diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 1e86c29..d640313 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -113,6 +113,10 @@ fn crawl(argument: &Argument, output: &Output) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
             let mut total = 0;
 
             for file in files {
+                if argument.limit.is_some_and(|limit| total >= limit) {
+                    break;
+                }
+
                 let name = file.file_name().into_string().unwrap();
 
                 if &name == index_argument {