diff --git a/src/core/draw.js b/src/core/draw.js
index e70bd9c..f59da99 100644
--- a/src/core/draw.js
+++ b/src/core/draw.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from './utils';
 import logger, { pixelLogger } from './logger';
 import RedisCanvas from '../data/redis/RedisCanvas';
-import allowPlace from '../data/redis/allowPlace';
+import allowPlace from '../data/redis/cooldown';
 import {
   setPixelByOffset,
   setPixelByCoords,
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ export async function drawByOffsets(
   let pxlCnt = 0;
   let rankedPxlCnt = 0;
   let needProxycheck = 0;
-  const { ip } = user;
+  const { ipSub: ip } = user;
 
   try {
     const startTime = Date.now();
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ export async function drawByOffsets(
   }
 
   if (rankedPxlCnt) {
-    await user.incrementPixelcount(rankedPxlCnt);
+    user.incrementPixelcount(rankedPxlCnt);
   }
 
   if (retCode !== 13) {
diff --git a/src/data/User.js b/src/data/User.js
index 19fde00..1a0b8e2 100644
--- a/src/data/User.js
+++ b/src/data/User.js
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
  * */
 
 import { QueryTypes, Utils } from 'sequelize';
-import redis from './redis/client';
-import logger from '../core/logger';
 
 import sequelize from './sql/sequelize';
 import { RegUser, Channel, UserBlock } from './sql';
+import { incrementPixelcount } from './sql/RegUser';
+import { setCoolDown, getCoolDown } from './redis/cooldown';
 import { getIPv6Subnet } from '../utils/ip';
 import { ADMIN_IDS } from '../core/config';
 
@@ -171,45 +171,16 @@ class User {
     return (this.regUser) ? this.regUser.name : null;
   }
 
-  async setWait(wait, canvasId) {
-    // PX is milliseconds expire
-    await redis.set(`cd:${canvasId}:ip:${this.ipSub}`, '', {
-      PX: wait,
-    });
-    if (this.id) {
-      await redis.set(`cd:${canvasId}:id:${this.id}`, '', {
-        PX: wait,
-      });
-    }
-    return true;
+  setWait(wait, canvasId) {
+    return setCoolDown(this.ipSub, this.id, canvasId, wait);
   }
 
-  async getWait(canvasId) {
-    let ttl = await redis.pTTL(`cd:${canvasId}:ip:${this.ipSub}`);
-    if (this.id) {
-      const ttlid = await redis.pTTL(
-        `cd:${canvasId}:id:${this.id}`,
-      );
-      ttl = Math.max(ttl, ttlid);
-    }
-    logger.debug('ererer', ttl, typeof ttl);
-
-    const wait = ttl < 0 ? 0 : ttl;
-    return wait;
+  getWait(canvasId) {
+    return getCoolDown(this.ipSub, this.id, canvasId);
   }
 
-  async incrementPixelcount(amount = 1) {
-    const { id } = this;
-    if (!id) return false;
-    try {
-      await this.regUser.increment(
-        ['totalPixels', 'dailyTotalPixels'],
-        { by: amount },
-      );
-    } catch (err) {
-      return false;
-    }
-    return true;
+  incrementPixelcount(amount = 1) {
+    incrementPixelcount(this.regUser, amount);
   }
 
