diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f47b15..c7c6fe9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Gradle users configure the `java-dataloader` dependency in `build.gradle`:
 
 ```
 repositories {
-    jcenter()
+    mavenCentral()
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7d98bc3..6072f4f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'biz.aQute.bnd.builder' version '6.2.0'
     id 'io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin' version '1.0.0'
     id 'com.github.ben-manes.versions' version '0.51.0'
+    id "me.champeau.jmh" version "0.7.3"
 }
 
 java {
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@ jar {
 dependencies {
     api "org.reactivestreams:reactive-streams:$reactive_streams_version"
     api "org.jspecify:jspecify:1.0.0"
+
+    // this is needed for the idea jmh plugin to work correctly
+    jmh 'org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-core:1.37'
+    jmh 'org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess:1.37'
 }
 
 task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
diff --git a/src/jmh/java/performance/DataLoaderDispatchPerformance.java b/src/jmh/java/performance/DataLoaderDispatchPerformance.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b4696d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jmh/java/performance/DataLoaderDispatchPerformance.java
@@ -0,0 +1,309 @@
+package performance;
+
+import org.dataloader.BatchLoader;
+import org.dataloader.DataLoader;
+import org.dataloader.DataLoaderFactory;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Fork;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Measurement;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Setup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Warmup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.Blackhole;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+@State(Scope.Benchmark)
+@Warmup(iterations = 2, time = 5)
+@Measurement(iterations = 4)
+@Fork(1)
+public class DataLoaderDispatchPerformance {
+
+    static Owner o1 = new Owner("O-1", "Andi", List.of("P-1", "P-2", "P-3"));
+    static Owner o2 = new Owner("O-2", "George", List.of("P-4", "P-5", "P-6"));
+    static Owner o3 = new Owner("O-3", "Peppa", List.of("P-7", "P-8", "P-9", "P-10"));
+    static Owner o4 = new Owner("O-4", "Alice", List.of("P-11", "P-12"));
+    static Owner o5 = new Owner("O-5", "Bob", List.of("P-13"));
+    static Owner o6 = new Owner("O-6", "Catherine", List.of("P-14", "P-15", "P-16"));
+    static Owner o7 = new Owner("O-7", "David", List.of("P-17"));
+    static Owner o8 = new Owner("O-8", "Emma", List.of("P-18", "P-19", "P-20", "P-21"));
+    static Owner o9 = new Owner("O-9", "Frank", List.of("P-22"));
+    static Owner o10 = new Owner("O-10", "Grace", List.of("P-23", "P-24"));
+    static Owner o11 = new Owner("O-11", "Hannah", List.of("P-25", "P-26", "P-27"));
+    static Owner o12 = new Owner("O-12", "Ian", List.of("P-28"));
+    static Owner o13 = new Owner("O-13", "Jane", List.of("P-29", "P-30"));
+    static Owner o14 = new Owner("O-14", "Kevin", List.of("P-31", "P-32", "P-33"));
+    static Owner o15 = new Owner("O-15", "Laura", List.of("P-34"));
+    static Owner o16 = new Owner("O-16", "Michael", List.of("P-35", "P-36"));
+    static Owner o17 = new Owner("O-17", "Nina", List.of("P-37", "P-38", "P-39", "P-40"));
+    static Owner o18 = new Owner("O-18", "Oliver", List.of("P-41"));
+    static Owner o19 = new Owner("O-19", "Paula", List.of("P-42", "P-43"));
+    static Owner o20 = new Owner("O-20", "Quinn", List.of("P-44", "P-45", "P-46"));
+    static Owner o21 = new Owner("O-21", "Rachel", List.of("P-47"));
