diff --git a/azfilesfuse.py b/azfilesfuse.py
index 4f1fa17..d72b75c 100644
--- a/azfilesfuse.py
+++ b/azfilesfuse.py
@@ -1,30 +1,38 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import, division
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
+import concurrent.futures
+import errno
+import io
 import logging
 import logging.handlers
-import requests
-from dateutil import parser
-from sys import argv, exit
-import sys
-from time import time
 import os
-import stat
-from fuse import FUSE, FuseOSError, Operations, LoggingMixIn, fuse_get_context
-import errno
-from errno import ENOENT
-import io
-import traceback
-from collections import defaultdict, namedtuple
-from time import time
-import azure.storage.file as file
-from azure.common import AzureMissingResourceHttpError, AzureConflictHttpError, AzureHttpError
-
 import platform
+import stat
+import sys
+import threading
+import traceback
 import urllib.parse
+from collections import defaultdict, deque, namedtuple
+from errno import ENOENT
+from sys import argv, exit
+from time import time
+
+import azure.storage.file as file
+import requests
+from azure.common import (AzureConflictHttpError, AzureHttpError,
+                          AzureMissingResourceHttpError)
+from azure.storage.file import models
+from dateutil import parser
+from fuse import FUSE, FuseOSError, LoggingMixIn, Operations, fuse_get_context
+from requests import Session
+
+executor = concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(4)
+
 #import ptvsd
 #ptvsd.enable_attach(secret='my_secret')
 
+# The minimum level to log, NOTSET,DEBUG,INFO,WARNING,ERROR,CRITICAL.
 LOGGING_LEVEL=logging.INFO
 console_handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
 console_handler.setFormatter(logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s'))
@@ -39,6 +47,55 @@ if platform.system() is not 'Windows':
     syslog_handler.setFormatter(formatter)
     logger.addHandler(syslog_handler)
 
+class WriteInfo(object):
+    '''Used to track writes to a file and coalesce them into a single write into
+    Azure files.  We'll track the destination and whether or not the write has
+    been processed.  We'll then combine sequential writes.'''
+    def __init__(self, files, directory, filename, offset, data, orig_path):
+        self.files = files
+        self.directory = directory
+        self.filename = filename
+        self.offset = offset
+        self.data = data
+        self.processing = False
+        self.orig_path = orig_path
+
+    def write(self):
+        try:
+            with self.files.file_cache[self.orig_path].append_write_lock:
+                self.processing = True
+            with self.files.file_cache[self.orig_path].write_lock:
+                max_size = self.files.file_cache[self.orig_path].max_size
+                logger.debug('current max size {} is {}'.format(path, max_size))
+                data_length = len(self.data)
+                if max_size < self.offset + data_length:
+                    f = self.files._files_service.get_file_properties(self.files._azure_file_share_name, 
+                                                            self.directory, self.filename)
+                    file_length = f.properties.content_length 
+
+                    if file_length < self.offset + data_length:
+                            logger.debug('resizing file {} to {} from {}'.format(path, self.offset + data_length, file_length))
+                            self.files._files_service.resize_file(self.files._azure_file_share_name, self.directory, self.filename, self.offset + data_length)
+                            self.files.file_cache[self.orig_path].max_size = self.offset + data_length
+            
+                # update the range specified by this write.
+                logger.debug('updating {} range {} to {}'.format(path, self.offset, self.offset+data_length-1))
+                self.files._files_service.update_range(self.files._azure_file_share_name, self.directory, self.filename, self.data, start_range=self.offset, end_range=self.offset+data_length-1)
+
+                logger.debug('write committed ' + path)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.warning('error writing ' + str(e))
+
+class FileCache:
+    '''Tracks information that we've cached locally about an individual file.  Currently we track writes and use a couple
+    of locks to protect that as well as the max file size that we've resized to'''
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.write_lock = threading.Lock()
+        self.append_write_lock = threading.Lock()
+        self.max_size = 0
+        self.writes = deque()
+        self.pending_writes = set()
+
 class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
 
