diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index eef79a5..e5149cb 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -25,4 +25,8 @@ DEV_PORT= "8000"
 # User and group the server should run as. Set to None if it should be the
 # current user
 USER = None
-GROUP = None
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+GROUP = None
+
+# limit size of pasted text in bytes. Be carefull allowing too much size can slow down user's
+# browser
+MAX_SIZE = 500 * 1
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diff --git a/start.py b/start.py
index 6da0d85..794683d 100644
--- a/start.py
+++ b/start.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import thread
 import time
 import tempfile
 import glob
+import math
 
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 
@@ -30,11 +31,14 @@ from bottle import (Bottle, route, run, abort,
 
 app = Bottle()
 
+import settings
+
 
 @app.route('/')
 @view('home')
 def index():
-    return {}
+    max_size_kb = int(math.ceil(settings.MAX_SIZE/1024.0))
+    return {'max_size': settings.MAX_SIZE, 'max_size_kb': max_size_kb}
 
 
 @app.route('/paste/create', method='POST')
diff --git a/static/css/style.css b/static/css/style.css
index 967a0cd..690e339 100644
--- a/static/css/style.css
+++ b/static/css/style.css
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ h4#pixels-total {
 	clear: both;
 	margin: 0 auto;
 	text-align: center;
+	margin-top: 40px;
 }
 
 /* Home */
@@ -141,7 +142,11 @@ input.hide-upload {
 	cursor: hand;
 	height: 49px;
 }
- 
+
+.max-size-reached {
+	display: none;
+}
+
 /* Paste Page */
 
 .items {
diff --git a/static/js/behavior.js b/static/js/behavior.js
index a709c46..d9ceb77 100644
--- a/static/js/behavior.js
+++ b/static/js/behavior.js
@@ -108,6 +108,19 @@ zerobin = {
       content_clone = content_clone + $(this).text() + '\n';
     });
     return content_clone;
+  },
+    count: function(text, options) {
+    // Set option defaults
+    var crlf = /(\r?\n|\r)/g;
+    var whitespace = /(\r?\n|\r|\s+)/g;
+    options = options || {};
+    options.lineBreaks = options.lineBreaks || 1; 
+    
+    var length = text.length,
+      nonAscii = length - text.replace(/[\u0100-\uFFFF]/g, '').length,
+        lineBreaks = length - text.replace(crlf, '').length; 
+    
+      return length + nonAscii + Math.max(0, options.lineBreaks * (lineBreaks - 1)); 
   }
 };
 
@@ -125,22 +138,32 @@ $('button[type=submit]').live("click", function(e){
   e.preventDefault();
   var paste = $('textarea').val();
 
-  if (paste.trim()) {
-    var expiration = $('#expiration').val();
-    var key = zerobin.make_key();
-    var data = {content: zerobin.encrypt(key, paste), expiration: expiration}
+  var sizebytes = zerobin.count($('#content').val(), { });
+
+  if (sizebytes > zerobin.max_size ){
+  
+    $('.max-size-reached').show();
+    $('.file-size').text(Math.round(sizebytes/1024));
+  
+  }else{
+
+    if (paste.trim()) {
+      var expiration = $('#expiration').val();
+      var key = zerobin.make_key();
+      var data = {content: zerobin.encrypt(key, paste), expiration: expiration}
+
+      $.post('/paste/create', data)
+       .error(function(error) {
+          alert('Paste could not be saved. Please try again later.');
+       })
+       .success(function(data) {
+          var paste_url = '/paste/' + data['paste'] + '#' + key;
+          window.location = (paste_url);
+          zerobin.store_paste(paste_url);
+       });
+    }
 
-    $.post('/paste/create', data)
-     .error(function(error) {
-        alert('Paste could not be saved. Please try again later.');
-     })
-     .success(function(data) {
-        var paste_url = '/paste/' + data['paste'] + '#' + key;
-        window.location = (paste_url);
-        zerobin.store_paste(paste_url);
-     });
   }
-
 });
 
 /** On the display paste page.
@@ -215,6 +238,7 @@ $('#content').live('keyup change', function(){
       $('.paste-option').clone().addClass('down').appendTo('form.well');
     }
    }
+    
 });
 
 /* Display previous pastes */
@@ -265,6 +289,14 @@ $('#file-upload').mouseover(function(){
 });
 
 
+/* Alerts */
+
+$(".close").click(function(){
+  $(this).parent().fadeOut();
+});
+
+
+
 });
 
 
diff --git a/views/base.tpl b/views/base.tpl
index b35ee03..793e31a 100644
--- a/views/base.tpl
+++ b/views/base.tpl
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@
     <script src="/static/js/sjcl.js"></script>
     <script src="/static/js/jquery-1.7.2.min.js"></script>
     <script src="/static/js/behavior.js"></script>
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+      zerobin.max_size = {{ max_size }};
+    </script>
 
   </head>
 
@@ -81,10 +84,11 @@
         <strong>41,017,923,819</strong> pastes øbinned
       </h4>
 
-      </br>
+      </br> 
         <p class="greetings span12">
             Based on an original idea from
-           <a href="http://sebsauvage.net/paste/">sebsauvage.net</a>
+           <a href="http://sebsauvage.net/paste/">sebsauvage.net</a><br>
+           <a href="http://sametmax.com">Sam &amp; Max</a>
        </p>
       </footer>
 
diff --git a/views/home.tpl b/views/home.tpl
index 90dc804..d5d40dd 100644
--- a/views/home.tpl
+++ b/views/home.tpl
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-<p class="file-upload"> 
+<div class="alert alert-error max-size-reached">
+  <a class="close" data-dismiss="alert" href="#">×</a>
+  <strong>Warning!</strong><br>
+  Your file is <strong class="file-size"></strong>KB You have reached the maximum size limit of {{ max_size_kb }}KB.
+</div>
+
+<p class="file-upload">
 	<input type="button" class="btn btn-upload"  value="Upload File"> 
 	<input type="file" class="hide-upload" id="file-upload" >
-</p>
+</p> 
 
 <form class="well" method="post" action="/paste/create">
 <p class="paste-option">
@@ -22,4 +28,4 @@
 </form>
 
 
-%rebase base
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+%rebase base max_size=max_size
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