diff --git a/src/Device.js b/src/Device.js
index 1702d381..badcc4ff 100644
--- a/src/Device.js
+++ b/src/Device.js
@@ -81,14 +81,17 @@ class Device {
     this.updateHideStatus();
     if (!this.config.hidden) this.updateConnection();
     subscribe(() => this.onChanged());
+    this.pymakr.config.subscribe(() => this.updateHideStatus());
   }
 
   /**
    * Hides / unhides this device depending on how it matches user's config.devices.include and config.devices.exclude
    */
   updateHideStatus() {
+    const oldStatus = this.config.hidden;
     const { include, exclude } = this.pymakr.config.get().get("devices");
     this.config.hidden = !createIsIncluded(include, exclude)(serializeKeyValuePairs(this.raw));
+    if (oldStatus != this.config.hidden) this.onChanged();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -254,8 +257,7 @@ class Device {
    */
   onChanged() {
     this.state.save();
-    this.pymakr.devicesProvider.refresh();
-    this.pymakr.projectsProvider.refresh();
+    this.pymakr.refreshProvidersThrottled();
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/src/PyMakr.js b/src/PyMakr.js
index a207b7ab..63c9de7b 100644
--- a/src/PyMakr.js
+++ b/src/PyMakr.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ const { resolve } = require("path");
 const { FileSystemProvider } = require("./providers/FilesystemProvider");
 const { createLogger } = require("./utils/createLogger");
 const { writable } = require("./utils/store");
-const { coerceDisposable } = require("./utils/misc");
+const { coerceDisposable, createThrottledFunction } = require("./utils/misc");
 const manifest = require("../package.json");
 const { createVSCodeHelpers } = require("./utils/vscodeHelpers");
 const { TextDocumentProvider } = require("./providers/TextDocumentProvider");
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ class PyMakr {
    * @param {vscode.ExtensionContext} context
    */
   constructor(context) {
+    this.refreshProvidersThrottled = createThrottledFunction(this.refreshProviders.bind(this));
+
     /** Reactive Pymakr user configuration */
     this.config = writable(vscode.workspace.getConfiguration("pymakr"));
 
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ class PyMakr {
     this.log.info(`${manifest.name} v${manifest.version}`);
 
     // avoid port collisions between multiple vscode instances running on the same machine
-    this.terminalPort = 5364 + (Math.random() * 10240 | 0);
+    this.terminalPort = 5364 + ((Math.random() * 10240) | 0);
 
     this.onUpdatedConfig("silent");
     this.context = context;
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ class PyMakr {
     /** Provides device access for the file explorer */
     this.fileSystemProvider = new FileSystemProvider(this);
 
-    this.textDocumentProvider = new TextDocumentProvider(this)
+    this.textDocumentProvider = new TextDocumentProvider(this);
 
     this.registerWithIde();
     this.setup();
@@ -128,6 +130,11 @@ class PyMakr {
   async registerProjects() {
     await this.projectsStore.refresh();
   }
+
+  refreshProviders() {
+    this.devicesProvider.refresh();
+    this.projectsProvider.refresh();
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = { PyMakr };
diff --git a/src/utils/misc.js b/src/utils/misc.js
index e50df9ea..f1c22e49 100644
--- a/src/utils/misc.js
+++ b/src/utils/misc.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ const mapEnumsToQuickPick = (descriptions) => (_enum, index) => ({
  * @returns {{[P in K]: T[P]}}
  */
 const cherryPick = (obj, props) =>
-  props.reduce((newObj, key) => ({ ...newObj, [key]: obj[key] }), /** @type {obj} */({}));
+  props.reduce((newObj, key) => ({ ...newObj, [key]: obj[key] }), /** @type {obj} */ ({}));
 
