diff --git a/app/components/Column.tsx b/app/components/Column.tsx
index 5d476284..46d80e27 100644
--- a/app/components/Column.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Column.tsx
@@ -1,21 +1,36 @@
 import { Title } from "./Primitives/Title";
 import { colorForItemAtPath } from "~/utilities/colors";
-import { IconComponent } from "~/useColumnView";
+import { ColumnViewNode, IconComponent } from "~/useColumnView";
 import { useJson } from "../hooks/useJson";
-import { memo, useMemo } from "react";
+import { memo, useCallback, useMemo, useRef } from "react";
+import { ColumnItem } from "./ColumnItem";
+import { useJsonColumnViewAPI } from "~/hooks/useJsonColumnView";
+import { useVirtual } from "react-virtual";
 
 export type ColumnProps = {
   id: string;
   title: string;
   icon?: IconComponent;
   hasHighlightedElement: boolean;
-  children: React.ReactNode;
+  items: ColumnViewNode[];
+  selectedPath: string[];
+  highlightedPath: string[];
 };
 
 function ColumnElement(column: ColumnProps) {
-  const { id, title, children } = column;
+  const { id, title, items, selectedPath, highlightedPath } = column;
   const [json] = useJson();
   const iconColor = useMemo(() => colorForItemAtPath(id, json), [id, json]);
+  const { goToNodeId } = useJsonColumnViewAPI();
+
+  const containerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
+
+  const rowVirtualizer = useVirtual({
+    size: items.length,
+    parentRef: containerRef,
+    estimateSize: useCallback(() => 36, []),
+    overscan: 5,
+  });
 
   return (
     <div
@@ -27,8 +42,44 @@ function ColumnElement(column: ColumnProps) {
         {column.icon && <column.icon className="h-6 w-6 mr-1" />}
         <Title className="">{title}</Title>
       </div>
-      <div className="overflow-y-auto h-viewerHeight no-scrollbar">
-        {children}
+      <div
+        className="overflow-y-auto h-viewerHeight no-scrollbar"
+        ref={containerRef}
+      >
+        <div
+          style={{
+            height: `${rowVirtualizer.totalSize}px`,
+            width: "100%",
+            position: "relative",
+          }}
+        >
+          {rowVirtualizer.virtualItems.map((virtualRow) => {
+            const item = items[virtualRow.index];
+            return (
+              <div
+                key={virtualRow.index}
+                style={{
+                  position: "absolute",
+                  top: 0,
+                  left: 0,
+                  width: "100%",
+                  height: `${virtualRow.size}px`,
+                  transform: `translateY(${virtualRow.start}px)`,
+                }}
+              >
+                <ColumnItem
+                  item={item}
+                  json={json}
+                  isSelected={selectedPath.includes(item.id)}
+                  isHighlighted={
+                    highlightedPath[highlightedPath.length - 1] === item.id
+                  }
+                  onClick={(id) => goToNodeId(id, "columnView")}
+                />
+              </div>
+            );
+          })}
+        </div>
       </div>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/app/components/Columns.tsx b/app/components/Columns.tsx
index 823f3ebe..e3d118a7 100644
--- a/app/components/Columns.tsx
+++ b/app/components/Columns.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ function ColumnsElement({ columns }: { columns: ColumnDefinition[] }) {
   const [json] = useJson();
   const { selectedPath, highlightedPath, highlightedNodeId } =
     useJsonColumnViewState();
-  const { goToNodeId } = useJsonColumnViewAPI();
   const highlightedItemIsValue = useMemo<boolean>(() => {
     if (highlightedNodeId == null) {
       return false;
@@ -38,20 +37,10 @@ function ColumnsElement({ columns }: { columns: ColumnDefinition[] }) {
             hasHighlightedElement={
               highlightedPath[highlightedPath.length - 2] === column.id
             }
-          >
-            {column.items.map((item) => (
-              <ColumnItem
-                key={item.id}
-                item={item}
-                json={json}
-                isSelected={selectedPath.includes(item.id)}
-                isHighlighted={
-                  highlightedPath[highlightedPath.length - 1] === item.id
-                }
-                onClick={(id) => goToNodeId(id, "columnView")}
-              />
-            ))}
-          </Column>
+            selectedPath={selectedPath}
+            highlightedPath={highlightedPath}
+            items={column.items}
+          />
         );
       })}
       {highlightedItemIsValue ? <BlankColumn /> : null}