diff --git a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.java b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.java
index ddbf550ec..4d609f736 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/cora/federate/solr/connector/ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package net.yacy.cora.federate.solr.connector;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -87,11 +88,33 @@ public class ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector implements SolrConnector {
             SolrInputDocument doc;
             try {
                 while ((doc = ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.this.updateQueue.take()) != POISON_DOCUMENT) {
-                    try {
+                    int getmore = ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.this.updateQueue.size();
+                    if (getmore > 0) {
+                        // accumulate a collection of documents because that is better to send at once to a remote server
+                        Collection<SolrInputDocument> docs = new ArrayList<SolrInputDocument>(getmore + 1);
+                        docs.add(doc);
                         updateIdCache((String) doc.getFieldValue(CollectionSchema.id.getSolrFieldName()));
-                        ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.this.connector.add(doc);
-                    } catch (final IOException e) {
-                        ConcurrentLog.logException(e);
+                        for (int i = 0; i < getmore; i++) {
+                            SolrInputDocument d = ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.this.updateQueue.take();
+                            if (d == POISON_DOCUMENT) break;
+                            docs.add(d);
+                            updateIdCache((String) d.getFieldValue(CollectionSchema.id.getSolrFieldName()));
+                        }
+                        //ConcurrentLog.info("ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector", "sending " + docs.size() + " documents to solr");
+                        try {
+                            ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.this.connector.add(docs);
+                        } catch (final IOException e) {
+                            ConcurrentLog.logException(e);
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        // if there is only a single document, send this directly to solr
+                        //ConcurrentLog.info("ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector", "sending one document to solr");
+                        try {
+                            updateIdCache((String) doc.getFieldValue(CollectionSchema.id.getSolrFieldName()));
+                            ConcurrentUpdateSolrConnector.this.connector.add(doc);
+                        } catch (final IOException e) {
+                            ConcurrentLog.logException(e);
+                        }
                     }
                 }
             } catch (final InterruptedException e) {