+    static Owner o22 = new Owner("O-22", "Steve", List.of("P-48", "P-49"));
+    static Owner o23 = new Owner("O-23", "Tina", List.of("P-50", "P-51", "P-52"));
+    static Owner o24 = new Owner("O-24", "Uma", List.of("P-53"));
+    static Owner o25 = new Owner("O-25", "Victor", List.of("P-54", "P-55"));
+    static Owner o26 = new Owner("O-26", "Wendy", List.of("P-56", "P-57", "P-58"));
+    static Owner o27 = new Owner("O-27", "Xander", List.of("P-59"));
+    static Owner o28 = new Owner("O-28", "Yvonne", List.of("P-60", "P-61"));
+    static Owner o29 = new Owner("O-29", "Zach", List.of("P-62", "P-63", "P-64"));
+    static Owner o30 = new Owner("O-30", "Willy", List.of("P-65", "P-66", "P-67"));
+
+
+    static Pet p1 = new Pet("P-1", "Bella", "O-1", List.of("P-2", "P-3", "P-4"));
+    static Pet p2 = new Pet("P-2", "Charlie", "O-2", List.of("P-1", "P-5", "P-6"));
+    static Pet p3 = new Pet("P-3", "Luna", "O-3", List.of("P-1", "P-2", "P-7", "P-8"));
+    static Pet p4 = new Pet("P-4", "Max", "O-1", List.of("P-1", "P-9", "P-10"));
+    static Pet p5 = new Pet("P-5", "Lucy", "O-2", List.of("P-2", "P-6"));
+    static Pet p6 = new Pet("P-6", "Cooper", "O-3", List.of("P-3", "P-5", "P-7"));
+    static Pet p7 = new Pet("P-7", "Daisy", "O-1", List.of("P-4", "P-6", "P-8"));
+    static Pet p8 = new Pet("P-8", "Milo", "O-2", List.of("P-3", "P-7", "P-9"));
+    static Pet p9 = new Pet("P-9", "Lola", "O-3", List.of("P-4", "P-8", "P-10"));
+    static Pet p10 = new Pet("P-10", "Rocky", "O-1", List.of("P-4", "P-9"));
+    static Pet p11 = new Pet("P-11", "Buddy", "O-4", List.of("P-12"));
+    static Pet p12 = new Pet("P-12", "Bailey", "O-4", List.of("P-11", "P-13"));
+    static Pet p13 = new Pet("P-13", "Sadie", "O-5", List.of("P-12"));
+    static Pet p14 = new Pet("P-14", "Maggie", "O-6", List.of("P-15"));
+    static Pet p15 = new Pet("P-15", "Sophie", "O-6", List.of("P-14", "P-16"));
+    static Pet p16 = new Pet("P-16", "Chloe", "O-6", List.of("P-15"));
+    static Pet p17 = new Pet("P-17", "Duke", "O-7", List.of("P-18"));
+    static Pet p18 = new Pet("P-18", "Riley", "O-8", List.of("P-17", "P-19"));
+    static Pet p19 = new Pet("P-19", "Lilly", "O-8", List.of("P-18", "P-20"));
+    static Pet p20 = new Pet("P-20", "Zoey", "O-8", List.of("P-19"));
+    static Pet p21 = new Pet("P-21", "Oscar", "O-8", List.of("P-22"));
+    static Pet p22 = new Pet("P-22", "Toby", "O-9", List.of("P-21", "P-23"));
+    static Pet p23 = new Pet("P-23", "Ruby", "O-10", List.of("P-22"));
+    static Pet p24 = new Pet("P-24", "Milo", "O-10", List.of("P-25"));
+    static Pet p25 = new Pet("P-25", "Finn", "O-11", List.of("P-24", "P-26"));
+    static Pet p26 = new Pet("P-26", "Luna", "O-11", List.of("P-25"));
+    static Pet p27 = new Pet("P-27", "Ellie", "O-11", List.of("P-28"));
+    static Pet p28 = new Pet("P-28", "Harley", "O-12", List.of("P-27", "P-29"));
+    static Pet p29 = new Pet("P-29", "Penny", "O-13", List.of("P-28"));
+    static Pet p30 = new Pet("P-30", "Hazel", "O-13", List.of("P-31"));
+    static Pet p31 = new Pet("P-31", "Gus", "O-14", List.of("P-30", "P-32"));
+    static Pet p32 = new Pet("P-32", "Dexter", "O-14", List.of("P-31"));
+    static Pet p33 = new Pet("P-33", "Winnie", "O-14", List.of("P-34"));
+    static Pet p34 = new Pet("P-34", "Murphy", "O-15", List.of("P-33", "P-35"));
+    static Pet p35 = new Pet("P-35", "Moose", "O-16", List.of("P-34"));
+    static Pet p36 = new Pet("P-36", "Scout", "O-16", List.of("P-37"));
+    static Pet p37 = new Pet("P-37", "Rex", "O-17", List.of("P-36", "P-38"));
+    static Pet p38 = new Pet("P-38", "Coco", "O-17", List.of("P-37"));
