diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 90876d7..561eb92 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 MW_SCRIPTPATH="https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/mediawiki"
 MW_USERNAME="Wind-up Umbreon"
 MW_PASSWORD="..."
+MW_KILLPAGE="User talk:Wind-up Umbreon"
diff --git a/lib/api/mediawiki.js b/lib/api/mediawiki.js
index b01788c..5dc2b7b 100644
--- a/lib/api/mediawiki.js
+++ b/lib/api/mediawiki.js
@@ -18,9 +18,15 @@ export class MediaWikiClient {
 	 * @param {string} wikiURL Target wiki's MediaWiki path (i.e. the path that
 	 * contains `index.php` and `api.php`) without a trailing slash. For example
 	 * for English Wikipedia this would be `'https://en.wikipedia.org/w'`.
+     * @param {object} options
+     * @param {string} [options.killPage] Name of a page that, if provided, will
+     * be read periodically. If the page ever contains text, the process will be
+     * killed. This is a safety measure allowing other editors to kill an
+     * unattended script if it misbehaves.
 	 */
-	constructor (wikiURL) {
+	constructor (wikiURL, {killPage}) {
 		this.wikiURL = wikiURL;
+		this.killPage = killPage;
 		this.fetch = makeFetchCookie(fetch);
 	}
 
@@ -122,6 +128,20 @@ export class MediaWikiClient {
 		if (body.login.result === 'Failed') {
 			throw new Error(body.login.reason);
 		}
+
+		if (this.killPage) {
+			// start the kill page check loop as soon as we're logged in
+			const checkKillPage = async () => {
+				let content = await this.readPage(this.killPage);
+				if (content.trim()) {
+					console.error('*** Kill page is not empty; stopping ***\n');
+					console.error(content);
+					process.exit(1);
+				}
+				setTimeout(checkKillPage, 30 * 1000); // every 30 seconds
+			};
+			checkKillPage();
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index aff689d..7fa3ba7 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -1,12 +1,23 @@
 import {MediaWikiClient} from './api/mediawiki.js';
 
+/**
+ * Creates a mediawiki client with config pulled from environment variables.
+ * @param {object} options
+ * @param {stromg} [options.unattended] If provided, the page specified by the
+ * `MW_KILLPAGE` environment variable will be checked periodically, and the
+ * script will be killed if the page contains text. This is a safety measure
+ * allowing other editors to kill an unattended script if it misbehaves.
+ * @returns {Promise<MediaWikiClient>}
+ */
 export async function getMediawikiClient () {
 	if (!process.env.MW_USERNAME || !process.env.MW_PASSWORD) {
 		throw new Error('Environment variables `MW_USERNAME` and `MW_PASSWORD` are required.');
 	}
 
 	// Log into our wiki client
-	const mw = new MediaWikiClient('https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/mediawiki');
+	const mw = new MediaWikiClient('https://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/mediawiki', {
+		killPage: process.env.MW_KILLPAGE || undefined,
+	});
 	await mw.login(process.env.MW_USERNAME, process.env.MW_PASSWORD);
 	return mw;
 }