diff --git a/src/ProgramBuilder.ts b/src/ProgramBuilder.ts
index 56368da2d..a422713b9 100644
--- a/src/ProgramBuilder.ts
+++ b/src/ProgramBuilder.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import PluginInterface from './PluginInterface';
 import * as diagnosticUtils from './diagnosticUtils';
 import * as fsExtra from 'fs-extra';
 import * as requireRelative from 'require-relative';
+import { Throttler } from './Throttler';
 
 /**
  * A runner class that handles
@@ -384,49 +385,52 @@ export class ProgramBuilder {
         }
     }
 
+    private transpileThrottler = new Throttler(0);
     /**
      * Transpiles the entire program into the staging folder
      */
     public async transpile() {
-        let options = util.cwdWork(this.options.cwd, () => {
-            return rokuDeploy.getOptions({
-                ...this.options,
-                logLevel: this.options.logLevel as LogLevel,
-                outDir: util.getOutDir(this.options),
-                outFile: path.basename(this.options.outFile)
+        await this.transpileThrottler.run(async () => {
+            let options = util.cwdWork(this.options.cwd, () => {
+                return rokuDeploy.getOptions({
+                    ...this.options,
+                    logLevel: this.options.logLevel as LogLevel,
+                    outDir: util.getOutDir(this.options),
+                    outFile: path.basename(this.options.outFile)
+                });
             });
-        });
 
-        //get every file referenced by the files array
-        let fileMap = await rokuDeploy.getFilePaths(options.files, options.rootDir);
+            //get every file referenced by the files array
+            let fileMap = await rokuDeploy.getFilePaths(options.files, options.rootDir);
 
-        //remove files currently loaded in the program, we will transpile those instead (even if just for source maps)
-        let filteredFileMap = [] as FileObj[];
-        for (let fileEntry of fileMap) {
-            if (this.program.hasFile(fileEntry.src) === false) {
-                filteredFileMap.push(fileEntry);
+            //remove files currently loaded in the program, we will transpile those instead (even if just for source maps)
+            let filteredFileMap = [] as FileObj[];
+            for (let fileEntry of fileMap) {
+                if (this.program.hasFile(fileEntry.src) === false) {
+                    filteredFileMap.push(fileEntry);
+                }
             }
-        }
 
-        this.plugins.emit('beforePrepublish', this, filteredFileMap);
+            this.plugins.emit('beforePrepublish', this, filteredFileMap);
 
-        await this.logger.time(LogLevel.log, ['Copying to staging directory'], async () => {
-            //prepublish all non-program-loaded files to staging
-            await rokuDeploy.prepublishToStaging({
-                ...options,
-                files: filteredFileMap
+            await this.logger.time(LogLevel.log, ['Copying to staging directory'], async () => {
+                //prepublish all non-program-loaded files to staging
+                await rokuDeploy.prepublishToStaging({
+                    ...options,
+                    files: filteredFileMap
+                });
             });
-        });
 
-        this.plugins.emit('afterPrepublish', this, filteredFileMap);
-        this.plugins.emit('beforePublish', this, fileMap);
+            this.plugins.emit('afterPrepublish', this, filteredFileMap);
+            this.plugins.emit('beforePublish', this, fileMap);
 
-        await this.logger.time(LogLevel.log, ['Transpiling'], async () => {
-            //transpile any brighterscript files
-            await this.program.transpile(fileMap, options.stagingDir);
-        });
+            await this.logger.time(LogLevel.log, ['Transpiling'], async () => {
+                //transpile any brighterscript files
+                await this.program.transpile(fileMap, options.stagingDir);
+            });
 
-        this.plugins.emit('afterPublish', this, fileMap);
+            this.plugins.emit('afterPublish', this, fileMap);
+        });
     }
 
     private async deployPackageIfEnabled() {