+    static Pet p39 = new Pet("P-39", "Maddie", "O-17", List.of("P-40"));
+    static Pet p40 = new Pet("P-40", "Archie", "O-17", List.of("P-39", "P-41"));
+    static Pet p41 = new Pet("P-41", "Buster", "O-18", List.of("P-40"));
+    static Pet p42 = new Pet("P-42", "Rosie", "O-19", List.of("P-43"));
+    static Pet p43 = new Pet("P-43", "Molly", "O-19", List.of("P-42", "P-44"));
+    static Pet p44 = new Pet("P-44", "Henry", "O-20", List.of("P-43"));
+    static Pet p45 = new Pet("P-45", "Leo", "O-20", List.of("P-46"));
+    static Pet p46 = new Pet("P-46", "Jack", "O-20", List.of("P-45", "P-47"));
+    static Pet p47 = new Pet("P-47", "Zoe", "O-21", List.of("P-46"));
+    static Pet p48 = new Pet("P-48", "Lulu", "O-22", List.of("P-49"));
+    static Pet p49 = new Pet("P-49", "Mimi", "O-22", List.of("P-48", "P-50"));
+    static Pet p50 = new Pet("P-50", "Nala", "O-23", List.of("P-49"));
+    static Pet p51 = new Pet("P-51", "Simba", "O-23", List.of("P-52"));
+    static Pet p52 = new Pet("P-52", "Teddy", "O-23", List.of("P-51", "P-53"));
+    static Pet p53 = new Pet("P-53", "Mochi", "O-24", List.of("P-52"));
+    static Pet p54 = new Pet("P-54", "Oreo", "O-25", List.of("P-55"));
+    static Pet p55 = new Pet("P-55", "Peanut", "O-25", List.of("P-54", "P-56"));
+    static Pet p56 = new Pet("P-56", "Pumpkin", "O-26", List.of("P-55"));
+    static Pet p57 = new Pet("P-57", "Shadow", "O-26", List.of("P-58"));
+    static Pet p58 = new Pet("P-58", "Sunny", "O-26", List.of("P-57", "P-59"));
+    static Pet p59 = new Pet("P-59", "Thor", "O-27", List.of("P-58"));
+    static Pet p60 = new Pet("P-60", "Willow", "O-28", List.of("P-61"));
+    static Pet p61 = new Pet("P-61", "Zeus", "O-28", List.of("P-60", "P-62"));
+    static Pet p62 = new Pet("P-62", "Ace", "O-29", List.of("P-61"));
+    static Pet p63 = new Pet("P-63", "Blue", "O-29", List.of("P-64"));
+    static Pet p64 = new Pet("P-64", "Cleo", "O-29", List.of("P-63", "P-65"));
+    static Pet p65 = new Pet("P-65", "Dolly", "O-30", List.of("P-64"));
+    static Pet p66 = new Pet("P-66", "Ella", "O-30", List.of("P-67"));
+    static Pet p67 = new Pet("P-67", "Freddy", "O-30", List.of("P-66"));
+
+
+    static Map<String, Owner> owners = Map.ofEntries(
+            Map.entry(o1.id, o1),
+            Map.entry(o2.id, o2),
+            Map.entry(o3.id, o3),
+            Map.entry(o4.id, o4),
+            Map.entry(o5.id, o5),
+            Map.entry(o6.id, o6),
+            Map.entry(o7.id, o7),
+            Map.entry(o8.id, o8),
+            Map.entry(o9.id, o9),
+            Map.entry(o10.id, o10),
+            Map.entry(o11.id, o11),
+            Map.entry(o12.id, o12),
+            Map.entry(o13.id, o13),
+            Map.entry(o14.id, o14),
+            Map.entry(o15.id, o15),
+            Map.entry(o16.id, o16),
+            Map.entry(o17.id, o17),
+            Map.entry(o18.id, o18),
+            Map.entry(o19.id, o19),
+            Map.entry(o20.id, o20),
+            Map.entry(o21.id, o21),
+            Map.entry(o22.id, o22),
+            Map.entry(o23.id, o23),
+            Map.entry(o24.id, o24),
+            Map.entry(o25.id, o25),
+            Map.entry(o26.id, o26),
+            Map.entry(o27.id, o27),
+            Map.entry(o28.id, o28),
+            Map.entry(o29.id, o29),
+            Map.entry(o30.id, o30)
+    );
+    static Map<String, Pet> pets = Map.ofEntries(
+            Map.entry(p1.id, p1),
+            Map.entry(p2.id, p2),
+            Map.entry(p3.id, p3),
+            Map.entry(p4.id, p4),
+            Map.entry(p5.id, p5),
+            Map.entry(p6.id, p6),
+            Map.entry(p7.id, p7),
+            Map.entry(p8.id, p8),
+            Map.entry(p9.id, p9),
