diff --git a/chain_processor.go b/chain_processor.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..07a84b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chain_processor.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package script
+
+import "context"
+
+// Chain chains provided Processors.
+// When an error is returned by a Processor in chain, processing
+// stops and the error is retuned without running further stages.
+func Chain(processors ...Processor) Processor {
+	return func(ctx context.Context, in []string) ([]string, error) {
+		var err error
+		for _, p := range processors {
+			// not checking ctx expiry here,
+			// let the processor handle it
+
+			in, err = p(ctx, in)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+
+		return in, nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/chain_processor_test.go b/chain_processor_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..671b7ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chain_processor_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package script
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"slices"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestChain(t *testing.T) {
+	p := func(_ context.Context, in []string) ([]string, error) {
+		in[0] = in[0] + in[0]
+		return in, nil
+	}
+
+	chain := Chain(p, p, p)
+
+	in := []string{"a"}
+	want := []string{"aaaaaaaa"}
+
+	res, err := chain(t.Context(), in)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if !slices.Equal(res, want) {
+		t.Fatalf("slices are not equal, have: %+v, want: %+v", res, want)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/runner.go b/runner.go
index c0e88a7..b01c0c3 100644
--- a/runner.go
+++ b/runner.go
@@ -72,20 +72,20 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, r RunConfig) error {
 
 	// read input from Reader and forward to Processor
 	grp.Go(func() error {
-		// closing chan for processor to complete operations
+		// closing chan to Processor
 		defer close(rdch)
 
 		for range r.Offset {
 			_, err := r.Input.Read()
 			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("could not advance to required offset: %w", err)
+				return fmt.Errorf("could not advance to required offset (%d): %w", r.Offset, err)
 			}
 		}
 
 		count := 0
 		for {
 			inp, err := r.Input.Read()
-			if err != nil && errors.Is(err, EOF) {
+			if errors.Is(err, EOF) {
 				return nil
 			} else if err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, r RunConfig) error {
 
 			count++
 
-			if count == r.Limit { // will never happen if limit set to 0
+			if count == r.Limit { // will never happen if limit has been set to 0
 				return nil
 			}
 		}
@@ -124,27 +124,22 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, r RunConfig) error {
 
 	// run processing routines
 	grp.Go(func() error {
-		// will close write chan once
-		// all workers are done
+		// closing chan to Writer
 		defer close(wrch)
 
-		workergrp, innrctx := errgroup.WithContext(ctx)
+		workergrp := errgroup.Group{}
 
 		for range r.Concurrency {
 			workergrp.Go(func() error {
-				// not paying attention to context here
-				// because we must complete writes
 				for inp := range rdch {
-					result, err := r.Processor(innrctx, inp)
+					result, err := r.Processor(ctx, inp)
 					if err != nil {
 						return err
 					}
 
-					wrch <- result
-
-					// if one of workers died or parent context expired
-					// we should die too
-					if err := innrctx.Err(); err != nil {
+					select {
+					case wrch <- result:
+					case <-ctx.Done():
 						return nil
 					}
 				}