diff --git a/src/RedisRateLimiting/FixedWindow/RedisFixedWindowManager.cs b/src/RedisRateLimiting/FixedWindow/RedisFixedWindowManager.cs
index 651720a..9dff775 100644
--- a/src/RedisRateLimiting/FixedWindow/RedisFixedWindowManager.cs
+++ b/src/RedisRateLimiting/FixedWindow/RedisFixedWindowManager.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ internal class RedisFixedWindowManager
 
         private static readonly LuaScript Script = LuaScript.Prepare(
           @"local expires_at = tonumber(redis.call(""get"", @expires_at_key))
+            local limit = tonumber(@permit_limit)
+            local inc = tonumber(@increment_amount)
 
             if not expires_at or expires_at < tonumber(@current_time) then
                 -- this is either a brand new window,
@@ -29,11 +31,25 @@ internal class RedisFixedWindowManager
                 expires_at = @next_expires_at
             end
 
-            -- now that the window either already exists or it was freshly initialized,
+            -- now that the window either already exists or it was freshly initialized
             -- increment the counter(`incrby` returns a number)
-            local current = redis.call(""incrby"", @rate_limit_key, @increment_amount)
 
-            return { current, expires_at }");
+            local current = redis.call(""get"", @rate_limit_key)
+
+            if not current then
+                current = 0
+            else
+                current = tonumber(current)
+            end
+
+            local allowed = current + inc <= limit
+
+            if allowed then
+                current = redis.call(""incrby"", @rate_limit_key, inc)
+            end 
+
+            return { current, expires_at, allowed } 
+        ");
 
         public RedisFixedWindowManager(
             string partitionKey,
@@ -46,7 +62,7 @@ public RedisFixedWindowManager(
             RateLimitExpireKey = new RedisKey($"rl:fw:{{{partitionKey}}}:exp");
         }
 
-        internal async Task<RedisFixedWindowResponse> TryAcquireLeaseAsync()
+        internal async Task<RedisFixedWindowResponse> TryAcquireLeaseAsync(int permitCount)
         {
             var now = DateTimeOffset.UtcNow;
             var nowUnixTimeSeconds = now.ToUnixTimeSeconds();
@@ -61,7 +77,8 @@ internal async Task<RedisFixedWindowResponse> TryAcquireLeaseAsync()
                     expires_at_key = RateLimitExpireKey,
                     next_expires_at = (RedisValue)now.Add(_options.Window).ToUnixTimeSeconds(),
                     current_time = (RedisValue)nowUnixTimeSeconds,
-                    increment_amount = (RedisValue)1D,
+                    permit_limit = (RedisValue)_options.PermitLimit,
+                    increment_amount = (RedisValue)permitCount,
                 });
 
             var result = new RedisFixedWindowResponse();
@@ -70,6 +87,7 @@ internal async Task<RedisFixedWindowResponse> TryAcquireLeaseAsync()
             {
                 result.Count = (long)response[0];
                 result.ExpiresAt = (long)response[1];
+                result.Allowed = (bool)response[2];
                 result.RetryAfter = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(result.ExpiresAt - nowUnixTimeSeconds);
             }
 
@@ -112,5 +130,6 @@ internal class RedisFixedWindowResponse
         internal long ExpiresAt { get; set; }
         internal TimeSpan RetryAfter { get; set; }
         internal long Count { get; set; }
+        internal bool Allowed { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/RedisRateLimiting/FixedWindow/RedisFixedWindowRateLimiter.cs b/src/RedisRateLimiting/FixedWindow/RedisFixedWindowRateLimiter.cs
index efc9841..616adc2 100644
--- a/src/RedisRateLimiting/FixedWindow/RedisFixedWindowRateLimiter.cs
+++ b/src/RedisRateLimiting/FixedWindow/RedisFixedWindowRateLimiter.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ protected override ValueTask<RateLimitLease> AcquireAsyncCore(int permitCount, C
                 throw new ArgumentOutOfRangeException(nameof(permitCount), permitCount, string.Format("{0} permit(s) exceeds the permit limit of {1}.", permitCount, _options.PermitLimit));
             }
 
-            return AcquireAsyncCoreInternal();
+            return AcquireAsyncCoreInternal(permitCount);
         }
 
         protected override RateLimitLease AttemptAcquireCore(int permitCount)
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ protected override RateLimitLease AttemptAcquireCore(int permitCount)
             return FailedLease;
         }
 
-        private async ValueTask<RateLimitLease> AcquireAsyncCoreInternal()
+        private async ValueTask<RateLimitLease> AcquireAsyncCoreInternal(int permitCount)
         {
             var leaseContext = new FixedWindowLeaseContext
             {
@@ -74,18 +74,13 @@ private async ValueTask<RateLimitLease> AcquireAsyncCoreInternal()
                 Window = _options.Window,
             };
 
-            var response = await _redisManager.TryAcquireLeaseAsync();
+            var response = await _redisManager.TryAcquireLeaseAsync(permitCount);
 
             leaseContext.Count = response.Count;
             leaseContext.RetryAfter = response.RetryAfter;
             leaseContext.ExpiresAt = response.ExpiresAt;
 
-            if (leaseContext.Count > _options.PermitLimit)
-            {
-                return new FixedWindowLease(isAcquired: false, leaseContext);
-            }
-
-            return new FixedWindowLease(isAcquired: true, leaseContext);
+            return new FixedWindowLease(isAcquired: response.Allowed, leaseContext);
         }
 
         private sealed class FixedWindowLeaseContext
diff --git a/test/RedisRateLimiting.Tests/UnitTests/FixedWindowUnitTests.cs b/test/RedisRateLimiting.Tests/UnitTests/FixedWindowUnitTests.cs
index 12edf89..dd33180 100644
--- a/test/RedisRateLimiting.Tests/UnitTests/FixedWindowUnitTests.cs
+++ b/test/RedisRateLimiting.Tests/UnitTests/FixedWindowUnitTests.cs
@@ -79,5 +79,27 @@ public async Task CanAcquireAsyncResource()
             using var lease2 = await limiter.AcquireAsync();
             Assert.False(lease2.IsAcquired);
         }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task CanAcquireMultiplePermits()
+        {
+            using var limiter = new RedisFixedWindowRateLimiter<string>(
+                partitionKey: Guid.NewGuid().ToString(),
+                new RedisFixedWindowRateLimiterOptions
+                {
+                    PermitLimit = 5,
+                    Window = TimeSpan.FromMinutes(1),
+                    ConnectionMultiplexerFactory = Fixture.ConnectionMultiplexerFactory,
+                });
+
+            using var lease = await limiter.AcquireAsync(permitCount: 3);
+            Assert.True(lease.IsAcquired);
+
+            using var lease2 = await limiter.AcquireAsync(permitCount: 3);
+            Assert.False(lease2.IsAcquired);
+
+            using var lease3 = await limiter.AcquireAsync(permitCount: 2);
+            Assert.True(lease3.IsAcquired);
+        }
     }
 }