diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/RenderService.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/RenderService.java
index fc0f8ba4..fca8ac4c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/RenderService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/RenderService.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class RenderService<T extends AbstractSectionRenderer<J, Q>, J extends Vi
         this.nodeManager = new AsyncNodeManager(1<<21, this.geometryData, this.renderGen);
         this.nodeCleaner = new NodeCleaner(this.nodeManager);
 
-        this.traversal = new HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser(this.nodeManager, this.nodeCleaner);
+        this.traversal = new HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser(this.nodeManager, this.nodeCleaner, this.renderGen);
 
         world.setDirtyCallback(this.nodeManager::worldEvent);
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/hierachical/HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/hierachical/HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser.java
index 2ad6f6d1..35038fb8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/hierachical/HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/hierachical/HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import me.cortex.voxy.client.core.gl.GlBuffer;
 import me.cortex.voxy.client.core.gl.shader.AutoBindingShader;
 import me.cortex.voxy.client.core.gl.shader.Shader;
 import me.cortex.voxy.client.core.gl.shader.ShaderType;
+import me.cortex.voxy.client.core.rendering.building.RenderGenerationService;
 import me.cortex.voxy.client.core.rendering.util.PrintfDebugUtil;
 import me.cortex.voxy.client.core.rendering.util.HiZBuffer;
 import me.cortex.voxy.client.core.rendering.Viewport;
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ import static org.lwjgl.opengl.GL45.*;
 public class HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser {
     public static final boolean HIERARCHICAL_SHADER_DEBUG = System.getProperty("voxy.hierarchicalShaderDebug", "false").equals("true");
 
-    public static final int REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE = 50;
+    public static final int MAX_REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE = 50;
     public static final int MAX_QUEUE_SIZE = 200_000;
 
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ public class HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser {
 
     private final AsyncNodeManager nodeManager;
     private final NodeCleaner nodeCleaner;
+    private final RenderGenerationService meshGen;
 
     private final GlBuffer requestBuffer;
 
@@ -73,7 +75,7 @@ public class HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser {
             .defineIf("DEBUG", HIERARCHICAL_SHADER_DEBUG)
             .define("MAX_ITERATIONS", MAX_ITERATIONS)
             .define("LOCAL_SIZE_BITS", LOCAL_WORK_SIZE_BITS)
-            .define("REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE", REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE)
+            .define("MAX_REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE", MAX_REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE)
 
             .define("HIZ_BINDING", 0)
 
@@ -96,10 +98,11 @@ public class HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser {
             .compile();
 
 
-    public HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser(AsyncNodeManager nodeManager, NodeCleaner nodeCleaner) {
+    public HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser(AsyncNodeManager nodeManager, NodeCleaner nodeCleaner, RenderGenerationService meshGen) {
         this.nodeCleaner = nodeCleaner;
         this.nodeManager = nodeManager;
-        this.requestBuffer = new GlBuffer(REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE*8L+8).zero();
+        this.meshGen = meshGen;
+        this.requestBuffer = new GlBuffer(MAX_REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE*8L+8).zero();
         this.nodeBuffer = new GlBuffer(nodeManager.maxNodeCount*16L).fill(-1);
 
 
@@ -188,10 +191,16 @@ public class HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser {
 
         MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, (int) (viewport.getRenderList().size()/4-1)); ptr += 4;
 
-
-
         //VisibilityId
         MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, this.nodeCleaner.visibilityId); ptr += 4;
+
+        {
+            final double TARGET_COUNT = 4000;//TODO: make this configurable, or at least dynamically computed based on throughput rate of mesh gen
+            double iFillness = Math.max(0, (TARGET_COUNT - this.meshGen.getTaskCount()) / TARGET_COUNT);
+            iFillness = Math.pow(iFillness, 2);
+            final int requestSize = (int) Math.ceil(iFillness * MAX_REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE);
+            MemoryUtil.memPutInt(ptr, Math.max(0, Math.min(MAX_REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE, requestSize)));ptr += 4;
+        }
     }
 
     private void bindings(Viewport<?> viewport) {
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/voxy/shaders/lod/hierarchical/traversal_dev.comp b/src/main/resources/assets/voxy/shaders/lod/hierarchical/traversal_dev.comp
index 960cb916..db1faa01 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/voxy/shaders/lod/hierarchical/traversal_dev.comp
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/voxy/shaders/lod/hierarchical/traversal_dev.comp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ layout(binding = SCENE_UNIFORM_BINDING, std140) uniform SceneUniform {
     Frustum frustum;
     uint renderQueueMaxSize;
     uint frameId;
+    uint requestQueueSize;
 };
 
 #import <voxy:lod/hierarchical/queue.glsl>
@@ -48,9 +49,9 @@ layout(binding = STATISTICS_BUFFER_BINDING, std430) restrict buffer statisticsBu
 void addRequest(inout UnpackedNode node) {
     //printf("Put node decend request");
     if (!hasRequested(node)) {
-        if (requestQueueIndex.x < REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE) {
+        if (requestQueueIndex.x < requestQueueSize) {//Soft limit
             uint atomRes = atomicAdd(requestQueueIndex.x, 1);
-            if (atomRes < REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE) {
+            if (atomRes < MAX_REQUEST_QUEUE_SIZE) {//Hard limit
                 //Mark node as having a request submitted to prevent duplicate submissions
                 requestQueue[atomRes] = getRawPos(node);
                 markRequested(node);