diff --git a/gravity.sh b/gravity.sh
index 5624b659..3ccd5a5d 100755
--- a/gravity.sh
+++ b/gravity.sh
@@ -78,11 +78,12 @@ fi
 #  gravity.list.bck and black.list.bck instead of
 #  gravity.list and black.list
 detect_pihole_blocking_status() {
-  if [[ -e "${adList}.bck" ]]; then
+  if [[ "${BLOCKING}" == false ]]; then
+    echo -e "  ${INFO} Pi-hole blocking is disabled"
     adList="${adList}.bck"
-  fi
-  if [[ -e "${blackList}.bck" ]]; then
     blackList="${blackList}.bck"
+  else
+    echo -e "  ${INFO} Pi-hole blocking is enabled"
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index e08e026a..8733c4af 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 readonly PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR="/opt/pihole"
 readonly gravitylist="/etc/pihole/gravity.list"
 readonly blacklist="/etc/pihole/black.list"
+readonly setupVars="/etc/pihole/setupVars.conf"
 readonly colfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/COL_TABLE"
 source "${colfile}"
 
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ Time:
 
       local str="Pi-hole Disabled"
       sed -i "/BLOCKING=/d" "${setupVars}"
-      echo "BLOCKING=true" >> "${setupVars}"
+      echo "BLOCKING=false" >> "${setupVars}"
     fi
   else
     # Enable Pi-hole
@@ -206,7 +207,7 @@ Time:
       mv "${blacklist}.bck" "${blacklist}"
     fi
     sed -i "/BLOCKING=/d" "${setupVars}"
-    echo "BLOCKING=false" >> "${setupVars}"
+    echo "BLOCKING=true" >> "${setupVars}"
   fi
 
   restartDNS reload