diff --git a/tone/Program.cs b/tone/Program.cs
index ee67131..a7cebdc 100644
--- a/tone/Program.cs
+++ b/tone/Program.cs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
     {
         var cts = sp.GetRequiredService<CancellationTokenSource>();
         options.LimitMemory(4_000_000);
-        options.TimeoutInterval(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5));
+        options.TimeoutInterval(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(25));
         options.MaxStatements(1000);
         options.CancellationToken(cts.Token);
     });
diff --git a/tone/Services/JavaScriptApi.cs b/tone/Services/JavaScriptApi.cs
index 34f5ee2..2f91ee5 100644
--- a/tone/Services/JavaScriptApi.cs
+++ b/tone/Services/JavaScriptApi.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
 using System.IO.Abstractions;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Net.Http.Headers;
+using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using ATL;
 using Jint;
@@ -171,4 +173,49 @@ public PictureInfo CreatePicture(string path, PictureInfo.PIC_TYPE type=PictureI
         pic.ComputePicHash();
         return pic;
     }
+    
+    public void WriteTextFile(string path, string content)
+    {
+        _fs.File.WriteAllText(path, content);
+    }
+    
+    public void AppendTextFile(string path, string content){
+        if(!_fs.File.Exists(path)){
+            WriteTextFile(path, content);
+            return;
+        } 
+        _fs.File.AppendAllText(path, content);
+    } 
+    
+    // this https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8707755/how-to-know-the-size-of-the-string-in-bytes
+    // maybe optimize: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8707755/how-to-know-the-size-of-the-string-in-bytes
+    public static string LimitByteLength(string message, int maxLength, string encodingAsString="utf8")
+    {
+        var encoding = EncodingStringToEncoding(encodingAsString);
+        
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(message) || encoding.GetByteCount(message) <= maxLength)
+        {
+            return message;
+        }
+    
+        var enumerator = StringInfo.GetTextElementEnumerator(message);
+        var result = new StringBuilder();
+        var lengthBytes = 0;
+        while (enumerator.MoveNext())
+        {
+            lengthBytes += encoding.GetByteCount(enumerator.GetTextElement());
+            if (lengthBytes <= maxLength)
+            {
+                result.Append(enumerator.GetTextElement()); 
+            }
+        }
+    
+        return result.ToString();
+    }
+
+    private static Encoding EncodingStringToEncoding(string encodingAsString) => encodingAsString switch
+    {
+        "utf8" => Encoding.UTF8,
+        _ => Encoding.Default
+    };
 }
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diff --git a/tone/doc/release/release-notes-v0.0.8.md b/tone/doc/release/release-notes-v0.0.8.md
index 7b17248..228b200 100644
--- a/tone/doc/release/release-notes-v0.0.8.md
+++ b/tone/doc/release/release-notes-v0.0.8.md
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 ## Fixed
 
 - `dump` command now skips empty properties when using `--format=json`
+- only one file was processed under specific circumstances
+- script taggers were always applied ignoring the `--taggers` option
 
 ## Changed
 
@@ -10,6 +12,7 @@
 
 ## Added
 
+- JavaScriptApi now contains new methods `tone.WriteTextFile`, `tone.AppendTextFile`, and `tone.LimitByteLength`
 
 ## known issues