diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/BlockingFluxIterable.java b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/BlockingFluxIterable.java
index af1abe4..9c4a592 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/BlockingFluxIterable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/BlockingFluxIterable.java
@@ -7,22 +7,23 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.warp.commonutils.log.Logger;
 import org.warp.commonutils.log.LoggerFactory;
 import reactor.core.publisher.Flux;
+import reactor.core.scheduler.Scheduler;
 
 public abstract class BlockingFluxIterable<T> {
 
 	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BlockingFluxIterable.class);
 	private final String name;
-	private AtomicBoolean alreadyInitialized = new AtomicBoolean(false);
-	private AtomicLong requests = new AtomicLong(0);
-	private Semaphore availableRequests = new Semaphore(0);
 	private AtomicBoolean cancelled = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 
 	public BlockingFluxIterable(String name) {
 		this.name = name;
 	}
 
-	public Flux<T> generate() {
+	public Flux<T> generate(Scheduler scheduler) {
 		logger.trace("Generating iterable flux {}", this.name);
+		AtomicBoolean alreadyInitialized = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+		AtomicLong requests = new AtomicLong(0);
+		Semaphore availableRequests = new Semaphore(0);
 		return Flux
 				.<T>create(sink -> {
 					sink.onRequest(n -> {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public abstract class BlockingFluxIterable<T> {
 						availableRequests.release();
 					});
 
-					new Thread(() -> {
+					scheduler.schedule(() -> {
 						logger.trace("Starting iterable flux {}", this.name);
 						try {
 							try {
@@ -68,10 +69,63 @@ public abstract class BlockingFluxIterable<T> {
 						} finally {
 							sink.complete();
 						}
-					}, "blocking-flux-iterable").start();
+					});
 				});
 	}
 
+	public Flux<T> generateNonblocking(Scheduler scheduler, int rateLimit) {
+		logger.trace("Generating nonblocking iterable flux {}", this.name);
+		AtomicBoolean alreadyInitialized = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+		final Object lock = new Object();
+		return Flux
+				.<T>create(sink -> {
+					sink.onRequest(n -> {
+						if (n > rateLimit || n < 1) {
+							sink.error(new IndexOutOfBoundsException("Requests must be <= " + rateLimit));
+						} else {
+							scheduler.schedule(() -> {
+								synchronized (lock) {
+									if (cancelled.get()) {
+										return;
+									}
+									int remaining = (int) n;
+									try {
+										T next;
+										do {
+											if (alreadyInitialized.compareAndSet(false, true)) {
+												this.onStartup();
+											}
+											next = this.onNext();
+											if (next != null) {
+												sink.next(next);
+											} else {
+												cancelled.set(true);
+												sink.complete();
+											}
+										} while (next != null && --remaining > 0 && !cancelled.get());
+									} catch (InterruptedException e) {
+										sink.error(e);
+									}
+								}
+							});
+						}
+					});
+					sink.onCancel(() -> {
+					});
+					sink.onDispose(() -> {
+						cancelled.set(true);
+						scheduler.schedule(() -> {
+							synchronized (lock) {
+								if (alreadyInitialized.get()) {
+									this.onTerminate();
+								}
+							}
+						});
+					});
+				})
+				.limitRate(rateLimit);
+	}
+
 	public abstract void onStartup();
 
 	public abstract void onTerminate();
diff --git a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/disk/LLLocalDictionary.java b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/disk/LLLocalDictionary.java
index 3ba371f..6f92473 100644
--- a/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/disk/LLLocalDictionary.java
+++ b/src/main/java/it/cavallium/dbengine/database/disk/LLLocalDictionary.java
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ public class LLLocalDictionary implements LLDictionary {
 			protected Entry<byte[], byte[]> transformEntry(byte[] key) {
 				return Map.entry(key, this.getValue());
 			}
-		}.generate();
+		}.generateNonblocking(dbScheduler, 128);
 	}
 
 	private Flux<List<Entry<byte[],byte[]>>> getRangeMultiGrouped(LLSnapshot snapshot, LLRange range, int prefixLength) {
@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ public class LLLocalDictionary implements LLDictionary {
 			protected Entry<byte[], byte[]> transformEntry(byte[] key) {
 				return Map.entry(key, this.getValue());
 			}
-		}.generate();
+		}.generateNonblocking(dbScheduler, 128);
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ public class LLLocalDictionary implements LLDictionary {
 			protected byte[] transformEntry(byte[] key) {
 				return key;
 			}
-		}.generate();
+		}.generateNonblocking(dbScheduler, 128);
 	}
 
 	private Flux<byte[]> getRangeKeysSingle(LLSnapshot snapshot, byte[] key) {
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ public class LLLocalDictionary implements LLDictionary {
 			protected byte[] transformEntry(byte[] key) {
 				return key;
 			}
-		}.generate();
+		}.generateNonblocking(dbScheduler, 128);
 	}
 
 	//todo: replace implementation with a simple Flux.push