+            Map.entry(p10.id, p10),
+            Map.entry(p11.id, p11),
+            Map.entry(p12.id, p12),
+            Map.entry(p13.id, p13),
+            Map.entry(p14.id, p14),
+            Map.entry(p15.id, p15),
+            Map.entry(p16.id, p16),
+            Map.entry(p17.id, p17),
+            Map.entry(p18.id, p18),
+            Map.entry(p19.id, p19),
+            Map.entry(p20.id, p20),
+            Map.entry(p21.id, p21),
+            Map.entry(p22.id, p22),
+            Map.entry(p23.id, p23),
+            Map.entry(p24.id, p24),
+            Map.entry(p25.id, p25),
+            Map.entry(p26.id, p26),
+            Map.entry(p27.id, p27),
+            Map.entry(p28.id, p28),
+            Map.entry(p29.id, p29),
+            Map.entry(p30.id, p30),
+            Map.entry(p31.id, p31),
+            Map.entry(p32.id, p32),
+            Map.entry(p33.id, p33),
+            Map.entry(p34.id, p34),
+            Map.entry(p35.id, p35),
+            Map.entry(p36.id, p36),
+            Map.entry(p37.id, p37),
+            Map.entry(p38.id, p38),
+            Map.entry(p39.id, p39),
+            Map.entry(p40.id, p40),
+            Map.entry(p41.id, p41),
+            Map.entry(p42.id, p42),
+            Map.entry(p43.id, p43),
+            Map.entry(p44.id, p44),
+            Map.entry(p45.id, p45),
+            Map.entry(p46.id, p46),
+            Map.entry(p47.id, p47),
+            Map.entry(p48.id, p48),
+            Map.entry(p49.id, p49),
+            Map.entry(p50.id, p50),
+            Map.entry(p51.id, p51),
+            Map.entry(p52.id, p52),
+            Map.entry(p53.id, p53),
+            Map.entry(p54.id, p54),
+            Map.entry(p55.id, p55),
+            Map.entry(p56.id, p56),
+            Map.entry(p57.id, p57),
+            Map.entry(p58.id, p58),
+            Map.entry(p59.id, p59),
+            Map.entry(p60.id, p60),
+            Map.entry(p61.id, p61),
+            Map.entry(p62.id, p62),
+            Map.entry(p63.id, p63),
+            Map.entry(p64.id, p64),
+            Map.entry(p65.id, p65),
+            Map.entry(p66.id, p66),
+            Map.entry(p67.id, p67)
+    );
+
+    static class Owner {
+        public Owner(String id, String name, List<String> petIds) {
+            this.id = id;
+            this.name = name;
+            this.petIds = petIds;
+        }
+
+        String id;
+        String name;
+        List<String> petIds;
+    }
+
+    static class Pet {
+        public Pet(String id, String name, String ownerId, List<String> friendsIds) {
+            this.id = id;
+            this.name = name;
+            this.ownerId = ownerId;
+            this.friendsIds = friendsIds;
+        }
+
+        String id;
+        String name;
+        String ownerId;
+        List<String> friendsIds;
+    }
+
+
+    static BatchLoader<String, Owner> ownerBatchLoader = list -> {
+        List<Owner> collect = list.stream().map(key -> {
+            Owner owner = owners.get(key);
+            return owner;
+        }).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(collect);
+    };
+    static BatchLoader<String, Pet> petBatchLoader = list -> {
+        List<Pet> collect = list.stream().map(key -> {
+            Pet owner = pets.get(key);
+            return owner;
+        }).collect(Collectors.toList());
+        return CompletableFuture.completedFuture(collect);
+    };
+
+
+    @State(Scope.Benchmark)
+    public static class MyState {
+        @Setup
+        public void setup() {
+
+        }
+
+    }
+
+
+    @Benchmark
+    @BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+    @OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+    public void loadAndDispatch(MyState myState, Blackhole blackhole) {
