diff --git a/src/cli/mod.rs b/src/cli/mod.rs
index 60dc8e18..f6eb4a1b 100644
--- a/src/cli/mod.rs
+++ b/src/cli/mod.rs
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ pub struct Opts {
     /// Turn off human checker
     #[clap(short, long)]
     disable_human_checker: bool,
+
+    /// Maximum number of decodings to perform on a string
+    #[clap(short, long, default_value = "10000")]
+    max_depth: u32,
 }
 
 /// Parse CLI Arguments turns a Clap Opts struct, seen above
@@ -54,6 +58,7 @@ fn cli_args_into_config_struct(opts: Opts) -> (String, Config) {
             // default is false, we want default to be true
             human_checker_on: !opts.disable_human_checker,
             offline_mode: true,
+            max_depth: Some(opts.max_depth),
         },
     )
 }
diff --git a/src/config/mod.rs b/src/config/mod.rs
index e75293af..4f91afa8 100644
--- a/src/config/mod.rs
+++ b/src/config/mod.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ pub struct Config {
     pub human_checker_on: bool,
     /// Is the program being run in offline mode?
     pub offline_mode: bool,
+    /// Number of times decoding shall be perfomed
+    /// Setting it to [`None`] means we will go infinitely in depth
+    pub max_depth: Option<u32>,
 }
 
 /// Cell for storing global Config
@@ -58,6 +61,7 @@ impl Default for Config {
             lemmeknow_config: LEMMEKNOW_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
             human_checker_on: false,
             offline_mode: false,
+            max_depth: Some(10_000), // TODO: Set this to some better value
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e27497d4..3c97dc8b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@ pub fn perform_cracking(text: &str, config: Config) -> Option<String> {
     // let search_tree = searchers::Tree::new(text.to_string());
     // Perform the search algorithm
     // It will either return a failure or success.
+    let max_depth = config.max_depth;
     config::set_global_config(config);
-    searchers::search_for_plaintext(text)
+    searchers::search_for_plaintext(text, max_depth)
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
diff --git a/src/searchers/bfs.rs b/src/searchers/bfs.rs
index f1b1d4f4..d9f4bda4 100644
--- a/src/searchers/bfs.rs
+++ b/src/searchers/bfs.rs
@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@ use crate::{decoders::crack_results::CrackResult, filtration_system::MyResults};
 
 /// Breadth first search is our search algorithm
 /// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadth-first_search
-pub fn bfs(input: &str) -> Option<String> {
+pub fn bfs(input: &str, max_depth: Option<u32>) -> Option<String> {
     let mut seen_strings = HashSet::new();
     // all strings to search through
     let mut current_strings = vec![input.to_string()];
 
     let mut exit_result: Option<CrackResult> = None;
 
+    let mut curr_depth: u32 = 1; // as we have input string, so we start from 1
+
     // loop through all of the strings in the vec
-    while !current_strings.is_empty() {
+    while !current_strings.is_empty() && max_depth.map_or(true, |x| curr_depth <= x) {
         trace!("Number of potential decodings: {}", current_strings.len());
+        trace!("Current depth is {:?}; [ {:?} max ]", curr_depth, max_depth);
 
         let mut new_strings: Vec<String> = vec![];
 
@@ -51,6 +54,7 @@ pub fn bfs(input: &str) -> Option<String> {
         }
 
         current_strings = new_strings;
+        curr_depth += 1;
 
         trace!("Refreshed the vector, {:?}", current_strings);
     }
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ mod tests {
         // let result = bfs("Q0FOQVJZOiBoZWxsbw==");
         // assert!(result.is_some());
         // assert!(result.unwrap() == "CANARY: hello");
-        let result = bfs("b2xsZWg=");
+        let result = bfs("b2xsZWg=", None);
         assert!(result.is_some());
         assert!(result.unwrap() == "hello");
     }
@@ -84,9 +88,20 @@ mod tests {
     fn non_deterministic_like_behaviour_regression_test() {
         // text was too long, so we put \ to escape the \n
         // and put the rest of string on next line.
-        let result = bfs("UFRCRVRWVkNiRlZMTVVkYVVFWjZVbFZPU0\
-        dGMU1WVlpZV2d4VkRVNWJWWnJjRzFVUlhCc1pYSlNWbHBPY0VaV1ZXeHJWRWd4TUZWdlZsWlg=");
+        let result = bfs(
+            "UFRCRVRWVkNiRlZMTVVkYVVFWjZVbFZPU0\
+        dGMU1WVlpZV2d4VkRVNWJWWnJjRzFVUlhCc1pYSlNWbHBPY0VaV1ZXeHJWRWd4TUZWdlZsWlg=",
+            None,
+        );
         assert!(result.is_some());
         assert_eq!(result.unwrap(), "https://www.google.com");
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn max_depth_test() {
+        // text is encoded with base64 5 times
+        let result = bfs("VjFaV2ExWXlUWGxUYTJoUVVrUkJPUT09", Some(4));
+        // It goes only upto depth 4, so it can't find the plaintext
+        assert!(result.is_none());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/searchers/mod.rs b/src/searchers/mod.rs
index 3fdafe4d..89b5acba 100644
--- a/src/searchers/mod.rs
+++ b/src/searchers/mod.rs
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ mod bfs;
 /// We can return an Option? An Enum? And then match on that
 /// So if we return CrackSuccess we return
 /// Else if we return an array, we add it to the children and go again.
-pub fn search_for_plaintext(input: &str) -> Option<String> {
+pub fn search_for_plaintext(input: &str, max_depth: Option<u32>) -> Option<String> {
     // Change this to select which search algorithm we want to use.
-    bfs::bfs(input)
+    bfs::bfs(input, max_depth)
 }
 
 /// Performs the decodings by getting all of the decoders