Index: mtut.scm
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--- mtut.scm
+++ mtut.scm
@@ -1008,11 +1008,11 @@
                          (for-each 
                            (lambda (area) 
 ;Add code to check whether area is valid
 			     (if 
                    ;; This code checks whether the target has been passed in via argument, and only runs the specified target
-                   (and (< packets-generated 4)  (if (args:get-arg "-target") 
+                   (and (< packets-generated (or (configf:lookup mtconf "setup" "max_packets_per_run") 10000))  (if (args:get-arg "-target") 
                      (if (string= (args:get-arg "-target") runkey) (area-allowed? area "area-needs-to-be-run" runkey contour #f) #f) 
                      (area-allowed? area "area-needs-to-be-run" runkey contour #f)))
        
 			     (let* ((script (car cmd))
 				(params (cdr cmd))
@@ -1110,11 +1110,11 @@
 				       ;;(push-run-spec torun contour
 				;;		      (if optional  ;; we need to be able to differentiate same contour, different behavior. 
 				;;			  (conc runkey ":" optional)  ;; NOTE: NOT COMPLETELY IMPLEMENTED. DO NOT USE
 				;;			  runkey)
 				;;		      key-msg)
-                                       ))))))) (filter (lambda (x) (if (not (args:get-arg "-area")) #t (if (string= x (args:get-arg "-area")) #t #f))) all-areas))
+                                       ))))) (print "Skipping due to target or max_packets_per_run")   )    ) (filter (lambda (x) (if (not (args:get-arg "-area")) #t (if (string= x (args:get-arg "-area")) #t #f))) all-areas))
 		       ) val-alist)) ;; iterate over the param split by ;\s*
 
 		     ;; fossil scm based triggers
 		     ;;
 		     ((fossil)