     '''
@@ -51,7 +108,13 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
         self._azure_storage_account_name = azure_storage_account_name
         self._azure_file_share_name = azure_file_share_name
         self._sas_token = sas_token
-        self._files_service = file.FileService(self._azure_storage_account_name, sas_token=self._sas_token)
+        self._files_service = file.FileService(self._azure_storage_account_name, sas_token=self._sas_token, request_session=Session())
+        
+        self.writes = deque()
+
+        self.dir_cache = {}
+
+        self.file_cache = defaultdict(FileCache)
 
     def _get_separated_path(self, path):
         path = path.lstrip('/')
@@ -78,14 +141,18 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
         TODO: Mode is not respected at this time. Support could be added
         '''
         path = path.lstrip('/')
-        logger.info("create operation begin: path:{!r} mode:{}".format(path, mode))
+        logger.debug("create operation begin: path:{!r} mode:{}".format(path, mode))
         try:
             if not path:
                 raise FuseOSError(errno.EINVAL)
 
             directory, filename = self._get_separated_path(path)
             self._files_service.create_file(self._azure_file_share_name, directory, filename, 0)
-
+            cached = self._get_cached_dir(directory, False)
+            if cached is not None:
+                props = models.FileProperties()
+                props.content_length = 0
+                cached[filename] = models.File(filename, None, props)
             logger.debug("create operation end: path:{!r} mode:{}".format(path, mode))
             return 0;
 
@@ -104,7 +171,7 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
         st_uid;    /* user-id of owner */
         st_gid;    /* group-id of owner */
         '''
-        logger.info("getattr operation begin: path:{!r} fh:{}".format(path, fh))
+        logger.debug("getattr operation begin: path:{!r} fh:{}".format(path, fh))
         try:
             path = path.lstrip('/')
             logger.debug('getattr request: {}'.format(path))
@@ -120,38 +187,33 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
                 st['st_nlink'] = 2
                 return st
             
-            try:
-                properties = self._files_service.get_file_properties(
-                    self._azure_file_share_name, directory, filename).properties
-                item_type = 'file'
-            except Exception:
-                properties = self._files_service.get_directory_properties(
-                    self._azure_file_share_name, path).properties
-                item_type = 'dir'
-
-            if item_type == 'dir':
-                st['st_mode'] = stat.S_IFDIR | 0o777
-                st['st_nlink'] = 2
-            elif item_type == 'file':
-                st['st_mode'] = stat.S_IFREG | 0o777
-                st['st_nlink'] = 1
-                st['st_size'] = properties.content_length
-            else:
+            directory_listing = self._get_cached_dir(directory)
+            item = directory_listing.get(filename)
+            if item is None:
+                logger.debug("item doesn't exist: path:{!r} fh:{} return:{}".format(path, fh, st))
                 raise FuseOSError(ENOENT)
 
-            # Setting Modified Time
-            try:
-                st['st_mtime'] = properties.last_modified.timestamp()
-            except Exception:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "getattr operation setting modified time failed: path:{!r} fh:{} st:{}".format(path, fh, st))
+            if isinstance(item, models.Directory):
+                st['st_mode'] = stat.S_IFDIR | 0o777
+                st['st_nlink'] = 2
+            else:
+                st['st_mode'] = stat.S_IFREG | 0o777
+                st['st_nlink'] = 1
+                st['st_size'] = item.properties.content_length
 
-            # Setting Created Time
-            try:
-                st['st_ctime'] = properties.last_modified.timestamp()
-            except Exception:
-                logger.warning(
-                    "getattr operation setting create time failed: path:{!r} fh:{} st:{}".format(path, fh, st))
+            # Setting Modified Time
+            #try:
+            #    st['st_mtime'] = properties.last_modified.timestamp()
+            #except Exception:
+            #    logger.warning(
+            #        "getattr operation setting modified time failed: path:{!r} fh:{} st:{}".format(path, fh, st))
+            #
+            ## Setting Created Time
+            #try:
+            #    st['st_ctime'] = properties.last_modified.timestamp()
+            #except Exception:
+            #    logger.warning(
+            #        "getattr operation setting create time failed: path:{!r} fh:{} st:{}".format(path, fh, st))
 