+        DataLoader ownerDL = DataLoaderFactory.newDataLoader(ownerBatchLoader);
+        DataLoader petDL = DataLoaderFactory.newDataLoader(petBatchLoader);
+
+        for (Owner owner : owners.values()) {
+            ownerDL.load(owner.id);
+            for (String petId : owner.petIds) {
+                petDL.load(petId);
+                for (String friendId : pets.get(petId).friendsIds) {
+                    petDL.load(friendId);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        CompletableFuture cf1 = ownerDL.dispatch();
+        CompletableFuture cf2 = petDL.dispatch();
+        blackhole.consume(CompletableFuture.allOf(cf1, cf2).join());
+    }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/src/jmh/java/performance/PerformanceTestingUtils.java b/src/jmh/java/performance/PerformanceTestingUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e05fd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/jmh/java/performance/PerformanceTestingUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+package performance;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+
+public class PerformanceTestingUtils {
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("UnstableApiUsage")
+    static String loadResource(String name) {
+        return asRTE(() -> {
+            URL resource = PerformanceTestingUtils.class.getClassLoader().getResource(name);
+            if (resource == null) {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("missing resource: " + name);
+            }
+            byte[] bytes;
+            try (InputStream inputStream = resource.openStream()) {
+                bytes = inputStream.readAllBytes();
+            }
+            return new String(bytes, Charset.defaultCharset());
+        });
+    }
+
+    static <T> T asRTE(Callable<T> callable) {
+        try {
+            return callable.call();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static void runInToolingForSomeTimeThenExit(Runnable setup, Runnable r, Runnable tearDown) {
+        int runForMillis = getRunForMillis();
+        if (runForMillis <= 0) {
+            System.out.print("'runForMillis' environment var is not set - continuing  \n");
+            return;
+        }
+        System.out.printf("Running initial code in some tooling - runForMillis=%d  \n", runForMillis);
+        System.out.print("Get your tooling in order and press enter...");
+        readLine();
+        System.out.print("Lets go...\n");
+        setup.run();
+
+        DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("HH:mm:ss");
+        long now, then = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        do {
+            now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+            long msLeft = runForMillis - (now - then);
+            System.out.printf("\t%s Running in loop... %s ms left\n", dtf.format(LocalDateTime.now()), msLeft);
+            r.run();
+            now = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        } while ((now - then) < runForMillis);
+
+        tearDown.run();
+
+        System.out.printf("This ran for %d millis.  Exiting...\n", System.currentTimeMillis() - then);
+        System.exit(0);
+    }
+
+    private static void readLine() {
+        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
+        try {
+            br.readLine();
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static int getRunForMillis() {
+        String runFor = System.getenv("runForMillis");
+        try {
+            return Integer.parseInt(runFor);
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+}