 /**
  * Curried function. Returns the nearest parent from an array of folders
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ const readJsonFile = (path) => JSON.parse(readFileSync(path, "utf8"));
 const getNearestPymakrConfig = (path) => {
   if (!path) return null;
   const projectPath = getNearestPymakrProjectDir(path);
-  if (projectPath) return readJsonFile(join(projectPath, 'pymakr.conf'));
+  if (projectPath) return readJsonFile(join(projectPath, "pymakr.conf"));
   else return null;
 };
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ const getNearestPymakrConfig = (path) => {
  * @returns {string}
  */
 const getNearestPymakrProjectDir = (path) => {
-  const configPath = join(path, 'pymakr.conf');
+  const configPath = join(path, "pymakr.conf");
   if (existsSync(configPath)) return path;
   else {
     const parentDir = dirname(path);
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ const createIsIncluded = (includes, excludes, cb = (x) => x) => {
  * Serializes flat object
  * @example default behavior
  * ```javascript
- * serializeKeyValuePairs ({foo: 123, bar: 'bar'}) 
+ * serializeKeyValuePairs ({foo: 123, bar: 'bar'})
  * // foo=123
  * // bar=bar
  * ```
@@ -216,6 +216,40 @@ const resolvablePromise = () => {
   return Object.assign(origPromise, { resolve, reject });
 };
 
+/**
+ * Subsequent calls to an active throttled function will return the same promise as the first call.
+ * A function is active until it's first call is resolved
+ * @template {Function} T
+ * @param {T} fn callback
+ * @param {number=} time leave at 0 to only throttle calls made within the same cycle
+ * @returns {(...params: Parameters<T>)=>Promise<ReturnType<T>>}
+ */
+const createThrottledFunction = (fn, time) => {
+  let isRunning = false;
+  /** @type {{resolve: any, reject: any}[]} */
+  const subs = [];
+  const fnWrapper = (...params) =>
+    new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      subs.push({ resolve, reject });
+      if (!isRunning) {
+        isRunning = true;
+        setTimeout(async () => {
+          this._isRefreshingProviders = false;
+          try {
+            const result = await fn(...params);
+            subs.forEach((sub) => sub.resolve(result));
+          } catch (err) {
+            subs.forEach((sub) => sub.reject(err));
+          }
+          subs.splice(0)
+          isRunning = false
+        }, time);
+      }
+    });
+  return fnWrapper;
+};
+
+
 module.exports = {
   once,
   coerceArray,
@@ -234,4 +268,5 @@ module.exports = {
   createIsIncluded,
   arrayToRegexStr,
   resolvablePromise,
+  createThrottledFunction
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/specs/misc.spec.mjs b/src/utils/specs/misc.spec.mjs
index 61f5582e..b09de99d 100644
--- a/src/utils/specs/misc.spec.mjs
+++ b/src/utils/specs/misc.spec.mjs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   arrayToRegexStr,
   cherryPick,
   createIsIncluded,
+  createThrottledFunction,
   getDifference,
   getNearestParent,
   getNearestPymakrConfig,
@@ -65,15 +66,14 @@ test("cherryPick", () => {
 
 test("getNearestParent + relative", () => {
   // use different test paths on windows / linux
-  if (process.platform === "win32"){
+  if (process.platform === "win32") {
     const parents = ["c:\\some\\folder\\path", "c:\\some\\folder", "c:\\some"];
     const child = "c:\\some\\folder\\child\\path";
 
     assert.equal(getNearestParent(parents)(child), "c:\\some\\folder");
     assert.equal(getRelativeFromNearestParent(parents)(child), "child\\path");
     assert.equal(getRelativeFromNearestParentPosix(parents)(child), "child/path");
-    
-  } else{
+  } else {
     const parents = ["/some/folder/path", "/some/folder", "/some"];
     const child = "/some/folder/child/path";
 
@@ -121,9 +121,18 @@ test("createIsIncluded", () => {
   });
 
   test("specific excludes excludes only specific matches", () => {
-    const result = items.filter(
-      createIsIncluded([".*"], ["someField=exclude-me"], serializeKeyValuePairs)
-    );
+    const result = items.filter(createIsIncluded([".*"], ["someField=exclude-me"], serializeKeyValuePairs));
     assert.deepEqual(result, [items[0], items[1]]);
   });
 });
+
+test("createThrottledFunction", async () => {
+  const getRandom = () => Math.random();
+  const throttledRandom = createThrottledFunction(getRandom);
+  const call1 = throttledRandom()
+  const call2 = throttledRandom()
+  const call3 = throttledRandom()
+  const [r1, r2, r3] = await Promise.all([call1, call2, call3])
+  assert.equal(r1, r2)
+  assert.equal(r2, r3)
+});