diff --git a/src/core/directives/text.ts b/src/core/directives/text.ts
index 247f9f9..713e6b7 100644
--- a/src/core/directives/text.ts
+++ b/src/core/directives/text.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { DirectiveProps } from '../../models/structs';
 
-export const textDirective = ({ el, data, state }: DirectiveProps): void => {
+export const textDirective = ({ el, parts, data, state }: DirectiveProps): void => {
   const ret = data.compute(state) ?? data.value;
-  if (ret !== el.innerText) {
-    el.innerText = ret;
+  const prop = parts[1] === 'perf' ? 'textContent' : 'innerText';
+  if (ret !== el[prop]) {
+    el[prop] = ret;
   }
 };
diff --git a/src/core/render.ts b/src/core/render.ts
index 6d13ad3..cfd202f 100644
--- a/src/core/render.ts
+++ b/src/core/render.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { DIRECTIVE_PREFIX, UnknownKV } from '../models/generics';
 import { ASTNode, ASTNodeType, Directives } from '../models/structs';
 import { renderDirective } from './directive';
+import lazy from './utils/lazy';
 import { rawDirectiveSplitRE } from './utils/patterns';
 
 const render = (
@@ -10,54 +11,59 @@ const render = (
   changedProps: string[] = []
 ): void => {
   const legalDirectiveNames = Object.keys(directives);
+  const LAZY_MODE_TIMEOUT = 25;
 
-  for (const node of ast) {
-    if (node.type === ASTNodeType.NULL) continue;
-    const isStatic = node.type === ASTNodeType.STATIC;
-    if (isStatic) node.type = ASTNodeType.NULL;
-
-    const nodeHasDep = changedProps.some((prop) => node.deps.includes(prop));
-
-    if (!nodeHasDep && !isStatic) continue;
-
-    for (const [directiveName, directiveData] of Object.entries(node.directives)) {
-      const rawDirectiveName = directiveName.split(rawDirectiveSplitRE())[0];
-      // Validate if it is a legal directive
-      if (!legalDirectiveNames.includes(rawDirectiveName.toUpperCase())) continue;
-      // Iterate through affected and check if directive value has prop
-      const directiveHasDep = changedProps.some((prop) => directiveData.deps.includes(prop));
-
-      const isMaskDirective = directiveName === `${DIRECTIVE_PREFIX}mask`;
-      const isStaticDirective = Object.keys(directiveData.deps).length === 0;
-
-      // If affected, then push to render queue
-      if (directiveHasDep || isStatic || isStaticDirective) {
-        const directiveProps = {
-          el: node.el,
-          parts: directiveName.split(rawDirectiveSplitRE()),
-          data: directiveData,
-          node,
-          state,
-        };
-
-        renderDirective(directiveProps, directives);
-
-        if (isStaticDirective || isMaskDirective) {
-          delete node.directives[directiveName];
-          if (isMaskDirective) {
-            /* istanbul ignore next */
-            node.el.removeAttribute(`${DIRECTIVE_PREFIX}mask`);
+  lazy(LAZY_MODE_TIMEOUT, function* () {
+    for (const node of ast) {
+      if (node.type === ASTNodeType.NULL) continue;
+      const isStatic = node.type === ASTNodeType.STATIC;
+      if (isStatic) node.type = ASTNodeType.NULL;
+      yield;
+
+      const nodeHasDep = changedProps.some((prop) => node.deps.includes(prop));
+
+      if (!nodeHasDep && !isStatic) continue;
+
+      for (const [directiveName, directiveData] of Object.entries(node.directives)) {
+        const rawDirectiveName = directiveName.split(rawDirectiveSplitRE())[0];
+        // Validate if it is a legal directive
+        if (!legalDirectiveNames.includes(rawDirectiveName.toUpperCase())) continue;
+        yield;
+        // Iterate through affected and check if directive value has prop
+        const directiveHasDep = changedProps.some((prop) => directiveData.deps.includes(prop));
+
+        const isMaskDirective = directiveName === `${DIRECTIVE_PREFIX}mask`;
+        const isStaticDirective = Object.keys(directiveData.deps).length === 0;
+
+        // If affected, then push to render queue
+        if (directiveHasDep || isStatic || isStaticDirective) {
+          const directiveProps = {
+            el: node.el,
+            parts: directiveName.split(rawDirectiveSplitRE()),
+            data: directiveData,
+            node,
+            state,
+          };
+
+          renderDirective(directiveProps, directives);
+
+          if (isStaticDirective || isMaskDirective) {
+            delete node.directives[directiveName];
+            if (isMaskDirective) {
+              /* istanbul ignore next */
+              node.el.removeAttribute(`${DIRECTIVE_PREFIX}mask`);
+            }
           }
         }
       }
-    }
 
-    // Effect is like a watcher but detects changes to an el
-    if (node.directives['on:effect']) {
-      const effectEvent = new CustomEvent('effect');
-      node.el.dispatchEvent(effectEvent);
+      // Effect is like a watcher but detects changes to an el
+      if (node.directives['on:effect']) {
+        const effectEvent = new CustomEvent('effect');
+        node.el.dispatchEvent(effectEvent);
+      }
     }
-  }
+  })();
 };
 
 export default render;
diff --git a/src/core/utils/lazy.ts b/src/core/utils/lazy.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd302c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/utils/lazy.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/* istanbul ignore file */
+
+// Lazy allows us to delay render calls if the main thread is blocked
+// This is kind of like time slicing in React but less advanced
+
+export const lazy = (
+  threshold: number,
+  generatorFunction: () => Generator<undefined, void, unknown>
+  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-types
+): Function => {
+  const generator = generatorFunction();
+  return function next() {
+    const start = performance.now();
+    let task = null;
+    do {
+      task = generator.next();
+    } while (performance.now() - start < threshold && !task.done);
+
+    if (task.done) return;
+    /* istanbul ignore next */
+    setTimeout(next);
+  };
+};
+
+export default lazy;