diff --git a/SimPEG/Directives.py b/SimPEG/Directives.py
index eb9830b5..3ec9e96e 100644
--- a/SimPEG/Directives.py
+++ b/SimPEG/Directives.py
@@ -144,6 +144,21 @@ class BetaSchedule(InversionDirective):
             if self.debug: print 'BetaSchedule is cooling Beta. Iteration: %d' % self.opt.iter
             self.invProb.beta /= self.coolingFactor
 
+class TargetMisfit(InversionDirective):
+
+    @property
+    def target(self):
+        if getattr(self, '_target', None) is None:
+            self._target = self.survey.nD
+        return self._target
+    @target.setter
+    def target(self, val):
+        self._target = val
+
+    def endIter(self):
+        if self.invProb.phi_d < self.target:
+            self.opt.stopNextIteration = True
+
 
 
 class _SaveEveryIteration(InversionDirective):
diff --git a/SimPEG/Optimization.py b/SimPEG/Optimization.py
index 549cb8ae..4f2cb062 100644
--- a/SimPEG/Optimization.py
+++ b/SimPEG/Optimization.py
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ class Minimize(object):
     tolG = 1e-1        #: Tolerance on gradient norm
     eps = 1e-5         #: Small value
 
+    stopNextIteration = False #: Stops the optimization program nicely.
+
     debug   = False    #: Print debugging information
     debugLS = False    #: Print debugging information for the line-search
 
@@ -186,6 +188,7 @@ class Minimize(object):
                 xt, caught = self.modifySearchDirectionBreak(p)
                 if not caught: return self.xc
             self.doEndIteration(xt)
+            if self.stopNextIteration: break
 
         self.printDone()
         self.finish()
@@ -210,6 +213,7 @@ class Minimize(object):
 
         self.iter = 0
         self.iterLS = 0
+        self.stopNextIteration = False
 
         x0 = self.projection(x0)  # ensure that we start of feasible.
         self.x0 = x0