diff --git a/tika-gui-app/pom.xml b/tika-gui-app/pom.xml
index 20b2a6e..ae75c2b 100644
--- a/tika-gui-app/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-gui-app/pom.xml
@@ -193,16 +193,16 @@
             <artifactId>download-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             <executions>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-async-cli-3.0.0-20230916.113230-19</id>
+                <id>tika-async-cli-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-async-cli/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-async-cli-3.0.0-20230916.113230-19.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-async-cli/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-async-cli-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-core</outputDirectory>
-                  <md5>2162c7e9a3f4a93c0c5566323ad65cf7</md5>
+                  <md5>8f23c6be86dc762e03c38a6e764b4a68</md5>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
@@ -219,39 +219,39 @@
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-fetcher-s3-3.0.0-20230916.113250-19</id>
+                <id>tika-fetcher-s3-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-fetcher-s3/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-fetcher-s3-3.0.0-20230916.113250-19.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-fetcher-s3/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-fetcher-s3-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-fetcher-s3</outputDirectory>
-                  <md5>902ba0eba30eb70f16603359285ec796</md5>
+                  <md5>adecfb8a8b09eefd453ab8a8b63fa15c</md5>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-parser-sqlite3-package-3.0.0-20230916.113313-19</id>
+                <id>tika-parser-sqlite3-package-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-parser-sqlite3-package/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-parser-sqlite3-package-3.0.0-20230916.113313-19.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-parser-sqlite3-package/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-parser-sqlite3-package-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-app</outputDirectory>
                   <md5>30c2565c8e051cb30da52f3d778e1078</md5>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-pipes-reporter-fs-status-3.0.0-20230916.113325-19</id>
+                <id>tika-pipes-reporter-fs-status-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-pipes-reporter-fs-status/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-pipes-reporter-fs-status-3.0.0-20230916.113325-19.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-pipes-reporter-fs-status/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-pipes-reporter-fs-status-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-core</outputDirectory>
                   <md5>874b8819dec38cdd83a2258f195a1856</md5>
@@ -271,133 +271,133 @@
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-emitter-fs-3.0.0-20230916.113236-19</id>
+                <id>tika-emitter-fs-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-emitter-fs/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-emitter-fs-3.0.0-20230916.113236-19.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-emitter-fs/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-emitter-fs-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-emitter-fs</outputDirectory>
                   <md5>4ddc6102f326ef4905b8ec297f6930d7</md5>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-emitter-jdbc-3.0.0-20230916.113239-19</id>
+                <id>tika-emitter-jdbc-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-emitter-jdbc/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-emitter-jdbc-3.0.0-20230916.113239-19.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-emitter-jdbc/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-emitter-jdbc-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-emitter-jdbc</outputDirectory>
                   <md5>aef47a06adb481e5ed922695fe94ad3b</md5>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-pipes-reporter-jdbc-3.0.0-20230916.113326-19</id>
+                <id>tika-pipes-reporter-jdbc-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-pipes-reporter-jdbc/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-pipes-reporter-jdbc-3.0.0-20230916.113326-19.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-pipes-reporter-jdbc/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-pipes-reporter-jdbc-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-core</outputDirectory>
                   <md5>f4e80ec1445287e000d2ad22a440764a</md5>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-eval-core-3.0.0-20230916.113245-19</id>
+                <id>tika-eval-core-3.0.0-20230929.080223-40</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-eval-core/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-eval-core-3.0.0-20230916.113245-19.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-eval-core/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-eval-core-3.0.0-20230929.080223-40.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-extras</outputDirectory>
-                  <md5>a224e425b7bbc0f8e8d959e97734676b</md5>
+                  <md5>184c0ad313682f0fdbcb4513a85b52fa</md5>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-pipes-iterator-s3-3.0.0-20230916.113323-19</id>
+                <id>tika-pipes-iterator-s3-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-pipes-iterator-s3/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-pipes-iterator-s3-3.0.0-20230916.113323-19.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-pipes-iterator-s3/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-pipes-iterator-s3-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-pipes-iterator-s3</outputDirectory>
-                  <md5>7ece173d822a4e639b7de850c1b8ff0a</md5>
+                  <md5>739fde29a4ce47baf52d5d5db6e9e223</md5>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-serialization-3.0.0-20230916.113329-20</id>
+                <id>tika-serialization-3.0.0-20230929.180046-42</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-serialization/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-serialization-3.0.0-20230916.113329-20.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-serialization/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-serialization-3.0.0-20230929.180046-42.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-core</outputDirectory>
                   <md5>98384bcac2c450b613c6ffde5cbe43dd</md5>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-detector-siegfried-3.0.0-20230916.113234-19</id>
+                <id>tika-detector-siegfried-3.0.0-20230929.080217-40</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-detector-siegfried/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-detector-siegfried-3.0.0-20230916.113234-19.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-detector-siegfried/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-detector-siegfried-3.0.0-20230929.080217-40.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-extras</outputDirectory>
                   <md5>945a1fae320b3a89a1062701dc6c354b</md5>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-emitter-opensearch-3.0.0-20230916.113240-19</id>
+                <id>tika-emitter-opensearch-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-emitter-opensearch/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-emitter-opensearch-3.0.0-20230916.113240-19.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-emitter-opensearch/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-emitter-opensearch-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-emitter-opensearch</outputDirectory>
                   <md5>94920de26db8c229ee1dc4145d7b6df4</md5>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-emitter-s3-3.0.0-20230916.113241-19</id>
+                <id>tika-emitter-s3-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-emitter-s3/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-emitter-s3-3.0.0-20230916.113241-19.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-emitter-s3/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-emitter-s3-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-emitter-s3</outputDirectory>
-                  <md5>d69e1cfef10e12626aad209efcb97691</md5>
+                  <md5>68559a84f11bc599ee1b1a88cab841d8</md5>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
-                <id>tika-app-3.0.0-20230916.113228-19</id>
+                <id>tika-app-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41</id>
                 <phase>prepare-package</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>wget</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <configuration>
-                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-app/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-app-3.0.0-20230916.113228-19.jar</url>
+                  <url>https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tika/tika-app/3.0.0-SNAPSHOT/tika-app-3.0.0-20230929.180046-41.jar</url>
                   <unpack>false</unpack>
                   <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib/tika-app</outputDirectory>
-                  <md5>4af4bb225cdb80782aee65f1edee7000</md5>
+                  <md5>c8585b454722d835f885c0ef80bbd116</md5>
                 </configuration>
               </execution>
               <execution>
diff --git a/tika-gui-app/src/main/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/AdvancedBatchController.java b/tika-gui-app/src/main/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/AdvancedBatchController.java
index ec447c7..80d7d44 100644
--- a/tika-gui-app/src/main/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/AdvancedBatchController.java
+++ b/tika-gui-app/src/main/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/AdvancedBatchController.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
 import javafx.fxml.Initializable;
+import javafx.scene.control.CheckBox;
 import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox;
 import javafx.scene.control.TextField;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ public class AdvancedBatchController extends ControllerBase implements Initializ
     @FXML
     private TextField writeLimit;
 
