diff --git a/src/extensions/Flux.jl b/src/extensions/Flux.jl
index 0475ba1..7375274 100644
--- a/src/extensions/Flux.jl
+++ b/src/extensions/Flux.jl
@@ -22,3 +22,10 @@ end
 
 orthogonal(dims...) = orthogonal(Random.GLOBAL_RNG, dims...)
 orthogonal(rng::AbstractRNG) = (dims...) -> orthogonal(rng, dims...)
+
+function batch!(data, xs)
+    for (i, x) in enumerate(xs)
+        data[Flux.batchindex(data, i)...] = x
+    end
+    data
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/policies/agents/trajectories/trajectory_extension.jl b/src/policies/agents/trajectories/trajectory_extension.jl
index 8f59a01..7fcbf2b 100644
--- a/src/policies/agents/trajectories/trajectory_extension.jl
+++ b/src/policies/agents/trajectories/trajectory_extension.jl
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ end
 
 abstract type AbstractSampler{traces} end
 
+# TODO: deprecate this method with `(s::AbstractSampler)(traj)` instead
+
 """
     sample([rng=Random.GLOBAL_RNG], trajectory, sampler, [traces=Val(keys(trajectory))])
 
@@ -46,52 +48,86 @@ function StatsBase.sample(t::AbstractTrajectory, sampler::AbstractSampler)
     sample(Random.GLOBAL_RNG, t, sampler)
 end
 
+# TODO: add an async batch sampler to pre-fetch next batch
+
 #####
 ## BatchSampler
 #####
 
-struct BatchSampler{traces} <: AbstractSampler{traces}
+mutable struct BatchSampler{traces} <: AbstractSampler{traces}
     batch_size::Int
+    cache::Any
+    rng::Any
 end
 
-BatchSampler(batch_size::Int) = BatchSampler{SARTSA}(batch_size)
+BatchSampler(batch_size::Int; cache=nothing, rng=Random.GLOBAL_RNG) = BatchSampler{SARTSA}(batch_size, cache, rng)
+BatchSampler{T}(batch_size::Int; cache=nothing, rng=Random.GLOBAL_RNG) where T = BatchSampler{T}(batch_size, cache, rng)
+
+(s::BatchSampler)(t::AbstractTrajectory) = sample(s.rng, t, s)
 
+# TODO: deprecate
 function StatsBase.sample(rng::AbstractRNG, t::AbstractTrajectory, s::BatchSampler)
     inds = rand(rng, 1:length(t), s.batch_size)
-    inds, select(inds, t, s)
+    fetch!(s, t, inds)
+    inds, s.cache
 end
 
-function select(
-    inds::Vector{Int},
-    t::CircularVectorSARTSATrajectory,
+function fetch!(
     s::BatchSampler{traces},
+    t::CircularVectorSARTSATrajectory,
+    inds::Vector{Int},
 ) where {traces}
-    NamedTuple{SARTSA}(Flux.batch(view(t[x], inds)) for x in traces)
+    batch = NamedTuple{traces}(view(t[x], inds) for x in traces)
+    if isnothing(s.cache)
+        s.cache = map(Flux.batch, batch)
+    else
+        map(s.cache, batch) do dest, src
+            batch!(dest, src)
+        end
+    end
 end
 
-function select(inds::Vector{Int}, t::CircularArraySARTTrajectory, s::BatchSampler{SARTS})
-    NamedTuple{SARTS}((
-        (convert(Array, consecutive_view(t[x], inds)) for x in SART)...,
-        convert(Array, consecutive_view(t[:state], inds .+ 1)),
-    ))
+function fetch!(
+    s::BatchSampler{SARTS},
+    t::CircularArraySARTTrajectory,
+    inds::Vector{Int}
+)
+    batch = NamedTuple{SARTS}(
+        (
+            (consecutive_view(t[x], inds) for x in SART)...,
+            consecutive_view(t[:state], inds .+ 1),
+        )
+    )
+    if isnothing(s.cache)
+        s.cache = map(batch) do x
+            convert(Array, x)
+        end
+    else
+        map(s.cache, batch) do dest, src
+            copyto!(dest, src)
+        end
+    end
 end
 