   async getTotalPixels() {
diff --git a/src/data/redis/allowPlace.js b/src/data/redis/allowPlace.js
deleted file mode 100644
index f1426bb..0000000
--- a/src/data/redis/allowPlace.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * redis script for user pixel placement
- * this does not set any pixels itself, see lua/placePixel.lua
- */
-import client from './client';
-import { getIPv6Subnet } from '../../utils/ip';
-import { PREFIX as CAPTCHA_PREFIX } from './captcha';
-import { PREFIX as ALLOWED_PREFIX } from './isAllowedCache';
-import { CAPTCHA_TIME } from '../../core/config';
-
-/*
- * gets pixels and chunk coords and checks if
- * and how many a user can set and sets the cooldown accordingly
- * @param ip ip of request
- * @param id userId
- * @param clrIgnore, bcd, pcd, cds incormations about canvas
- * @param i, j chunk coordinates
- * @param pxls Array with offsets of pixels
- * @return see lua/placePixel.lua
- */
-export default function allowPlace(
-  ip,
-  id,
-  canvasId,
-  i, j,
-  clrIgnore,
-  bcd,
-  pcd,
-  cds,
-  pxls,
-) {
-  const ipn = getIPv6Subnet(ip);
-  const isalKey = `${ALLOWED_PREFIX}:${ipn}`;
-  const captKey = (CAPTCHA_TIME >= 0) ? `${CAPTCHA_PREFIX}:${ipn}` : 'nope';
-  const ipCdKey = `cd:${canvasId}:ip:${ipn}`;
-  const idCdKey = (id) ? `cd:${canvasId}:id:${id}` : 'nope';
-  const chunkKey = `ch:${canvasId}:${i}:${j}`;
-  return client.placePxl(
-    isalKey, captKey, ipCdKey, idCdKey, chunkKey,
-    clrIgnore, bcd, pcd, cds,
-    ...pxls,
-  );
-}
diff --git a/src/data/redis/cooldown.js b/src/data/redis/cooldown.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..999f758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/redis/cooldown.js
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+/*
+ * redis script for cooldown calculation
+ * this does not set any pixels itself, see lua/placePixel.lua
+ */
+import client from './client';
+import { PREFIX as CAPTCHA_PREFIX } from './captcha';
+import { PREFIX as ALLOWED_PREFIX } from './isAllowedCache';
+import { CAPTCHA_TIME } from '../../core/config';
+
+const PREFIX = 'cd';
+
+/*
+ * checks how many of the given pixels can be set,
+ * sets user cooldown and returns the number of pixels to set
+ * @param ip ip of request
+ * @param id userId
+ * @param clrIgnore, bcd, pcd, cds incormations about canvas
+ * @param i, j chunk coordinates
+ * @param pxls Array with offsets of pixels
+ * @return see lua/placePixel.lua
+ */
+export default function allowPlace(
+  ip,
+  id,
+  canvasId,
+  i, j,
+  clrIgnore,
+  bcd,
+  pcd,
+  cds,
+  pxls,
+) {
+  const isalKey = `${ALLOWED_PREFIX}:${ip}`;
+  const captKey = (CAPTCHA_TIME >= 0) ? `${CAPTCHA_PREFIX}:${ip}` : 'nope';
+  const ipCdKey = `${PREFIX}:${canvasId}:ip:${ip}`;
+  const idCdKey = (id) ? `${PREFIX}:${canvasId}:id:${id}` : 'nope';
+  const chunkKey = `ch:${canvasId}:${i}:${j}`;
+  return client.placePxl(
+    isalKey, captKey, ipCdKey, idCdKey, chunkKey,
+    clrIgnore, bcd, pcd, cds,
+    ...pxls,
+  );
+}
+
+/*
+ * get cooldown of specific user
+ * @param ip ip of request
+ * @param id userId
+ * @param canvasId
+ * @return cooldown
+ */
+export async function getCoolDown(
+  ip,
+  id,
+  canvasId,
+) {
+  let ttl = await client.pTTL(`${PREFIX}:${canvasId}:ip:${ip}`);
+  if (id) {
+    const ttlid = await client.pTTL(`${PREFIX}:${canvasId}:id:${id}`);
+    ttl = Math.max(ttl, ttlid);
+  }
+  const cooldown = ttl < 0 ? 0 : ttl;
+  return cooldown;
+}
+
+/*
+ * set cooldown of specific user
+ * @param ip ip of request
+ * @param id userId
+ * @param canvasId
+ * @param cooldown (in ms)
+ * @return cooldown
+ */
+export async function setCoolDown(
+  ip,
+  id,
+  canvasId,
+  cooldown,
+) {
+  // PX is milliseconds expire
+  await client.set(`${PREFIX}:${canvasId}:ip:${ip}`, '', {
+    PX: cooldown,
+  });
+  if (id) {
+    await client.set(`${PREFIX}:${canvasId}:id:${id}`, '', {
+      PX: cooldown,
+    });
+  }
+  return true;
+}
diff --git a/src/data/sql/RegUser.js b/src/data/sql/RegUser.js
index 4e157df..0d64906 100644
--- a/src/data/sql/RegUser.js
+++ b/src/data/sql/RegUser.js
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@
  */
 
 import { DataTypes, QueryTypes } from 'sequelize';
-import sequelize from './sequelize';
 
+import logger from '../../core/logger';
+import sequelize from './sequelize';
 import { generateHash } from '../../utils/hash';
 
 
@@ -203,4 +204,42 @@ export async function getNamesToIds(ids) {
   return idToNameMap;
 }
 
+/*
+ * increment user pixelcount in a batched transaction
+ */
+const incrementQueue = [];
+let pushLoop = null;
+const incrementLoop = async () => {
+  if (!incrementQueue.length) {
+    clearInterval(pushLoop);
+    pushLoop = null;
+  }
+  try {
+    sequelize.transaction(async (t) => {
+      while (incrementQueue.length) {
+        const [model, amount] = incrementQueue.pop();
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
+        await model.increment(
+          ['totalPixels', 'dailyTotalPixels'],
+          { by: amount, transaction: t },
+        );
+      }
+      return true;
+    });
+  } catch (err) {
+    logger.warn(`Error on batched incrementing pixelcounts: ${err.message}`);
+  }
+};
+// TODO remove this after testing
+setInterval(() => {
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+  console.log('INCREMENTATION QUEUE SIZE', incrementQueue.length);
+}, 300000);
+export async function incrementPixelcount(model, amount) {
+  incrementQueue.push([model, amount]);
+  if (!pushLoop) {
+    pushLoop = setInterval(incrementLoop, 250);
+  }
+}
+
 export default RegUser;