+    @FXML
+    private CheckBox throwOnWriteLimitReached;
+
     @Override
     public void initialize(URL fxmlFileLocation, ResourceBundle resources) {
 
@@ -87,11 +91,17 @@ public void initialize(URL fxmlFileLocation, ResourceBundle resources) {
         if (batchProcessConfig.getWriteLimit() > -1) {
             writeLimit.setText(Long.toString(batchProcessConfig.getWriteLimit()));
         }
+        //add a listener so that we can validate input
+        //when the user enters it
         writeLimit.focusedProperty().addListener((ov, oldV, newV) -> {
             if (! newV) {
                 setWriteLimit();
             }
         });
+
+        if (batchProcessConfig.isThrowOnWriteLimitReached()) {
+            throwOnWriteLimitReached.setSelected(true);
+        }
     }
 
     public void setWriteLimit() {
@@ -164,6 +174,8 @@ public void saveState() {
                 bpc.getEmitWithinMs());
         bpc.setEmitWithinMs(emitWithin);
 
+        bpc.setThrowOnWriteLimitReached(throwOnWriteLimitReached.isSelected());
+
         APP_CONTEXT.saveState();
     }
 
diff --git a/tika-gui-app/src/main/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/batch/BatchProcessConfig.java b/tika-gui-app/src/main/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/batch/BatchProcessConfig.java
index 7f15377..636de5b 100644
--- a/tika-gui-app/src/main/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/batch/BatchProcessConfig.java
+++ b/tika-gui-app/src/main/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/batch/BatchProcessConfig.java
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ public class BatchProcessConfig {
 
     private long writeLimit = -1;
 
+    private boolean throwOnWriteLimitReached = false;
+
     public Optional<ConfigItem> getPipesIterator() {
         return pipesIterator;
     }
@@ -211,6 +213,14 @@ public void setWriteLimit(long writeLimit) {
         this.writeLimit = writeLimit;
     }
 
