diff --git a/lindi/LindiH5pyFile/LindiReferenceFileSystemStore.py b/lindi/LindiH5pyFile/LindiReferenceFileSystemStore.py
index 7b51fcc..1816806 100644
--- a/lindi/LindiH5pyFile/LindiReferenceFileSystemStore.py
+++ b/lindi/LindiH5pyFile/LindiReferenceFileSystemStore.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-from typing import Literal, Dict, Union
+from typing import Literal, Dict, Union, Any, Mapping, Sequence, Union
 import json
 import base64
 import requests
-from zarr.storage import Store as ZarrStore
+from zarr.storage import Store as ZarrStore, FSStore
+from zarr.context import Context
+
 
 from ..LocalCache.LocalCache import ChunkTooLargeError, LocalCache
 
@@ -104,6 +106,9 @@ def __init__(self, rfs: dict, *, mode: Literal["r", "r+"] = "r+", local_cache: U
             else:
                 raise Exception(f"Problem with {k}: value must be a string or a list")
 
+        import fsspec
+        self.fs_store = FSStore("", fs=fsspec.filesystem("reference", fo=rfs))
+
         # validate templates
         if "templates" in rfs:
             for k, v in rfs["templates"].items():
@@ -121,40 +126,41 @@ def __contains__(self, key: object):
         return key in self.rfs["refs"]
 
     def __getitem__(self, key: str):
-        if key not in self.rfs["refs"]:
-            raise KeyError(key)
-        x = self.rfs["refs"][key]
-        if isinstance(x, str):
-            if x.startswith("base64:"):
-                return base64.b64decode(x[len("base64:"):])
-            else:
-                return x.encode("utf-8")
-        elif isinstance(x, dict):
-            return json.dumps(x).encode("utf-8")
-        elif isinstance(x, list):
-            if len(x) != 3:
-                raise Exception("list must have 3 elements")  # pragma: no cover
-            url = x[0]
-            offset = x[1]
-            length = x[2]
-            if '{{' in url and '}}' in url and 'templates' in self.rfs:
-                for k, v in self.rfs["templates"].items():
-                    url = url.replace("{{" + k + "}}", v)
-            if self.local_cache is not None:
-                x = self.local_cache.get_remote_chunk(url=url, offset=offset, size=length)
-                if x is not None:
-                    return x
-            val = _read_bytes_from_url_or_path(url, offset, length)
-            if self.local_cache is not None:
-                try:
-                    self.local_cache.put_remote_chunk(url=url, offset=offset, size=length, data=val)
-                except ChunkTooLargeError:
-                    print(f'Warning: unable to cache chunk of size {length} on LocalCache (key: {key})')
-            return val
-        else:
-            # should not happen given checks in __init__, but self.rfs is mutable
-            # and contains mutable lists
-            raise Exception(f"Problem with {key}: value {x} must be a string or a list")
+        return self.fs_store[key]
+        # if key not in self.rfs["refs"]:
+        #     raise KeyError(key)
+        # x = self.rfs["refs"][key]
+        # if isinstance(x, str):
+        #     if x.startswith("base64:"):
+        #         return base64.b64decode(x[len("base64:"):])
+        #     else:
+        #         return x.encode("utf-8")
+        # elif isinstance(x, dict):
+        #     return json.dumps(x).encode("utf-8")
+        # elif isinstance(x, list):
+        #     if len(x) != 3:
+        #         raise Exception("list must have 3 elements")  # pragma: no cover
+        #     url = x[0]
+        #     offset = x[1]
+        #     length = x[2]
+        #     if '{{' in url and '}}' in url and 'templates' in self.rfs:
+        #         for k, v in self.rfs["templates"].items():
+        #             url = url.replace("{{" + k + "}}", v)
+        #     if self.local_cache is not None:
+        #         x = self.local_cache.get_remote_chunk(url=url, offset=offset, size=length)
+        #         if x is not None:
+        #             return x
+        #     val = _read_bytes_from_url_or_path(url, offset, length)
+        #     if self.local_cache is not None:
+        #         try:
+        #             self.local_cache.put_remote_chunk(url=url, offset=offset, size=length, data=val)
+        #         except ChunkTooLargeError:
+        #             print(f'Warning: unable to cache chunk of size {length} on LocalCache (key: {key})')
+        #     return val
+        # else:
+        #     # should not happen given checks in __init__, but self.rfs is mutable
+        #     # and contains mutable lists
+        #     raise Exception(f"Problem with {key}: value {x} must be a string or a list")
 
     def __setitem__(self, key: str, value: bytes):
         # We intentionally do not allow value to be a dict here! When the rfs is
@@ -193,6 +199,15 @@ def is_listable(self):
     def is_erasable(self):
         return False
 
+    def getitems(
+        self, keys: Sequence[str], *, contexts: Mapping[str, Context]
+    ) -> Mapping[str, Any]:
+        """Retrieve data from multiple keys.
+
+        See zarr.storage.FSStore.getitems for more information.
+        """
+        return self.fs_store.getitems(keys, contexts=contexts)
+
     @staticmethod
     def replace_meta_file_contents_with_dicts_in_rfs(rfs: dict) -> None:
         """
@@ -247,6 +262,7 @@ def _read_bytes_from_url_or_path(url_or_path: str, offset: int, length: int):
     Read a range of bytes from a URL.
     """
     from ..LindiRemfile.LindiRemfile import _resolve_url
+
     if url_or_path.startswith('http://') or url_or_path.startswith('https://'):
         url_resolved = _resolve_url(url_or_path)  # handle DANDI auth
         range_start = offset