diff --git a/rstudio-server/defaults/main.yml b/rstudio-server/defaults/main.yml
index b089169..90d3f4a 100644
--- a/rstudio-server/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/rstudio-server/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,7 @@ rstudio_install_server: False
 rstudio_enabled: True
 rstudio_file: rstudio-server-0.99.903-amd64.deb
 rstudio_download_url: 'https://download2.rstudio.org/{{ rstudio_file }}'
+
+rstudio_install_kill_script: True
+# cron job minutes
+rstudio_kill_script_frequency: "*/5"
diff --git a/rstudio-server/files/kill-rogue-jobs b/rstudio-server/files/kill-rogue-jobs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9133815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rstudio-server/files/kill-rogue-jobs
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# TODO:
+# - print nagios friendly output into a file
+# - kill rsession processes older than N days
+#
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+CMD_NAME=$0
+
+USER_N=
+USER_SESSION_PID=
+USER_PROCS_PIDS_ALL=
+USER_PROCS_TO_KILL=
+USER_PROCS_PARENTS=
+USER_PROCS_PARENT_PID=
+SPARE_MEM=1048576
+OUT_DIR=$( mktemp -d -t kill-rogue-jobs.XXXXXXXXXX )
+USER_PROCS_LIST=$OUT_DIR/proclist
+USER_PROCS_PARENTS=$OUT_DIR/parents
+
+trap "eval logger '$CMD_NAME: trap intercepted, exiting.' ; cleanup" SIGHUP SIGINT SIGTERM
+
+function cleanup() {
+    rm -fr $OUT_DIR
+}
+
+function find_rogue_processes() {
+    eval logger '$CMD_NAME: find_rogue_processes for user $USER_N'
+    ps -edaf | grep rsession | grep -v grep | grep ${USER_N}  | awk '{ print $3 }' | uniq > $USER_PROCS_PARENTS
+    ps -edaf | grep rsession | grep -v grep | grep ${USER_N}  | awk '{ print $2 }' | uniq > $USER_PROCS_LIST
+    for parent in $( cat $USER_PROCS_PARENTS ) ; do
+        grep -v $parent $USER_PROCS_LIST > $USER_PROCS_LIST.tmp
+        mv $USER_PROCS_LIST.tmp $USER_PROCS_LIST
+    done
+    USER_PROCS_TO_KILL=$( cat $USER_PROCS_LIST )
+}
+
+function exterminate() {
+    eval logger '$CMD_NAME: exterminate killing user $USER_N processes'
+    for pid in $( echo $USER_PROCS_TO_KILL ) ; do
+        kill -15 $pid
+    done
+}
+
+USERS_SESSIONS=$( ps -edaf | grep rsession | grep -v defunct | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $10 }' | uniq )
+
+if [ -z $USERS_SESSIONS ] ; then
+    eval logger '$CMD_NAME: There are no active sessions'
+    exit 0
+fi
+NUM_CPUS=$( grep processor /proc/cpuinfo  | wc -l )
+ALLOWED_THREADS=$(( $NUM_CPUS - 1 ))
+TOTAL_MEM=$( grep MemTotal /proc/meminfo | awk '{ print $2 }' )
+ALLOWED_USED_MEM=$(( $TOTAL_MEM - $SPARE_MEM ))
+
+for USER_N in $( echo $USERS_SESSIONS ) ; do
+    USER_PROCS=$( ps -edaf | grep rsession | grep -v grep | grep ${USER_N}  | wc -l )
+    USER_MEM=$( ps -eo pid,rss,vsz,args | grep rsession | grep -v grep | grep ${USER_N} | awk '{ print $2}' | paste -sd+ | bc )
+    if [ $USER_PROCS -gt $ALLOWED_THREADS ] || [ $USER_MEM -gt $ALLOWED_USED_MEM ] ; then
+        if [ $USER_PROCS -gt $ALLOWED_THREADS ] ; then
+            eval logger '$CMD_NAME: user $USER_N is running too many processes'
+        fi
+        if [ $USER_MEM -gt $ALLOWED_USED_MEM ] ; then
+            eval logger '$CMD_NAME: user $USER_N is using too much memory'
+        fi
+        find_rogue_processes
+        exterminate
+    else
+        eval logger '$CMD_NAME: we do not need to kill any processes for user $USER_N'
+    fi
+done
+
+trap cleanup EXIT
+exit 0
+
diff --git a/rstudio-server/tasks/main.yml b/rstudio-server/tasks/main.yml
index a223951..7458dda 100644
--- a/rstudio-server/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/rstudio-server/tasks/main.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
       args:
         creates: /srv/{{ rstudio_file }}
       register: rstudio_download
-      ignore_errors: True
 
     - name: Install the rstudio server package
       command: gdebi -n -q /srv/{{ rstudio_file }}
@@ -30,6 +29,16 @@
       service: name=rstudio-server state=stopped enabled=no
       when: not rstudio_enabled
 
+    - name: Install a script that kills the abusing job processes
+      copy: src=kill-rogue-jobs dest=/usr/local/bin/kill-rogue-jobs owner=root group=root mode=0755
+      when: rstudio_install_kill_script
+      tags: [ 'rstudio', 'rstudio_server', 'rstudio_kill_rogues' ]
+
+    - name: Install a cron job that kills the abusing jobs
+      cron: name="Kill rogue jobs" job="/usr/local/bin/kill-rogue-jobs" user=root minute="{{ rstudio_kill_script_frequency }}"
+      when: rstudio_install_kill_script
+      tags: [ 'rstudio', 'rstudio_server', 'rstudio_kill_rogues' ]
+
   when: rstudio_install_server
   tags: [ 'rstudio', 'rstudio_server' ]
 
@@ -44,5 +53,11 @@
         - gdebi
         - rstudio-server
 
+    - name: Remove the script that kills the abusing job processes
+      file: dest=/usr/local/bin/kill-rogue-jobs state=absent
+
+    - name: Remove the cron job that kills the abusing jobs
+      cron: name="Kill rogue jobs" job="/usr/local/bin/kill-rogue-jobs" user=root minute="{{ rstudio_kill_script_frequency }}" state=absent
+
   when: not rstudio_install_server
   tags: [ 'rstudio', 'rstudio_server' ]