diff --git a/src/utils/actions.js b/src/utils/actions.js
index ccd38b3..08913f0 100755
--- a/src/utils/actions.js
+++ b/src/utils/actions.js
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ module.exports = {
 
 const dataFile = './publicDirs/qminingPublic/data.json'
 const recDataFile = './stats/recdata'
+const dataLockFile = './data/lockData'
 
 const logger = require('../utils/logger.js')
 const { searchData, createQuestion } = require('../utils/classes.js')
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ var currWrites = 0
 function ProcessIncomingRequest(recievedData, qdb, dryRun, user) {
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     logger.DebugLog('Processing incoming request', 'actions', 1)
+
     if (recievedData === undefined) {
       logger.Log('\tRecieved data is undefined!', logger.GetColor('redbg'))
       reject(new Error('Recieved data is undefined!'))
@@ -63,6 +65,15 @@ function ProcessIncomingRequest(recievedData, qdb, dryRun, user) {
       logger.log('Error writing recieved data.')
     }
 
+    if (utils.FileExists(dataLockFile)) {
+      logger.Log(
+        'Data lock file exists, skipping recieved data processing',
+        logger.GetColor('red')
+      )
+      resolve(-1)
+      return
+    }
+
     try {
       // recievedData: { version: "", id: "", subj: "" quiz: {} }
       let data = recievedData