diff --git a/party/cli.py b/party/cli.py
index a0ab9ba..82944f8 100755
--- a/party/cli.py
+++ b/party/cli.py
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
     "exclusive with post_id, post_title and file_format"
 )
 
+size_limit_option = typer.Option(
+    help="Allows for a size limit, in Megabytes, as a cut off for downloaded "
+    "files. Example: if 50, no files larger than 50Mb will be downloaded."
+)
 file_format_option = typer.Option(
     help="Used to set the output file format. "
     "Mutually exclusive with post_id, post_title and ordered short. "
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ def pull_user(
     post_title: Annotated[bool, post_title_option] = False,
     ordered_short: Annotated[bool, ordered_short_option] = False,
     file_format: Annotated[str, file_format_option] = "{ref.filename}",
+    size_limit: Annotated[int, size_limit_option] = -1,
     sluglify: bool = False,
     full_check: bool = False,
 ):
@@ -160,6 +165,7 @@ def pull_user(
         ordered_short=ordered_short,
         file_format=file_format,
         sluglify=sluglify,
+        size_limit=size_limit,
     )
 
     update_csluglify(sluglify)
@@ -209,7 +215,8 @@ def pull_user(
     typer.secho(f"Downloading from user: {user.name}", fg=typer.colors.MAGENTA)
     with tqdm(total=len(files)) as pbar:
         output = asyncio.run(
-            download_async(pbar, site, directory, files, workers, full_check)
+            download_async(pbar, site, directory, files, workers, full_check,
+                           size_limit)
         )
     write_etags(directory)
     count = Counter(output)
@@ -223,6 +230,7 @@ async def download_async(
     files,
     workers: int = 10,
     full_check: bool = False,
+    size_limit: int = -1,
 ):
     """Basic AsyncIO implementation of downloads for files"""
     timeout = aiohttp.ClientTimeout(60 * 60, sock_connect=30)
@@ -250,7 +258,7 @@ async def download(file, semaphore):
             filename = f"{directory}/{file.filename}"
             async with semaphore:
                 status = await file.download(
-                    session, filename, 0, full_check
+                    session, filename, 0, full_check, size_limit
                 )
                 if status == StatusEnum.ERROR_429 and workers > 1:
                     workers = workers - 1
diff --git a/party/common.py b/party/common.py
index 5a2986c..af324c7 100644
--- a/party/common.py
+++ b/party/common.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ class StatusEnum(Enum):
     EXISTS = 5
     ERROR_OSERROR = 6
     DUPLICATE = 7
+    TOO_LARGE = 8
 
 
 def generate_token(size=16):
diff --git a/party/posts.py b/party/posts.py
index 6c96d98..1060816 100644
--- a/party/posts.py
+++ b/party/posts.py
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
 import aiohttp
 import desert
 
-from aiohttp import ClientPayloadError, ServerTimeoutError, ClientConnectorError
+from aiohttp import (
+    ClientPayloadError,
+    ServerTimeoutError,
+    ClientConnectorError,
+)
 from dateutil.parser import parse
 from loguru import logger
 from tqdm import tqdm
@@ -122,6 +126,7 @@ async def download(
         filename: str = ".",
         retries: int = 0,
         full_check: bool = False,
+        cut_off: int = -1,
     ):
         """Async download handler"""
         status = StatusEnum.SUCCESS
@@ -138,6 +143,8 @@ async def download(
         }
         try:
             async with session.head(url, allow_redirects=True) as head:
+                size_in_mb = (int(head.headers["content-length"])/1024/1024) \
+                        if 'content-length' in head.headers else 1
                 if head.status == 429:
                     return StatusEnum.ERROR_429
                 try:
@@ -149,6 +156,12 @@ async def download(
                     return StatusEnum.ERROR_OTHER
                 if etag_exists(tag) and not os.path.exists(filename):
                     return StatusEnum.DUPLICATE
+                if (
+                    cut_off > 0
+                    and "content-length" in head.headers
+                    and cut_off < size_in_mb
+                ):
+                    return StatusEnum.TOO_LARGE
                 add_etag(tag)
 
             async with session.get(url, headers=headers) as resp:
@@ -178,7 +191,11 @@ async def download(
                             )
                         fbar.refresh()
                         fbar.close()
-                    except (ClientPayloadError, ServerTimeoutError, ClientConnectorError) as err:
+                    except (
+                        ClientPayloadError,
+                        ServerTimeoutError,
+                        ClientConnectorError,
+                    ) as err:
                         logger.debug(
                             {
                                 "error": err,
@@ -226,17 +243,19 @@ async def download(
                 {"error": err, "filename": filename, "url": self.path}
             )
             status = StatusEnum.ERROR_OTHER
-        except (ConnectTimeoutError, ServerTimeoutError, ClientConnectorError) as err:
+        except (
+            ConnectTimeoutError,
+            ServerTimeoutError,
+            ClientConnectorError,
+        ) as err:
             logger.debug(
                 {"error": err, "filename": filename, "url": self.path}
             )
             if retries < 2:
-                status = await self.download(
-                    session, filename, retries + 1
-                )
+                status = await self.download(session, filename, retries + 1)
             else:
                 status = StatusEnum.ERROR_TIMEOUT
-            if 'tag' in locals():
+            if "tag" in locals():
                 remove_etag(tag)
         return status