+    public void setThrowOnWriteLimitReached(boolean throwOnWriteLimitReached) {
+        this.throwOnWriteLimitReached = throwOnWriteLimitReached;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isThrowOnWriteLimitReached() {
+        return throwOnWriteLimitReached;
+    }
+
     public void setParserConfig(ParserConfig parserConfig) {
         this.parserConfig = parserConfig;
     }
diff --git a/tika-gui-app/src/main/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/config/TikaConfigWriter.java b/tika-gui-app/src/main/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/config/TikaConfigWriter.java
index bca599d..938a6e0 100644
--- a/tika-gui-app/src/main/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/config/TikaConfigWriter.java
+++ b/tika-gui-app/src/main/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/config/TikaConfigWriter.java
@@ -358,6 +358,8 @@ private void appendFSPipesIterator(BatchProcessConfig batchProcessConfig,
 
         if (batchProcessConfig.getWriteLimit() >= 0) {
             writer.appendTextElement(params, "writeLimit", Long.toString(batchProcessConfig.getWriteLimit()));
+            writer.appendTextElement(params, "throwOnWriteLimitReached",
+                    Boolean.toString(batchProcessConfig.isThrowOnWriteLimitReached()));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tika-gui-app/src/main/resources/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/batch-advanced-view.fxml b/tika-gui-app/src/main/resources/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/batch-advanced-view.fxml
index 8c430bc..623b200 100644
--- a/tika-gui-app/src/main/resources/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/batch-advanced-view.fxml
+++ b/tika-gui-app/src/main/resources/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/batch-advanced-view.fxml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
 <!--
   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
   or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
@@ -17,8 +18,10 @@
   specific language governing permissions and limitations
   under the License.
 -->
+
 <?import java.lang.String?>
 <?import javafx.collections.FXCollections?>
+<?import javafx.scene.control.CheckBox?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.ComboBox?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.Label?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.Tab?>
@@ -35,12 +38,12 @@
               <tabs>
                 <Tab closable="false" disable="false" text="Detectors">
                   <content>
-                    <fx:include fx:id="detector_config" source="detector-view.fxml"/>
+                    <fx:include fx:id="detector_config" source="detector-view.fxml" />
                   </content>
                 </Tab>
                 <Tab closable="false" disable="false" text="Parsers">
                   <content>
-                    <fx:include fx:id="parser_config" source="parser-view.fxml"/>
+                    <fx:include fx:id="parser_config" source="parser-view.fxml" />
                   </content>
                 </Tab>
                   <Tab closable="false" text="Parse Options">
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@
                               </ComboBox>
                               <Label layoutX="54.0" layoutY="110.0" prefHeight="21.0" prefWidth="121.0" text="Write Limit (bytes)" />
                               <TextField fx:id="writeLimit" alignment="CENTER_RIGHT" layoutX="188.0" layoutY="108.0" onAction="#setWriteLimit" />
+                              <CheckBox fx:id="throwOnWriteLimitReached" layoutX="388.0" layoutY="112.0" mnemonicParsing="false" text="Stop if limit reached" />
                            </children>
                         </AnchorPane>
                      </content>
diff --git a/tika-gui-app/src/test/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/ctx/TestAppContextSerialization.java b/tika-gui-app/src/test/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/ctx/TestAppContextSerialization.java
index 4960541..55da987 100644
--- a/tika-gui-app/src/test/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/ctx/TestAppContextSerialization.java
+++ b/tika-gui-app/src/test/java/org/tallison/tika/app/fx/ctx/TestAppContextSerialization.java
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@
 package org.tallison.tika.app.fx.ctx;
 
 import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jdk8.Jdk8Module;
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -41,9 +44,10 @@ public static void setUp() throws Exception {
 
     @Test
     public void testBasic() throws Exception {
+        String emitterPath = "somthing123456789";
         AppContext appContext = new AppContext();
         EmitterSpec emitterSpec = new FileSystemEmitterSpec(Collections.EMPTY_LIST);
-        ((FileSystemEmitterSpec)emitterSpec).setBasePath(Paths.get("something"));
+        ((FileSystemEmitterSpec)emitterSpec).setBasePath(Paths.get(emitterPath));
         emitterSpec.setShortLabel("short label");
         emitterSpec.setFullLabel("full label");
         emitterSpec.initialize();
@@ -58,6 +62,12 @@ public void testBasic() throws Exception {
         StringWriter writer = new StringWriter();
         objectMapper.writeValue(writer, appContext);
         AppContext deserialized = objectMapper.readValue(writer.toString(), AppContext.class);
+
+        //cleanup
+        Path something = Paths.get(emitterPath);
+        if (Files.isDirectory(something)) {
+            FileUtils.deleteDirectory(something.toFile());
+        }
     }
 
     @Test