diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 184fed5..ca3ad04 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ OUTPUT=
 TEMPDIR=
 # Put temporary image web server domain
 TMP_DOMAIN=
+# Threshold where optional space saving methods will be performed
+THRESHOLD=
 # Port for serving metrics. Metrics served are compatible with Prometheus.
 METRICS=
 
diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 9429ec1..af477cb 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@ import Shard from "./shard.js";
 import ImageWorker from "./utils/services/image.js";
 import PrometheusWorker from "./utils/services/prometheus.js";
 // some utils
-import { readFileSync } from "fs";
+import { promises, readFileSync } from "fs";
 import winston from "winston";
 import { exec as baseExec } from "child_process";
 import { promisify } from "util";
+
 const exec = promisify(baseExec);
 // database stuff
 import database from "./utils/database.js";
@@ -172,4 +173,36 @@ if (isMaster) {
       });
     });
   }
+
+  //process the threshold into bytes early
+  if (process.env.TEMPDIR&&process.env.THRESHOLD) {
+    const matched = process.env.THRESHOLD.match(/(\d+)([KMGT])/);
+    const sizes = {
+      "K":1024,
+      "M":1048576,
+      "G":1073741824,
+      "T":1099511627776
+    };
+    if (matched&&matched[1]&&matched[2]) {
+      process.env.THRESHOLD=matched[1]*sizes[matched[2]];
+    } else {
+      logger.error("Invalid THRESHOLD config.");
+      process.env.THRESHOLD = undefined;
+    }
+    let dirstat = (await promises.readdir(process.env.TEMPDIR))
+      .map(async (file)=>{
+          return new Promise((resolve,reject) =>{
+            promises.stat(`${process.env.TEMPDIR}/${file}`)
+              .then((stats)=>{
+                resolve(stats.size)
+              })
+          })
+      });
+    Promise.all(dirstat)
+      .then((size)=>{
+        process.env.DIRSIZECACHE = size.reduce((a,b)=>{
+          return a+b
+        },0)
+      })
+  }
 }
diff --git a/events/messageCreate.js b/events/messageCreate.js
index 4b2cb49..ba9adf5 100644
--- a/events/messageCreate.js
+++ b/events/messageCreate.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { log, error as _error } from "../utils/logger.js";
 import { prefixCache, aliases, disabledCache, disabledCmdCache, commands } from "../utils/collections.js";
 import parseCommand from "../utils/parseCommand.js";
 import { clean } from "../utils/misc.js";
+import { spawn } from "child_process";
 
 // run when someone sends a message
 export default async (client, cluster, worker, ipc, message) => {
@@ -142,6 +143,34 @@ export default async (client, cluster, worker, ipc, message) => {
               },
             }]
           }, reference));
+          if (process.env.THRESHOLD) {
+            process.env.DIRSIZECACHE+=result.file.length;
+            if (process.env.DIRSIZECACHE>process.env.THRESHOLD) {
+              const files = (await promises.readdir(process.env.TEMPDIR))
+                .map((file)=>{
+                  return new Promise((resolve,reject) => {
+                    promises.stat(`${process.env.TEMPDIR}/${file}`)
+                      .then((fstats)=>{
+                        resolve({
+                          name:file,
+                          size:fstats.size,
+                          ctime:fstats.ctime
+                        });
+                      })
+                    .catch(reject);
+                  });
+                });
+              Promise.all(files)
+                .then((files)=>{
+                  process.env.DIRSIZECACHE = files.reduce((a,b)=>{
+                    return a+b.size
+                  },0)
+                  const oldestFile = files.sort((a, b) => a.ctime - b.ctime)[0].name;
+                  promises.rm(`${process.env.TEMPDIR}/${oldestFile}`);
+                  log(`Removed oldest image file: ${oldestFile}`);
+                });
+            }
+          }
         } else {
           await client.createMessage(message.channel.id, "The resulting image was more than 8MB in size, so I can't upload it.");
         }