diff --git a/internal/runner/options.go b/internal/runner/options.go
index e0c7d5c..188e493 100644
--- a/internal/runner/options.go
+++ b/internal/runner/options.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package runner
 
 import (
 	"flag"
+	"math"
 	"os"
 	"regexp"
 
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ type scanOptions struct {
 	PreferHTTPS            bool
 	NoFallback             bool
 	TechDetect             bool
+	MaxResponseBodySize    int
 }
 
 func (s *scanOptions) Clone() *scanOptions {
@@ -153,6 +155,7 @@ type Options struct {
 	protocol                  string
 	ShowStatistics            bool
 	RandomAgent               bool
+	MaxResponseBodySize       int
 }
 
 // ParseOptions parses the command line options for application
@@ -216,6 +219,7 @@ func ParseOptions() *Options {
 	flag.BoolVar(&options.NoFallback, "no-fallback", false, "If HTTPS on port 443 is successful on default configuration, probes also port 80 for HTTP")
 	flag.BoolVar(&options.ShowStatistics, "stats", false, "Enable statistic on keypress (terminal may become unresponsive till the end)")
 	flag.BoolVar(&options.RandomAgent, "random-agent", false, "Use randomly selected HTTP User-Agent header value")
+	flag.IntVar(&options.MaxResponseBodySize, "max-response-body-size", math.MaxInt32, "Maximum response body size")
 
 	flag.Parse()
 
diff --git a/internal/runner/runner.go b/internal/runner/runner.go
index d95ffe5..b41aa79 100644
--- a/internal/runner/runner.go
+++ b/internal/runner/runner.go
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ func New(options *Options) (*Runner, error) {
 	scanopts.OutputResponseTime = options.OutputResponseTime
 	scanopts.NoFallback = options.NoFallback
 	scanopts.TechDetect = options.TechDetect
+	scanopts.MaxResponseBodySize = options.MaxResponseBodySize
 
 	// output verb if more than one is specified
 	if len(scanopts.Methods) > 1 && !options.Silent {
@@ -368,7 +369,7 @@ func (r *Runner) RunEnumeration() {
 
 			row := resp.str
 			if r.options.JSONOutput {
-				row = resp.JSON()
+				row = resp.JSON(&r.scanopts)
 			}
 			gologger.Silent().Msgf("%s\n", row)
 			if f != nil {
@@ -765,7 +766,11 @@ retry:
 
 		domainFile = strings.ReplaceAll(domainFile, "/", "_") + ".txt"
 		responsePath := path.Join(scanopts.StoreResponseDirectory, domainFile)
-		writeErr := ioutil.WriteFile(responsePath, []byte(resp.Raw), 0644)
+		respRaw := resp.Raw
+		if len(respRaw) > scanopts.MaxResponseBodySize {
+			respRaw = respRaw[:scanopts.MaxResponseBodySize]
+		}
+		writeErr := ioutil.WriteFile(responsePath, []byte(respRaw), 0644)
 		if writeErr != nil {
 			gologger.Warning().Msgf("Could not write response, at path '%s', to disk: %s", responsePath, writeErr)
 		}
@@ -869,7 +874,11 @@ type Result struct {
 }
 
 // JSON the result
-func (r *Result) JSON() string {
+func (r Result) JSON(scanopts *scanOptions) string {
+	if scanopts != nil && len(r.ResponseBody) > scanopts.MaxResponseBodySize {
+		r.ResponseBody = r.ResponseBody[:scanopts.MaxResponseBodySize]
+	}
+
 	if js, err := json.Marshal(r); err == nil {
 		return string(js)
 	}