diff --git a/BSA-speedtest/BSA-speedtest.csproj b/BSA-speedtest/BSA-speedtest.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac03161d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BSA-speedtest/BSA-speedtest.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
+    <TargetFramework>net5.0-windows</TargetFramework>
+    <RootNamespace>BSA_speedtest</RootNamespace>
+    <RuntimeIdentifier>win10-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+    <LangVersion>8.0</LangVersion>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Compression.BSA\Compression.BSA.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\Wabbajack.Common\Wabbajack.Common.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/BSA-speedtest/Program.cs b/BSA-speedtest/Program.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d61409a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BSA-speedtest/Program.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Linq;
+using Compression.BSA;
+using Wabbajack.Common;
+
+namespace BSA_speedtest
+{
+    class Program
+    {
+        static void Main(string[] args)
+        {
+            Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
+            sw.Start();
+            for (int i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
+            {
+                var bsa = BSAReader.Load(new AbsolutePath(@"G:\Skyrim - Textures3.bsa"));
+                var files = bsa.Files.ToArray();
+                var names = files.Select(f => f.Path.ToString()).ToArray();
+                if (i % 100 == 0)
+                {
+                    System.Console.WriteLine(i);
+                }
+            }
+            sw.Stop();
+            System.Console.WriteLine($"{sw.ElapsedMilliseconds}ms");
+            System.Console.ReadLine();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Wabbajack.Common/Paths/AbsolutePath.cs b/Wabbajack.Common/Paths/AbsolutePath.cs
index 26d8a27e..5d331494 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Common/Paths/AbsolutePath.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Common/Paths/AbsolutePath.cs
@@ -398,14 +398,14 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Common
         {
             var path = _path;
             return CircuitBreaker.WithAutoRetryAsync<FileStream, IOException>(async () =>
-                File.Open(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite, bufferSize: 1048576, useAsync: true));
+                File.Open(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.ReadWrite, bufferSize: 1048576, useAsync: false));
         }
 
         public ValueTask<FileStream> WriteShared()
         {
             var path = _path;
             return CircuitBreaker.WithAutoRetryAsync<FileStream, IOException>(async () =>
-                File.Open(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.ReadWrite, bufferSize: 1048576, useAsync: true));
+                File.Open(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Write, FileShare.ReadWrite, bufferSize: 1048576, useAsync: false));
         }
 
         public async Task CopyDirectoryToAsync(AbsolutePath destination)
diff --git a/Wabbajack.sln b/Wabbajack.sln
index bcd18b18..9277b3f1 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.sln
+++ b/Wabbajack.sln
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Wabbajack.Server", "Wabbaja
 EndProject
 Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Wabbajack.Server.Test", "Wabbajack.Server.Test\Wabbajack.Server.Test.csproj", "{9DEC8DC8-B6E0-469B-9571-C4BAC0776D07}"
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "BSA-speedtest", "BSA-speedtest\BSA-speedtest.csproj", "{8F2BE353-6CFF-461B-A7B3-C41845C5977A}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -165,6 +167,14 @@ Global
 		{9DEC8DC8-B6E0-469B-9571-C4BAC0776D07}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 		{9DEC8DC8-B6E0-469B-9571-C4BAC0776D07}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{9DEC8DC8-B6E0-469B-9571-C4BAC0776D07}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{8F2BE353-6CFF-461B-A7B3-C41845C5977A}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{8F2BE353-6CFF-461B-A7B3-C41845C5977A}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{8F2BE353-6CFF-461B-A7B3-C41845C5977A}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{8F2BE353-6CFF-461B-A7B3-C41845C5977A}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{8F2BE353-6CFF-461B-A7B3-C41845C5977A}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{8F2BE353-6CFF-461B-A7B3-C41845C5977A}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{8F2BE353-6CFF-461B-A7B3-C41845C5977A}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{8F2BE353-6CFF-461B-A7B3-C41845C5977A}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE