diff --git a/brozzler/browser.py b/brozzler/browser.py
index 9765ab1..214ea4f 100644
--- a/brozzler/browser.py
+++ b/brozzler/browser.py
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ class WebsockReceiverThread(threading.Thread):
 
         self.is_open = False
         self.got_page_load_event = None
+        self.reached_limit = None
 
         self.on_request = None
         self.on_response = None
@@ -182,15 +183,22 @@ class WebsockReceiverThread(threading.Thread):
         self.websock.send(json.dumps(dict(id=0, method='Debugger.resume')))
 
     def _network_response_received(self, message):
-        # if (not self._reached_limit
-        #         and message['params']['response']['status'] == 420
-        #         and 'Warcprox-Meta' in CaseInsensitiveDict(
-        #             message['params']['response']['headers'])):
-        #     warcprox_meta = json.loads(CaseInsensitiveDict(
-        #         message['params']['response']['headers'])['Warcprox-Meta'])
-        #     self._reached_limit = brozzler.ReachedLimit(
-        #             warcprox_meta=warcprox_meta)
-        #     self.logger.info('reached limit %s', self._reached_limit)
+        if (message['params']['response']['status'] == 420
+                and 'Warcprox-Meta' in CaseInsensitiveDict(
+                    message['params']['response']['headers'])):
+            if not self.reached_limit:
+                warcprox_meta = json.loads(CaseInsensitiveDict(
+                    message['params']['response']['headers'])['Warcprox-Meta'])
+                self.reached_limit = brozzler.ReachedLimit(
+                        warcprox_meta=warcprox_meta)
+                self.logger.info('reached limit %s', self.reached_limit)
+                brozzler.thread_raise(
+                        self.calling_thread, brozzler.ReachedLimit)
+            else:
+                self.logger.info(
+                        'reached limit but self.reached_limit is already set, '
+                        'assuming the calling thread is already handling this',
+                        self.reached_limit)
         if self.on_response:
             self.on_response(message)
 
@@ -422,6 +430,10 @@ class Browser:
             ##     outlinks += retrieve_outlinks (60 sec)
             final_page_url = self.url()
             return final_page_url, outlinks
+        except brozzler.ReachedLimit:
+            # websock_thread has stashed the ReachedLimit exception with
+            # more information, raise that one
+            raise self.websock_thread.reached_limit
         except websocket.WebSocketConnectionClosedException as e:
             self.logger.error('websocket closed, did chrome die?')
             raise BrowsingException(e)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c464b8a..8f88b8c 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def find_package_data(package):
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='brozzler',
-        version='1.1b9.dev155',
+        version='1.1b9.dev156',
         description='Distributed web crawling with browsers',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/brozzler',
         author='Noah Levitt',
diff --git a/tests/test_brozzling.py b/tests/test_brozzling.py
index 870ff02..563f106 100644
--- a/tests/test_brozzling.py
+++ b/tests/test_brozzling.py
@@ -25,18 +25,44 @@ import http.server
 import threading
 import argparse
 import urllib
+import json
 
 args = argparse.Namespace()
 args.log_level = logging.INFO
 brozzler.cli._configure_logging(args)
 
+WARCPROX_META_420 = {
+    'stats': {
+        'test_limits_bucket': {
+            'total': {'urls': 0, 'wire_bytes': 0},
+            'new': {'urls': 0, 'wire_bytes': 0},
+            'revisit': {'urls': 0, 'wire_bytes': 0},
+            'bucket': 'test_limits_bucket'
+        }
+    },
+    'reached-limit': {'test_limits_bucket/total/urls': 0}
+}
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope='module')
 def httpd(request):
+    class RequestHandler(http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
+        def do_GET(self):
+            if self.path == '/420':
+                self.send_response(420, 'Reached limit')
+                self.send_header('Connection', 'close')
+                self.send_header('Warcprox-Meta', json.dumps(WARCPROX_META_420))
+                payload = b'request rejected by warcprox: reached limit test_limits_bucket/total/urls=0\n'
+                self.send_header('Content-Type', 'text/plain;charset=utf-8')
+                self.send_header('Content-Length', len(payload))
+                self.end_headers()
+                self.wfile.write(payload)
+            else:
+                super().do_GET()
+
     # SimpleHTTPRequestHandler always uses CWD so we have to chdir
     os.chdir(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'htdocs'))
 
-    httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(
-            ('localhost', 0), http.server.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
+    httpd = http.server.HTTPServer(('localhost', 0), RequestHandler)
     httpd_thread = threading.Thread(name='httpd', target=httpd.serve_forever)
     httpd_thread.start()
 
@@ -68,6 +94,11 @@ def test_httpd(httpd):
 
     assert payload1 == payload2
 
+    url = 'http://localhost:%s/420' % httpd.server_port
+    with pytest.raises(urllib.error.HTTPError) as excinfo:
+        urllib.request.urlopen(url)
+    assert excinfo.value.getcode() == 420
+
 def test_aw_snap_hes_dead_jim():
     chrome_exe = brozzler.suggest_default_chrome_exe()
     with brozzler.Browser(chrome_exe=chrome_exe) as browser:
@@ -88,3 +119,10 @@ def test_on_response(httpd):
     assert response_urls[1] == 'http://localhost:%s/site3/brozzler.svg' % httpd.server_port
     assert response_urls[2] == 'http://localhost:%s/favicon.ico' % httpd.server_port
 
+def test_420(httpd):
+    chrome_exe = brozzler.suggest_default_chrome_exe()
+    url = 'http://localhost:%s/420' % httpd.server_port
+    with brozzler.Browser(chrome_exe=chrome_exe) as browser:
+        with pytest.raises(brozzler.ReachedLimit) as excinfo:
+            browser.browse_page(url)
+        assert excinfo.value.warcprox_meta == WARCPROX_META_420