diff --git a/lib/scsocket.js b/lib/scsocket.js
index 1592f59..f24c356 100644
--- a/lib/scsocket.js
+++ b/lib/scsocket.js
@@ -802,12 +802,13 @@ SCSocket.prototype._trySubscribe = function (channel) {
       options.waitForAuth = true;
       subscriptionOptions.waitForAuth = options.waitForAuth;
     }
-    if (channel.batch) {
-      options.batch = true;
-    }
     if (channel.data) {
       subscriptionOptions.data = channel.data;
     }
+    if (channel.batch) {
+      options.batch = true;
+      subscriptionOptions.batch = true;
+    }
 
     channel._pendingSubscriptionCid = this.transport.emit(
       '#subscribe', subscriptionOptions, options,
diff --git a/lib/scsocketcreator.js b/lib/scsocketcreator.js
index 6b301f0..527c639 100644
--- a/lib/scsocketcreator.js
+++ b/lib/scsocketcreator.js
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ function connect(options) {
     authTokenName: 'socketCluster.authToken',
     binaryType: 'arraybuffer',
     multiplex: true,
+    pubSubBatchDuration: null,
     cloneData: false
   };
   for (var i in options) {
diff --git a/lib/sctransport.js b/lib/sctransport.js
index 5260074..1afea62 100644
--- a/lib/sctransport.js
+++ b/lib/sctransport.js
@@ -211,6 +211,27 @@ SCTransport.prototype._onClose = function (code, data) {
   }
 };
 
+SCTransport.prototype._handleEventObject = function (obj, message) {
+  if (obj && obj.event != null) {
+    var response = new Response(this, obj.cid);
+    Emitter.prototype.emit.call(this, 'event', obj.event, obj.data, response);
+  } else if (obj && obj.rid != null) {
+    var eventObject = this._callbackMap[obj.rid];
+    if (eventObject) {
+      clearTimeout(eventObject.timeout);
+      delete eventObject.timeout;
+      delete this._callbackMap[obj.rid];
+
+      if (eventObject.callback) {
+        var rehydratedError = scErrors.hydrateError(obj.error);
+        eventObject.callback(rehydratedError, obj.data);
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    Emitter.prototype.emit.call(this, 'event', 'raw', message);
+  }
+};
+
 SCTransport.prototype._onMessage = function (message) {
   Emitter.prototype.emit.call(this, 'event', 'message', message);
 
@@ -223,26 +244,13 @@ SCTransport.prototype._onMessage = function (message) {
       this.sendObject('#2');
     }
   } else {
-    var event = obj.event;
-
-    if (event) {
-      var response = new Response(this, obj.cid);
-      Emitter.prototype.emit.call(this, 'event', event, obj.data, response);
-    } else if (obj.rid != null) {
-
-      var eventObject = this._callbackMap[obj.rid];
-      if (eventObject) {
-        clearTimeout(eventObject.timeout);
-        delete eventObject.timeout;
-        delete this._callbackMap[obj.rid];
-
-        if (eventObject.callback) {
-          var rehydratedError = scErrors.hydrateError(obj.error);
-          eventObject.callback(rehydratedError, obj.data);
-        }
+    if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
+      var len = obj.length;
+      for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+        this._handleEventObject(obj[i], message);
       }
     } else {
-      Emitter.prototype.emit.call(this, 'event', 'raw', obj);
+      this._handleEventObject(obj, message);
     }
   }
 };
@@ -297,11 +305,8 @@ SCTransport.prototype.emitObject = function (eventObject, options) {
     this._callbackMap[eventObject.cid] = eventObject;
   }
 
-  if (options && options.batch) {
-    this.sendObjectBatch(simpleEventObject);
-  } else {
-    this.sendObject(simpleEventObject);
-  }
+  this.sendObject(simpleEventObject, options);
+
   return eventObject.cid || null;
 };
 
@@ -391,20 +396,16 @@ SCTransport.prototype.serializeObject = function (object) {
   return null;
 };
 
-SCTransport.prototype.sendObject = function (object) {
-  var str = this.serializeObject(object);
-  if (str != null) {
-    this.send(str);
-  }
-};
-
 SCTransport.prototype.sendObjectBatch = function (object) {
   var self = this;
 
-  clearTimeout(this._batchTimeout);
   this._batchSendList.push(object);
+  if (this._batchTimeout) {
+    return;
+  }
 
   this._batchTimeout = setTimeout(function () {
+    delete self._batchTimeout;
     if (self._batchSendList.length) {
       var str = self.serializeObject(self._batchSendList);
       if (str != null) {
@@ -412,7 +413,22 @@ SCTransport.prototype.sendObjectBatch = function (object) {
       }
       self._batchSendList = [];
     }
-  }, 0);
+  }, this.options.pubSubBatchDuration || 0);
+};
+
+SCTransport.prototype.sendObjectSingle = function (object) {
+  var str = this.serializeObject(object);
+  if (str != null) {
+    this.send(str);
+  }
+};
+
+SCTransport.prototype.sendObject = function (object, options) {
+  if (options && options.batch) {
+    this.sendObjectBatch(object);
+  } else {
+    this.sendObjectSingle(object);
+  }
 };
 
 module.exports.SCTransport = SCTransport;
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c946342..7d7aa15 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "component-emitter": "1.2.1",
     "linked-list": "0.1.0",
     "querystring": "0.2.0",
-    "sc-channel": "~1.1.0",
+    "sc-channel": "~1.2.0",
     "sc-errors": "~1.3.3",
     "sc-formatter": "~3.0.0",
     "ws": "3.1.0"