &targetTime : nullptr);
 
             if (temp >= 0)
             {
@@ -994,7 +995,7 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::UNIX
                             bytesTransacted = ioEvents[i].res;
                         }
 
-                        handle->LIOS_SendProcess(bytesTransacted, bError, errNo);
+                        toProcess[toProcessDone++] = AuMakeTuple(handle, bytesTransacted, bError, errNo);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -1061,6 +1062,15 @@ namespace Aurora::IO::UNIX
             }
         }
 
+        for (AU_ITERATE_N(i, toProcessDone))
+        {
+            auto handle          = AuGet<0>(toProcess[i]);
+            auto bytesTransacted = AuGet<1>(toProcess[i]);
+            auto bError          = AuGet<2>(toProcess[i]);
+            auto errNo           = AuGet<3>(toProcess[i]);
+            handle->LIOS_SendProcess(bytesTransacted, bError, errNo);
+        }
+
         return bRet;
     }