diff --git a/bin/verifier b/bin/verifier
index 5e7e45d3861ecc8e6c64d1e13e7ab3373f90a671..50210785b86e0f0db18e9fa0b9e7829c4f6042bb 100755
--- a/bin/verifier
+++ b/bin/verifier
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ app.use(express.logger({
   }
 }));
 
+// limit all content bodies to 10kb, at which point we'll forcefully
+// close down the connection.
+app.use(express.limit("10kb"));
+
 var statsd_config = config.get('statsd');
 if (statsd_config && statsd_config.enabled) {
   logger_statsd = require("connect-logger-statsd");