diff --git a/api/src/job.js b/api/src/job.js
index e573843..881aa9f 100644
--- a/api/src/job.js
+++ b/api/src/job.js
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ class Job {
                 this.runtime.output_max_size
             ) {
                 message = 'stderr length exceeded';
+                status = 'EL';
                 this.logger.info(message);
                 try {
                     process.kill(proc.pid, 'SIGABRT');
@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ class Job {
                 this.runtime.output_max_size
             ) {
                 message = 'stdout length exceeded';
+                status = 'OL';
                 this.logger.info(message);
                 try {
                     process.kill(proc.pid, 'SIGABRT');
@@ -287,7 +289,7 @@ class Job {
                         message = message || value;
                         break;
                     case 'status':
-                        status = value;
+                        status = status || value;
                         break;
                     case 'time':
                         cpu_time_stat = parse_float(value) * 1000;
@@ -310,7 +312,7 @@ class Job {
             stdout,
             stderr,
             code,
-            signal,
+            signal: ['TO', 'OL', 'EL'].includes(status) ? 'SIGKILL' : signal,
             output,
             memory,
             message,
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 2c19b5e..f1172d3 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ It also contains the `code` and `signal` which was returned from each process. I
 -   `RE` for runtime error
 -   `SG` for dying on a signal
 -   `TO` for timeout (either via `timeout` or `cpu_time`)
+-   `OL` for stdout length exceeded
+-   `EL` for stderr length exceeded
 -   `XX` for internal error
 
 ```json