diff --git a/TorrentToMedia.py b/TorrentToMedia.py
index c24caa02..37fc2810 100755
--- a/TorrentToMedia.py
+++ b/TorrentToMedia.py
@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ def processTorrent(inputDirectory, inputName, inputCategory, inputHash, inputID,
 
     logger.info("Output directory set to: %s" % (outputDestination))
 
+    if nzbtomedia.SAFE_MODE and outputDestination == nzbtomedia.TORRENT_DEFAULTDIR:
+        logger.error(
+            'The output directory:[%s] is the Download Directory. Edit outputDirectory in autoProcessMedia.cfg. Exiting' % (
+            inputDirectory))
+        return -1
+
     if not "NONE" in nzbtomedia.USER_SCRIPT_CATEGORIES:  # if None, we only process the 5 listed.
         if "ALL" in nzbtomedia.USER_SCRIPT_CATEGORIES:  # All defined categories
             processOnly = nzbtomedia.CATEGORIES
diff --git a/nzbToMedia.py b/nzbToMedia.py
index 690cd245..10dbba5b 100755
--- a/nzbToMedia.py
+++ b/nzbToMedia.py
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
 # Enable/Disable media file checking using ffprobe.
 #check_media=1
 
+# Safe Mode protection of DestDir (0, 1).
+#
+# Enable/Disable a safety check to ensure we don't process all downloads in the default_downloadDirectory by mistake.
+#safe_mode=1
+
 ## CouchPotato
 
 # CouchPotato script category.
@@ -309,6 +314,12 @@ from nzbtomedia import logger, nzbToMediaDB
 
 # post-processing
 def process(inputDirectory, inputName=None, status=0, clientAgent='manual', download_id=None, inputCategory=None):
+    if nzbtomedia.SAFE_MODE and inputDirectory == nzbtomedia.NZB_DEFAULTDIR:
+        logger.error(
+            'The input directory:[%s] is the Default Download Directory. Please configure category directories to prevent processing of other media.' % (
+            inputDirectory))
+        return -1
+
     if clientAgent != 'manual' and not nzbtomedia.DOWNLOADINFO:
         logger.debug('Adding NZB download info for directory %s to database' % (inputDirectory))
 
diff --git a/nzbtomedia/__init__.py b/nzbtomedia/__init__.py
index f99e46c8..dc5040e6 100644
--- a/nzbtomedia/__init__.py
+++ b/nzbtomedia/__init__.py
@@ -75,11 +75,13 @@ GIT_USER = None
 GIT_BRANCH = None
 GIT_REPO = None
 FORCE_CLEAN = None
+SAFE_MODE = None
 
 NZB_CLIENTAGENT = None
 SABNZBDHOST = None
 SABNZBDPORT = None
 SABNZBDAPIKEY = None
+NZB_DEFAULTDIR = None
 
 TORRENT_CLIENTAGENT = None
 TORRENT_CLASS = None
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ USELINK = None
 OUTPUTDIRECTORY = None
 NOFLATTEN = []
 DELETE_ORIGINAL = None
+TORRENT_DEFAULTDIR = None
 
 UTORRENTWEBUI = None
 UTORRENTUSR = None
@@ -158,7 +161,8 @@ def initialize(section=None):
         OUTPUTVIDEOBITRATE, OUTPUTAUDIOCODEC, OUTPUTAUDIOBITRATE, OUTPUTSUBTITLECODEC, OUTPUTFASTSTART, OUTPUTQUALITYPERCENT, \
         NICENESS, LOG_DEBUG, FORCE_CLEAN, FFMPEG_PATH, FFMPEG, FFPROBE, AUDIOCONTAINER, EXTCONTAINER, TORRENT_CLASS, \
         DELETE_ORIGINAL, PASSWORDSFILE, USER_DELAY, USER_SCRIPT, USER_SCRIPT_CLEAN, USER_SCRIPT_MEDIAEXTENSIONS, \
-        USER_SCRIPT_PARAM, USER_SCRIPT_RUNONCE, USER_SCRIPT_SUCCESSCODES, DOWNLOADINFO, EXT_REPLACE, CHECK_MEDIA
+        USER_SCRIPT_PARAM, USER_SCRIPT_RUNONCE, USER_SCRIPT_SUCCESSCODES, DOWNLOADINFO, EXT_REPLACE, CHECK_MEDIA, SAFE_MODE, \
+        TORRENT_DEFAULTDIR, NZB_DEFAULTDIR
 
     if __INITIALIZED__:
         return False
@@ -228,6 +232,7 @@ def initialize(section=None):
     FORCE_CLEAN = CFG["General"]["force_clean"]
     FFMPEG_PATH = CFG["General"]["ffmpeg_path"]
     CHECK_MEDIA = int(CFG["General"]["check_media"])
+    SAFE_MODE = int(CFG["General"]["safe_mode"])
 
     # Check for updates via GitHUB
     if versionCheck.CheckVersion().check_for_new_version():
@@ -251,10 +256,12 @@ def initialize(section=None):
     SABNZBDHOST = CFG["Nzb"]["sabnzbd_host"]
     SABNZBDPORT = int(CFG["Nzb"]["sabnzbd_port"])
     SABNZBDAPIKEY = CFG["Nzb"]["sabnzbd_apikey"]
+    NZB_DEFAULTDIR = int(CFG["Nzb"]["default_downloadDirectory"])
 
     TORRENT_CLIENTAGENT = CFG["Torrent"]["clientAgent"]  # utorrent | deluge | transmission | rtorrent | other
     USELINK = CFG["Torrent"]["useLink"]  # no | hard | sym
     OUTPUTDIRECTORY = CFG["Torrent"]["outputDirectory"]  # /abs/path/to/complete/
+    NZB_DEFAULTDIR = int(CFG["Torrent"]["default_downloadDirectory"])
     CATEGORIES = (CFG["Torrent"]["categories"])  # music,music_videos,pictures,software
     NOFLATTEN = (CFG["Torrent"]["noFlatten"])
     if isinstance(NOFLATTEN, str): NOFLATTEN = NOFLATTEN.split(',')
diff --git a/nzbtomedia/nzbToMediaConfig.py b/nzbtomedia/nzbToMediaConfig.py
index 47bca54f..641670fa 100644
--- a/nzbtomedia/nzbToMediaConfig.py
+++ b/nzbtomedia/nzbToMediaConfig.py
@@ -229,10 +229,18 @@ class ConfigObj(configobj.ConfigObj, Section):
         # load configs into memory
         CFG_NEW = config()
 
+        try:
+            section = "Nzb"
+                key = 'NZBOP_DESTDIR'
+                if os.environ.has_key(key):
+                    option = default_downloadDirectory
+                    value = os.environ[key]
+                    CFG_NEW[section][option] = value
+
         try:
             section = "General"
-            envKeys = ['AUTO_UPDATE', 'CHECK_MEDIA']
-            cfgKeys = ['auto_update', 'check_media']
+            envKeys = ['AUTO_UPDATE', 'CHECK_MEDIA', 'SAFE_MODE']
+            cfgKeys = ['auto_update', 'check_media', 'safe_mode']
             for index in range(len(envKeys)):
                 key = 'NZBPO_' + envKeys[index]
                 if os.environ.has_key(key):