diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 46b8c3f..f525eb8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "@jupyterlab/services": "^7.0.0",
     "@jupyterlab/ui-components": "^4.4.10",
     "@lumino/datagrid": "^2.5.3",
+    "@lumino/polling": "^2.1.5",
     "@lumino/widgets": "^2.7.1",
     "apache-arrow": "^21.1.0"
   },
diff --git a/src/widget.ts b/src/widget.ts
index 503483e..15d2ddf 100644
--- a/src/widget.ts
+++ b/src/widget.ts
@@ -8,15 +8,60 @@ import {
   DataGrid,
   TextRenderer,
 } from "@lumino/datagrid";
+import { ConflatableMessage, MessageLoop } from "@lumino/messaging";
+import { Debouncer } from "@lumino/polling";
 import { Panel } from "@lumino/widgets";
 import type { DocumentRegistry, IDocumentWidget } from "@jupyterlab/docregistry";
 import type * as DataGridModule from "@lumino/datagrid";
+import type { ISignal } from "@lumino/signaling";
+import type { ScrollBar } from "@lumino/widgets";
 
 import { FileType } from "./file-types";
 import { ArrowModel } from "./model";
 import { createToolbar } from "./toolbar";
 import type { FileInfo, FileReadOptions } from "./file-options";
 
+/* grid: DataGrid instance */
+
+function installDebouncedScrollBarHook(grid: DataGrid, delay = 100) {
+  // Access the internal vertical scrollbar and its thumbMoved signal
+  // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: Hacking into private property
+  const vScrollBar = (grid as any)._vScrollBar as ScrollBar;
+  // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: Hacking into private property
+  const thumbMoved = (vScrollBar as any).thumbMoved as ISignal<ScrollBar, void>;
+
+  // Get the original handler method from the grid
+  // biome-ignore lint/suspicious/noExplicitAny: Hacking into private property
+  const originalHandler = (grid as any)._onThumbMoved as (sender: ScrollBar) => void;
+
+  // Disconnect the original handler
+  thumbMoved.disconnect(originalHandler, grid);
+
+  // Create a debouncer that posts the scroll request after the delay
+  // The debouncer ensures the last event is always processed
+  const debouncer = new Debouncer(() => {
+    MessageLoop.postMessage(grid.viewport, new ConflatableMessage("scroll-request"));
+  }, delay);
+
+  // Handler that invokes the debouncer on each thumb move
+  const debouncedHandler = () => {
+    void debouncer.invoke();
+  };
+
+  // Connect our debounced handler
+  thumbMoved.connect(debouncedHandler);
+
+  // Return cleanup function
+  return () => {
+    // Disconnect our handler
+    thumbMoved.disconnect(debouncedHandler);
+    // Reconnect the original handler
+    thumbMoved.connect(originalHandler, grid);
+    // Dispose the debouncer
+    debouncer.dispose();
+  };
+}
+
 export namespace ArrowGridViewer {
   export interface Options {
     path: string;
@@ -51,6 +96,9 @@ export class ArrowGridViewer extends Panel {
     };
 
     this.addWidget(this._grid);
+
+    installDebouncedScrollBarHook(this._grid, 100);
+
     this._ready = this.initialize();
   }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index f56c549..f83b251 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2846,6 +2846,17 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@lumino/polling@npm:^2.1.5":
+  version: 2.1.5
+  resolution: "@lumino/polling@npm:2.1.5"
+  dependencies:
+    "@lumino/coreutils": ^2.2.2
+    "@lumino/disposable": ^2.1.5
+    "@lumino/signaling": ^2.1.5
+  checksum: 2b510ef4a5ac05470f01281112d1c467ea95f9f783f702d61fe512d8efecda93f360c907eb3e9fd180f507afe79face1d0ca7878a9d844a3e1f588aba7c5a28e
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@lumino/properties@npm:^2.0.3, @lumino/properties@npm:^2.0.4":
   version: 2.0.4
   resolution: "@lumino/properties@npm:2.0.4"
@@ -3698,6 +3709,7 @@ __metadata:
     "@jupyterlab/testutils": ^4.0.0
     "@jupyterlab/ui-components": ^4.4.10
     "@lumino/datagrid": ^2.5.3
+    "@lumino/polling": ^2.1.5
     "@lumino/widgets": ^2.7.1
     "@types/jest": ^29.2.0
     "@types/json-schema": ^7.0.11