diff --git a/config.example.yaml b/config.example.yaml
index dfeef8b..6094336 100644
--- a/config.example.yaml
+++ b/config.example.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ defaultLanguage:
     timeout: 20
     concurrent: 10
     retries: 2
+    outputLimit: 4k
 
 buildConcurrently: true
 prepareContainers: false
diff --git a/src/Myriad/Config.hs b/src/Myriad/Config.hs
index 7a45e23..813967b 100644
--- a/src/Myriad/Config.hs
+++ b/src/Myriad/Config.hs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ data Language = Language
     , _timeout :: Int
     , _concurrent :: Int
     , _retries :: Int
+    , _outputLimit :: T.Text
     } deriving (Show)
 
 makeFieldLabelsWith classUnderscoreNoPrefixFields ''Language
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ data DefaultLanguage = DefaultLanguage
     , _timeout :: Int
     , _concurrent :: Int
     , _retries :: Int
+    , _outputLimit :: T.Text
     } deriving (Show)
 
 makeFieldLabelsWith classUnderscoreNoPrefixFields ''DefaultLanguage
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ instance FromJSON DefaultLanguage where
         <*> m .: "timeout"
         <*> m .: "concurrent"
         <*> m .: "retries"
+        <*> m .: "outputLimit"
 
 data RawLanguage = RawLanguage
     { _name :: LanguageName
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ data RawLanguage = RawLanguage
     , _timeout :: Maybe Int
     , _concurrent :: Maybe Int
     , _retries :: Maybe Int
+    , _outputLimit :: Maybe T.Text
     } deriving (Show)
 
 makeFieldLabelsWith classUnderscoreNoPrefixFields ''RawLanguage
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ instance FromJSON RawLanguage where
         <*> m .:? "timeout"
         <*> m .:? "concurrent"
         <*> m .:? "retries"
+        <*> m .:? "outputLimit"
 
 data RawConfig = RawConfig
     { _languages :: [RawLanguage]
@@ -127,4 +132,5 @@ fromRawLanguage d r =
         , _timeout = fromMaybe (d ^. #timeout) (r ^. #timeout)
         , _concurrent = fromMaybe (d ^. #concurrent) (r ^. #concurrent)
         , _retries = fromMaybe (d ^. #retries) (r ^. #retries)
+        , _outputLimit = fromMaybe (d ^. #outputLimit) (r ^. #outputLimit)
         }
diff --git a/src/Myriad/Docker.hs b/src/Myriad/Docker.hs
index 12fb1c6..2039a49 100644
--- a/src/Myriad/Docker.hs
+++ b/src/Myriad/Docker.hs
@@ -214,17 +214,19 @@ evalCode lang numRetries code = withContainer $ \cnt -> do
                     void . killContainer $ lang ^. #name
 
         eval :: ContainerName -> Snowflake -> Myriad EvalResult
-        eval cnt snowflake = do
+        eval cnt snowflake = do 
             logInfo ["Running code in container ", cs cnt, ", evaluation ", cs $ show snowflake, ":\n", cs code]
             exec_ ["docker exec ", cs cnt, " mkdir eval/", show snowflake]
             exec_ ["docker exec ", cs cnt, " chmod 777 eval/", show snowflake]
             -- User 1001 will be used for the actual execution so that they can't access `eval` itself
-            let cmd = mconcat
+            let limit = lang ^. #outputLimit
+                cmd = mconcat
                         [ "docker exec -i -u1001:1001 -w/tmp/eval/"
                         , show snowflake
                         , " "
                         , cnt
-                        , " /bin/sh /var/run/run.sh 2>&1 | head -c 4K"
+                        , " /bin/sh /var/run/run.sh 2>&1 | head -c "
+                        , cs limit
                         ]
                 pr = setStdin (byteStringInput $ cs code) $ shell cmd
             logDebug ["Executing with stdin `", cs cmd, "`"]