diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/config.inc.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/config.inc.php
index 3a44e12..6873c7d 100644
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/config.inc.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rocksolid/config.inc.php
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ $script_path = $config_dir . "/scripts/";
 $CONFIG = include ($config_file);
 $OVERRIDES = include ($config_dir . '/overrides.inc.php');
 
+// Spool directory size and minimum in Gigabytes
+$min_spool_disk_space = 2;
+$free_spool_disk_space = disk_free_space($spooldir)*9.313E-10;
+if($free_spool_disk_space < $min_spool_disk_space) {
+    $low_spool_disk_space = true;
+} else {
+    $low_spool_disk_space = false;
+}
+
 $logdir = $spooldir . '/log';
 $debug_log = $logdir . '/debug.log';
 $lockdir = $spooldir . '/lock';
diff --git a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/spoolnews.php b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/spoolnews.php
index 3a5b12a..d47882e 100644
--- a/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/spoolnews.php
+++ b/Rocksolid_Light/rslight/scripts/spoolnews.php
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ if (! isset($CONFIG['enable_nntp']) || $CONFIG['enable_nntp'] != true) {
 $workpath = $spooldir . "/";
 $path = $workpath . "articles/";
 
+if($low_spool_disk_space) {
+    print "Low Disk Space (less than ".$min_spool_disk_space." available)\n";
+    file_put_contents($logfile, "\n" . format_log_date() . " " . $config_name . " Low Disk Space (less than ".$min_spool_disk_space." available for spool). Pausing spoolnews", FILE_APPEND);
+    exit();
+}
+
 $lockfile = $lockdir . '/' . $config_name . '-spoolnews.lock';
 $pid = file_get_contents($lockfile);
 if (posix_getsid($pid) === false || ! is_file($lockfile)) {