diff --git a/lib/parse-native.js b/lib/parse-native.js
index d0aaf60..041199a 100644
--- a/lib/parse-native.js
+++ b/lib/parse-native.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ var es = require('event-stream');
 var _ = require('lodash');
 var Reservoir = require('reservoir');
 
-var debug = require('debug')('mongodb-schema:parse-native');
+// var debug = require('debug')('mongodb-schema:parse-native');
 
 /**
  * Returns the type of value as a string. BSON type aware. Replaces `Object`
@@ -27,6 +27,16 @@ var getTypeName = function(value) {
 
 var addToField;
 
+var addToValue = function(type, value) {
+  if (type.name === 'String') {
+    // crop strings at 10k characters
+    if (value.length > 10000) {
+      value = value.slice(0, 10000);
+    }
+  }
+  type.values.pushSome(value);
+};
+
 var addToType = function(path, value, schema) {
   var typeName = getTypeName(value);
   var type = schema[typeName] = _.get(schema, typeName, {
@@ -51,10 +61,7 @@ var addToType = function(path, value, schema) {
   } else {
     type.values = _.get(type, 'values', type.name === 'String' ?
       new Reservoir(100) : new Reservoir(10000));
-    // if (type.values.length < 100) {
-    //   type.values.push(value);
-    // }
-    type.values.pushSome(value);
+    addToValue(type, value);
   }
 };
 
@@ -155,6 +162,20 @@ module.exports = function parse(model) {
   };
 
   var revived = false;
+  var finalized = false;
+
+  function cleanup() {
+    if (!finalized) {
+      finalizeSchema(schema);
+      finalized = true;
+    }
+    if (model && !revived) {
+      model.set(schema, {
+        parse: true
+      });
+    }
+    revived = true;
+  }
 
   var parser = es.through(function write(obj) {
     _.each(_.keys(obj), function(key) {
@@ -163,35 +184,15 @@ module.exports = function parse(model) {
     schema.count += 1;
     this.emit('progress', obj);
   }, function end() {
+    cleanup();
     this.emit('data', schema);
     this.emit('end');
   });
 
-  var finalizer = es.mapSync(finalizeSchema);
-
-  var pipeline = es.pipeline(parser, finalizer, es.map(function(data, cb) {
-    // debug('result', data);
-    if (model) {
-      model.set(data, {
-        parse: true
-      });
-    }
-    revived = true;
-    cb(null, data);
-  }));
-  // pass progress events on to the pipeline wrapper
-  parser.on('progress', function(data) {
-    pipeline.emit('progress', data);
+  parser.on('close', function() {
+    cleanup();
+    this.destroy();
   });
-  pipeline.on('close', function() {
-    if (!revived && model) {
-      debug('closed stream early, reviving model with partial schema.');
-      model.set(finalizeSchema(schema), {
-        parse: true
-      });
-      revived = true;
-      model.trigger('sync');
-    }
-  });
-  return pipeline;
+
+  return parser;
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4defeec..1c9dc12 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "mongodb-schema",
   "description": "Infer the probabilistic schema for a MongoDB collection.",
-  "version": "4.1.0",
+  "version": "4.1.1",
   "author": "Thomas Rueckstiess <thomas@rueckstiess.net>",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "http://github.com/mongodb-js/mongodb-schema",
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
     "stats-lite": "^2.0.0",
     "cli-table": "^0.3.1",
     "js-yaml": "^3.5.2",
-    "mongodb": "^2.1.8",
-    "mongodb-collection-sample": "^1.0.0",
+    "mongodb": "^2.1.9",
+    "mongodb-collection-sample": "^1.1.2",
     "mongodb-extended-json": "^1.6.2",
     "mongodb-ns": "^1.0.3",
     "numeral": "^1.5.3",