diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/blacklist.sh b/advanced/Scripts/blacklist.sh
index 07dde06b..9eac0780 100644
--- a/advanced/Scripts/blacklist.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/blacklist.sh
@@ -6,3 +6,175 @@
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 # the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
 # (at your option) any later version.
+
+if [[ $# = 0 ]]; then
+    echo "Immediately blacklists one or more domains in the hosts file"
+    echo "Usage: blacklist.sh domain1 [domain2 ...]"
+    echo "Options:"
+    echo "  -d, --delmode				Remove domains from the blacklist"
+    echo "  -nr, --noreload	Update blacklist without refreshing dnsmasq"
+    echo "  -f, --force		Force updating of the hosts files, even if there are no changes"
+    
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+#globals
+blacklist=/etc/pihole/blacklist.txt
+adList=/etc/pihole/gravity.list
+reload=true
+addmode=true
+force=false
+versbose=true
+domList=()
+domToRemoveList=()
+
+
+piholeIPfile=/tmp/piholeIP
+piholeIPv6file=/etc/pihole/.useIPv6
+
+# Otherwise, the IP address can be taken directly from the machine, which will happen when the script is run by the user and not the installation script
+IPv4dev=$(ip route get 8.8.8.8 | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)if($i~/dev/)print $(i+1)}')
+piholeIPCIDR=$(ip -o -f inet addr show dev $IPv4dev | awk '{print $4}' | awk 'END {print}')
+piholeIP=${piholeIPCIDR%/*}
+
+modifyHost=false
+
+
+if [[ -f $piholeIPv6file ]];then
+    # If the file exists, then the user previously chose to use IPv6 in the automated installer
+    piholeIPv6=$(ip -6 route get 2001:4860:4860::8888 | awk -F " " '{ for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) if ($i == "src") print $(i+1) }')
+fi
+
+
+function HandleOther(){	
+  #check validity of domain
+	validDomain=$(echo $1 | perl -ne'print if /\b((?=[a-z0-9-]{1,63}\.)(xn--)?[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*\.)+[a-z]{2,63}\b/')
+	
+	if [ -z "$validDomain" ]; then
+		echo $1 is not a valid argument or domain name
+	else	  
+	  domList=("${domList[@]}" $validDomain)
+	fi
+}
+
+function PopBlacklistFile(){
+	#check whitelist file exists, and if not, create it
+	if [[ ! -f $blacklist ]];then
+  	  touch $blacklist
+	fi	
+	for dom in "${domList[@]}"
+	do	  
+	  if $addmode; then
+	  	AddDomain $dom
+	  else
+	    RemoveDomain $dom
+	  fi
+	done
+}
+
+function AddDomain(){
+#| sed 's/\./\\./g'
+	bool=false
+	grep -Ex -q "$1" $blacklist || bool=true
+	if $bool; then
+	  #domain not found in the blacklist file, add it!
+	  if $versbose; then
+	  echo "** Adding $1 to blacklist file"
+	  fi
+		echo $1 >> $blacklist
+		modifyHost=true
+	else
+	if $versbose; then
+		echo "** $1 already blacklisted! No need to add"
+		fi
+	fi
+}
+
+function RemoveDomain(){
+  
+  bool=false
+  grep -Ex -q "$1" $blacklist || bool=true
+  if $bool; then
+  	#Domain is not in the blacklist file, no need to Remove
+  	if $versbose; then
+  	echo "** $1 is NOT blacklisted! No need to remove"
+  	fi
+  else
+    #Domain is in the blacklist file, add to a temporary array
+    if $versbose; then
+    echo "** Un-blacklisting $dom..."
+    fi
+    domToRemoveList=("${domToRemoveList[@]}" $1)    
+    modifyHost=true	  	
+  fi  	
+}
+
+function ModifyHostFile(){	
+	 if $addmode; then
+	    #add domains to the hosts file
+	    if [[ -r $blacklist ]];then
+	      numberOf=$(cat $blacklist | sed '/^\s*$/d' | wc -l)
+        plural=; [[ "$numberOf" != "1" ]] && plural=s
+        echo "** blacklisting a total of $numberOf domain${plural}..."	   		    
+	    	if [[ -n $piholeIPv6 ]];then	    	  
+	    	  cat $blacklist | awk -v ipv4addr="$piholeIP" -v ipv6addr="$piholeIPv6" '{sub(/\r$/,""); print ipv4addr" "$0"\n"ipv6addr" "$0}' >> $adList
+	      else	        
+	      	cat $blacklist | awk -v ipv4addr="$piholeIP" '{sub(/\r$/,""); print ipv4addr" "$0}' >>$adList
+	      fi		    
+		   
+	  	fi
+	  else
+
+	  for dom in "${domToRemoveList[@]}"
+		do	  
+	      #we need to remove the domains from the blacklist file and the host file	     
+	      echo $dom | sed 's/\./\\./g' | xargs -I {} perl -i -ne'print unless /[^.]'{}'(?!.)/;' $adList  
+	      echo $dom | sed 's/\./\\./g' | xargs -I {} perl -i -ne'print unless /'{}'(?!.)/;' $blacklist
+		done	  
+		fi
+	  
+}
+
+function Reload() {
+	# Reload hosts file
+	echo "** Refresh lists in dnsmasq..."
+
+	dnsmasqPid=$(pidof dnsmasq)
+
+	if [[ $dnsmasqPid ]]; then
+		# service already running - reload config
+		sudo kill -HUP $dnsmasqPid
+	else
+		# service not running, start it up
+		sudo service dnsmasq start
+	fi
+}
+
+###################################################
+
+for var in "$@"
+do
+  case "$var" in
+    "-nr"| "--noreload"  ) reload=false;;        			
+    "-d" | "--delmode"   ) addmode=false;;
+    "-f" | "--force"     ) force=true;;
+    "-q" | "--quiet"     ) versbose=false;;  			
+    *                    ) HandleOther $var;;
+  esac
+done
+
+PopBlacklistFile
+
+if $modifyHost || $force; then
+	echo "** Modifying Hosts File"
+	ModifyHostFile
+else
+  if $versbose; then
+	echo "** No changes need to be made"
+	fi
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+if $reload; then
+	Reload
+fi