diff --git a/chimera/commons/sciflo_util.py b/chimera/commons/sciflo_util.py
index 932be0f..9f79b12 100755
--- a/chimera/commons/sciflo_util.py
+++ b/chimera/commons/sciflo_util.py
@@ -4,10 +4,84 @@
 import re
 import shutil
 
-WORK_RE = re.compile(r'\d{5}-.+')
+WORK_RE = re.compile(r"\d{5}-.+")
 
 # sciflo PGE process names and mapping to their config files
 # This is the list of PGEs that need to report status to an explict index
+MAX_PLACEHOLDER_FILE_SIZE = 1000
+PLACEHOLDER_ERROR_FILE = "_alt_error_hold.txt"
+PLACEHOLDER_TB_FILE = "_alt_traceback_hold.txt"
+PLACEHOLDER_DOCKER_STATS_FILE = "_docker_stats_hold.json"
+
+PLACEHOLDER_FILES = [
+    PLACEHOLDER_ERROR_FILE,
+    PLACEHOLDER_TB_FILE,
+    PLACEHOLDER_DOCKER_STATS_FILE,
+]
+
+
+def __create_placeholder_alt_files():
+    """
+    Due to possible disk space issues, this function will create temporary
+    files in case we need to capture the _alt_error, _alt_traceback, and _docker_stats
+    files
+
+    :param work_dir:
+    :return:
+    """
+    with open(PLACEHOLDER_ERROR_FILE, "wb") as f:
+        f.seek(MAX_PLACEHOLDER_FILE_SIZE)
+        f.write(b"\0")
+
+    with open(PLACEHOLDER_TB_FILE, "wb") as f:
+        f.seek(MAX_PLACEHOLDER_FILE_SIZE)
+        f.write(b"\0")
+
+    with open(PLACEHOLDER_DOCKER_STATS_FILE, "w") as f:
+        json.dump(dict(), f)
+
+
+def __cleanup_placeholder_alt_files():
+    for temp_file in PLACEHOLDER_FILES:
+        if os.path.exists(temp_file):
+            print(f"Remove existing placeholder file: {temp_file}")
+
+
+def __write_error_files(error, traceback):
+    alt_error_file = "_alt_error.txt"
+    alt_tb_file = "_alt_traceback.txt"
+    docker_stats_file = "_docker_stats.json"
+
+    try:
+        with open(alt_error_file, "w") as f:
+            f.write("%s\n" % error)
+        with open(alt_tb_file, "w") as f:
+            f.write("%s\n" % traceback)
+    except OSError as oe:
+        print(
+            f"OSError encountered: {str(oe)}. Will write errors to placeholder files."
+        )
+        print(f"Renaming {PLACEHOLDER_ERROR_FILE} to {alt_error_file}.")
+        os.rename(PLACEHOLDER_ERROR_FILE, alt_error_file)
+        print(f"Renaming {PLACEHOLDER_TB_FILE} to {alt_tb_file}.")
+        os.rename(PLACEHOLDER_TB_FILE, alt_tb_file)
+
+        with open(alt_error_file, "w") as f:
+            f.write("%s\n" % error[:MAX_PLACEHOLDER_FILE_SIZE])
+
+        with open(alt_tb_file, "w") as f:
+            f.write("%s\n" % traceback[:MAX_PLACEHOLDER_FILE_SIZE])
+        print(f"Successfully wrote the errors to {alt_error_file} and {alt_tb_file}")
+
+        if (
+            os.path.exists(docker_stats_file)
+            and os.path.getsize(docker_stats_file) == 0
+        ):
+            print(f"Renaming {PLACEHOLDER_DOCKER_STATS_FILE} to {docker_stats_file}")
+            os.rename(PLACEHOLDER_DOCKER_STATS_FILE, docker_stats_file)
+            print(
+                f"Successfully renamed {PLACEHOLDER_DOCKER_STATS_FILE} to {docker_stats_file}"
+            )
 
 
 def copy_sciflo_work(output_dir):
@@ -34,7 +108,7 @@ def extract_error(sfl_json):
 
     with open(sfl_json) as f:
         j = json.load(f)
-    exc_message = j.get('exceptionMessage', None)
+    exc_message = j.get("exceptionMessage", None)
     if exc_message is not None:
         try:
             exc_list = eval(exc_message)
@@ -53,38 +127,40 @@ def extract_error(sfl_json):
                 err = exc[0]
                 job_json = exc[1]
                 if isinstance(job_json, dict):
-                    if 'job_id' in job_json:
-                        err_str = 'SciFlo step %s with job_id %s (task %s) failed: %s' % \
-                                  (proc, job_json['job_id'],
-                                   job_json['uuid'], err)
-                        with open('_alt_error.txt', 'w') as f:
-                            f.write("%s\n" % err_str)
-                        with open('_alt_traceback.txt', 'w') as f:
-                            f.write("%s\n" % job_json['traceback'])
+                    if "job_id" in job_json:
+                        err_str = (
+                            "SciFlo step %s with job_id %s (task %s) failed: %s"
+                            % (proc, job_json["job_id"], job_json["uuid"], err)
+                        )
+                        __write_error_files(err_str, job_json["traceback"])
             else:
-                err_str = 'SciFlo step %s failed: %s' % (proc, exc)
-                with open('_alt_error.txt', 'w') as f:
-                    f.write("%s\n" % err_str)
-                with open('_alt_traceback.txt', 'w') as f:
-                    f.write("%s\n" % tb)
+                err_str = "SciFlo step %s failed: %s" % (proc, exc)
+                __write_error_files(err_str, tb)
 
 
 def run_sciflo(sfl_file, sfl_args, output_dir):
     """Run sciflo."""
 
     # build paths to executables
-    sflexec_path = os.path.join(
-        os.environ['HOME'], 'verdi', 'bin', 'sflExec.py')
-
+    sflexec_path = os.path.join(os.environ["HOME"], "verdi", "bin", "sflExec.py")
+    __create_placeholder_alt_files()
     # execute sciflo
-    cmd = [sflexec_path, "-s", "-f", "-o", output_dir,
-           "--args", '"%s"' % ','.join(sfl_args), sfl_file]
-    print("Running sflExec.py command:\n%s" % ' '.join(cmd))
-    status = os.system(' '.join(cmd))
+    cmd = [
+        sflexec_path,
+        "-s",
+        "-f",
+        "-o",
+        output_dir,
+        "--args",
+        '"%s"' % ",".join(sfl_args),
+        sfl_file,
+    ]
+    print("Running sflExec.py command:\n%s" % " ".join(cmd))
+    status = os.system(" ".join(cmd))
     sf_key, context_file = sfl_args[0].split("=")
     print("Exit status is: %d" % status)
     if status != 0:
-        extract_error('%s/sciflo.json' % output_dir)
+        extract_error("%s/sciflo.json" % output_dir)
         status = 1
 
     # copy smap_sciflo work and exec dir
@@ -93,4 +169,5 @@ def run_sciflo(sfl_file, sfl_args, output_dir):
     except Exception:
         pass
 
-    return status
\ No newline at end of file
+    __cleanup_placeholder_alt_files()
+    return status
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dec8e06..d05e150 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='chimera',
-    version='2.2.1',
+    version='2.2.2',
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=[
         'elasticsearch>=7.0.0,<7.14.0',