             logger.debug("getattr operation end: path:{!r} fh:{} return:{}".format(path, fh, st))
             return st
@@ -167,10 +229,16 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
         TODO: Mode is not respected at this time. Support could be added
         '''
         path = path.lstrip('/')
-        logger.info("mkdir operation begin: path:{!r} mode:{}".format(path, mode))
+        logger.debug("mkdir operation begin: path:{!r} mode:{}".format(path, mode))
         try:
             self._files_service.create_directory(
                 self._azure_file_share_name, path, fail_on_exist=True)
+            directory, filename = self._get_separated_path(path)
+            cached = self._get_cached_dir(directory, False)
+            if cached is not None:
+                cached[filename] = models.Directory(filename)
+                logger.debug("mkdir operation: {} {}".format(filename, cached))
+
             logger.debug("mkdir operation end: path:{!r} mode:{}".format(path, mode))
             return 0
         except Exception as e:
@@ -182,13 +250,13 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
         '''
         read a file and return a buffer containing that area of the file
         '''
-        logger.info("read operation begin: path:{!r} size:{} offset:{} fh:{}".format(path, size, offset, fh))
+        logger.debug("read operation begin: path:{!r} size:{} offset:{} fh:{}".format(path, size, offset, fh))
         try:
             dir_path, file_path = self._get_separated_path(path)
             data_to_return = self._files_service.get_file_to_bytes(
                 self._azure_file_share_name, dir_path, file_path, offset, offset + size - 1).content
 
-            #logger.info('read the following: "{}"'.format(data_to_return))
+            logger.debug('read the following: "{}"'.format(data_to_return))
             logger.debug(
                 "read operation end: path:{!r} size:{} offset:{} fh:{} data-to-return-length:{}".format(
                     path, size, offset, fh, len(data_to_return)))
@@ -199,19 +267,34 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
                     path, size, offset, fh, e))
             raise e
 
+    def _get_cached_dir(self, path, force = True):
+        cached = self.dir_cache.get(path)
+        if (cached is None or cached[1] + 5 < time()) and force:
+            directory_listing = { item.name:item for item in 
+                                  self._files_service.list_directories_and_files(self._azure_file_share_name, path)
+            }
+            self.dir_cache[path] = directory_listing, time()
+            return directory_listing
+        return cached[0]
+
+    def _clear_dir_cache(self, path, reason):
+        try:
+            del self.dir_cache[path]
+        except KeyError:
+            pass
+
     def readdir(self, path, fh):
         '''
         returns a directory listing for this directory
         '''
         path = path.lstrip('/')
 
-        logger.info("readdir operation begin: path:{!r} fh:{}".format(path, fh))
+        logger.debug("readdir operation begin: path:{!r} fh:{}".format(path, fh))
         try:
-            directory_listing = self._files_service.list_directories_and_files(
-                self._azure_file_share_name, path)
+            directory_listing = self._get_cached_dir(path)
 
             readdir_return = ['.', '..']
-            readdir_return.extend([i.name for i in directory_listing])
+            readdir_return.extend(directory_listing.keys())
             logger.debug(
                 "readdir operation end: path:{!r} fh:{} return:{}".format(path, fh, readdir_return))
             return readdir_return
@@ -225,8 +308,9 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
         Rename a file or directory.
         TODO: Currently this implementation does not support renaming directories. Support needed.
         """
-        logger.info("rename operation begin: old:{} new:{}".format(old, new))
+        logger.debug("rename operation begin: old:{} new:{}".format(old, new))
         try:
+            old_orig_path = old
             old_path = old.strip('/')
             new_path = new.strip('/')
 
@@ -234,7 +318,32 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
                 # file exists at path. Would cause name collision
                 raise FuseOSError(errno.EALREADY)
 