 #####
 ## NStepBatchSampler
 #####
 
-Base.@kwdef struct NStepBatchSampler{traces} <: AbstractSampler{traces}
+Base.@kwdef mutable struct NStepBatchSampler{traces} <: AbstractSampler{traces}
     γ::Float32
     n::Int = 1
     batch_size::Int = 32
     stack_size::Union{Nothing,Int} = nothing
+    rng::Any = Random.GLOBAL_RNG
+    cache::Any = nothing
 end
 
+# TODO:deprecate
 function StatsBase.sample(rng::AbstractRNG, t::AbstractTrajectory, s::NStepBatchSampler)
     valid_range =
         isnothing(s.stack_size) ? (1:(length(t)-s.n+1)) : (s.stack_size:(length(t)-s.n+1))
     inds = rand(rng, valid_range, s.batch_size)
-    inds, select(inds, t, s)
+    inds, fetch!(s, t, inds)
 end
 
 function StatsBase.sample(rng::AbstractRNG, t::PrioritizedTrajectory, s::NStepBatchSampler)
@@ -107,24 +143,26 @@ function StatsBase.sample(rng::AbstractRNG, t::PrioritizedTrajectory, s::NStepBa
         inds[i] = ind
         priorities[i] = p
     end
-    inds, (priority = priorities, select(inds, t.traj, s)...)
+    inds, (priority = priorities, fetch!(s, t.traj, inds)...)
 end
 
-function select(
-    inds::Vector{Int},
+function fetch!(
+    sampler::NStepBatchSampler{traces},
     traj::CircularArraySARTTrajectory,
-    s::NStepBatchSampler{traces},
+    inds::Vector{Int},
 ) where {traces}
-    γ, n, bz, sz = s.γ, s.n, s.batch_size, s.stack_size
+    γ, n, bz, sz = sampler.γ, sampler.n, sampler.batch_size, sampler.stack_size
+    cache = sampler.cache
     next_inds = inds .+ n
 
-    s = convert(Array, consecutive_view(traj[:state], inds; n_stack = sz))
-    a = convert(Array, consecutive_view(traj[:action], inds))
-    s′ = convert(Array, consecutive_view(traj[:state], next_inds; n_stack = sz))
+    s = consecutive_view(traj[:state], inds; n_stack = sz)
+    a = consecutive_view(traj[:action], inds)
+    s′ = consecutive_view(traj[:state], next_inds; n_stack = sz)
 
     consecutive_rewards = consecutive_view(traj[:reward], inds; n_horizon = n)
     consecutive_terminals = consecutive_view(traj[:terminal], inds; n_horizon = n)
-    r, t = zeros(Float32, bz), fill(false, bz)
+    r = isnothing(cache) ? zeros(Float32, bz) : cache.reward
+    t = isnothing(cache) ? fill(false, bz) : cache.terminal
 
     # make sure that we only consider experiences in current episode
     for i in 1:bz
@@ -139,12 +177,22 @@ function select(
     end
 
     if traces == SARTS
-        NamedTuple{SARTS}((s, a, r, t, s′))
+        batch = NamedTuple{SARTS}((s, a, r, t, s′))
     elseif traces == SLARTSL
-        l = convert(Array, consecutive_view(traj[:legal_actions_mask], inds))
-        l′ = convert(Array, consecutive_view(traj[:next_legal_actions_mask], next_inds))
-        NamedTuple{SLARTSL}((s, l, a, r, t, s′, l′))
+        l = consecutive_view(traj[:legal_actions_mask], inds)
+        l′ = consecutive_view(traj[:next_legal_actions_mask], next_inds)
+        batch = NamedTuple{SLARTSL}((s, l, a, r, t, s′, l′))
     else
         @error "unsupported traces $traces"
     end
+
+    if isnothing(sampler.cache)
+        sampler.cache = map(batch) do x
+            convert(Array, x)
+        end
+    else
+        map(sampler.cache, batch) do dest, src
+            copyto!(dest, src)
+        end
+    end
 end