-            self._rename(old_path, new_path, self._discover_item_type(old_path))
+            with self.file_cache[old_orig_path].write_lock:
+                new_length = self._rename(old_path, new_path, self._discover_item_type(old_path))
+                self.file_cache[old_orig_path].max_size = 0
+                if new_length is None:
+                    self._clear_dir_cache(self._get_separated_path(old_path)[0],'rename old')
+                    self._clear_dir_cache(self._get_separated_path(new_path)[0],'rename new')
+                else:
+                    directory, filename = self._get_separated_path(old_path)
+                    cached = self._get_cached_dir(directory, False)
+                    if cached is not None:
+                        try:
+                            del cached[filename]
+                        except KeyError: 
+                            pass
+                    directory, filename = self._get_separated_path(new_path)
+                    cached = self._get_cached_dir(directory, False)
+                    if cached is not None:
+                        try:
+                            if new_length is None:
+                                cached[filename] = models.Directory(filename)
+                            else:
+                                props = models.FileProperties()
+                                props.content_length = new_length 
+                                cached[filename] = models.File(filename, None, props)
+                        except KeyError: 
+                            pass
             logger.debug("rename operation end: old:{} new:{}".format(old, new))
             return 0
         except Exception as e:
@@ -268,6 +377,8 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
             self._files_service.create_file_from_bytes(self._azure_file_share_name, new_path_dir, new_path_file, file_contents)
 
             self._files_service.delete_file(self._azure_file_share_name, old_path_dir, old_path_file)
+
+            return len(file_contents)
         else:
             raise ValueError("item_type must be 'file' or 'directory'")
 
@@ -275,12 +386,19 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
         '''
         removes a directory at specified path
         '''
-        logger.info("rmdir operation begin: path:{!r}".format(path))
+        logger.debug("rmdir operation begin: path:{!r}".format(path))
         try:
 
             path = path.strip('/')
             try:
                 self._files_service.delete_directory(self._azure_file_share_name, path)
+                directory, filename = self._get_separated_path(path)
+                cached = self._get_cached_dir(directory, False)
+                if cached is not None:
+                    try:
+                        del cached[filename]
+                    except KeyError:
+                        pass
             except AzureConflictHttpError as error:
                logger.debug("rmdir operation: path:{!r} directory not empty")
                raise FuseOSError(errno.ENOTEMPTY)
@@ -307,11 +425,22 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
         '''
         Delete file.
         '''
-        logger.info("unlink operation begin: path:{!r}".format(path))
+        logger.debug("unlink operation begin: path:{!r}".format(path))
+        self.flush(path)
         try:
+            orig_path = path
             path = path.strip('/')
             directory, filename = self._get_separated_path(path)
-            self._files_service.delete_file(self._azure_file_share_name, directory, filename)
+            with self.file_cache[orig_path].write_lock:
+                self._files_service.delete_file(self._azure_file_share_name, directory, filename)
+                logger.debug('unlink resetting to 0 {}'.format(orig_path))
+                self.file_cache[orig_path].max_size = 0
+            cached = self._get_cached_dir(directory, False)
+            if cached is not None:
+                try:
+                    del cached[filename]
+                except KeyError:
+                    pass
             logger.debug("unlink operation end: path:{!r}".format(path))
             return 0
         except Exception as e:
@@ -322,25 +451,39 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
         '''
         write
         '''
-        logger.info("write operation begin: path:{!r} len(data):{} offset:{} fh:{}".format(path, len(data), offset, fh))
+        logger.debug("write operation begin: path:{!r} len(data):{} offset:{} fh:{}".format(path, len(data), offset, fh))
         try:
+            orig_path = path
             path = path.lstrip('/')
             directory, filename = self._get_separated_path(path)
-            f = self._files_service.get_file_properties(self._azure_file_share_name, directory, filename)
-            file_length = f.properties.content_length 
-            if offset < 0 or offset > file_length:
+            if offset < 0:
                 logger.debug("write operation offset negative or exceeds file length: path:{!r} len(data):{} offset:{} fh:{}".format(path, len(data), offset, fh))
                 raise FuseOSError(errno.EINVAL)
             # write the data at the range adding old data to the front and back of it.
             data_length = len(data)
+            
 
-            # update range fails if the file isn't as long as the range
-            if file_length < offset + data_length:
-                self._files_service.resize_file(self._azure_file_share_name, directory, filename, offset + data_length)
-
-            # update the range specified by this write.
-            self._files_service.update_range(self._azure_file_share_name, directory, filename, data, start_range=offset, end_range=offset+len(data)-1)
+            # Take the write lock to see if we can coalesce 
+            with self.file_cache[orig_path].append_write_lock:
+                found = False
+                if self.file_cache[orig_path].writes:
+                    last = self.file_cache[orig_path].writes[-1]
+                    if (not last.processing and 
+                        (last.offset + len(last.data)) == offset and 
+                        len(last.data) + len(data) < file.FileService.MAX_RANGE_SIZE):
+                        # let's piggy back on this write...
+                        last.data += data
+                        found = True
 
+                if not found:
+                    wi = WriteInfo(self, directory, filename, offset, data, orig_path)
+                    self.file_cache[orig_path].writes.append(wi)
+                    future = executor.submit(wi.write)
+                    self.file_cache[orig_path].pending_writes.add(future)
+                    def done(future):
+                        self.file_cache[orig_path].pending_writes.remove(future)
+                    future.add_done_callback(done)
+          
             # TODO: if we ever try to cache attrs, we would have to update the st_mtime.
 
             logger.debug("write operation end: path:{!r} len(data):{} offset:{} fh:{} return-data-length:{}".format(path, len(data), offset, fh, data_length))
@@ -353,23 +496,32 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
             logger.exception("write operation AzureHTTPError: path:{!r} len(data):{} offset:{} fh:{} exception:{}".format(path, len(data), offset, fh, ahe))
             raise ahe
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.exception("write operation exception: path:{!r} len(data):{} offset:{} fh:{} exception:{}".format(path, len(data), offset, fh, e))
+            logger.debug("write operation exception: path:{!r} len(data):{} offset:{} fh:{} exception:{}".format(path, len(data), offset, fh, e))
             raise e
 
+    def flush(self, path, fh = None):
+        w = concurrent.futures.wait(self.file_cache[path].pending_writes)
+    
+    def release(self, path, fh):
+        self.file_cache[path].max_size = 0
+
     def truncate(self, path, length, fh=None):
         '''
         Truncate or extend the given file so that it is precisely size bytes long.
         See truncate(2) for details. This call is required for read/write filesystems,
         because recreating a file will first truncate it.
         '''
-        logger.info("truncate operation begin: path:{!r} length:{} fh:{}".format(path, length, fh))
+        logger.debug("truncate operation begin: path:{!r} length:{} fh:{}".format(path, length, fh))
         # length must be positive
         if length < 0:
             raise FuseOSError(errno.EINVAL)
         try:
+            orig_path = path
             path = path.lstrip('/')
             directory, filename = self._get_separated_path(path)
-            self._files_service.resize_file(self._azure_file_share_name, directory, filename, length)
+            with self.file_cache[orig_path].write_lock:
+                self._files_service.resize_file(self._azure_file_share_name, directory, filename, length)
+                self.file_cache[orig_path].max_size = length
         except Exception as e:
             logger.exception("truncate operation exception: path:{!r} length:{} fh:{} e:{}".format(path, length, fh, e))
             raise e
@@ -382,7 +534,7 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
         chmod. This command is a NOP right now. 
         If it is missing this is interpreted as a read-only file system though.
         '''
-        logger.info("chmod operation: path:{!r} mode:{}".format(path, mode))
+        logger.debug("chmod operation: path:{!r} mode:{}".format(path, mode))
         return
         
     def chown(self, path, uid, gid):
@@ -390,7 +542,7 @@ class AzureFiles(LoggingMixIn, Operations):
         chown. This command is a NOP right now.
         If it is missing this is interpreted as a read-only file system though.
         '''
-        logger.info("chown operation: path:{!r} uid:{} gid:{}".format(path, uid, gid))
+        logger.debug("chown operation: path:{!r} uid:{} gid:{}".format(path, uid, gid))
         return
         
 if __name__ == '__main__':
@@ -422,4 +574,3 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error("Python Fuse Top-Level Exception: {}".format(e))
         logger.error("Python Fuse Top-Level Trace Exception: {}".format(traceback.format_exc()))
-