diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/blacklist.sh b/advanced/Scripts/blacklist.sh
index f97e4b9e..0c780f24 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/blacklist.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/blacklist.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ basename=pihole
 piholeDir=/etc/${basename}
 adList=${piholeDir}/gravity.list
 blacklist=${piholeDir}/blacklist.txt
-reload=false
+reload=true
 addmode=true
 verbose=true
 
@@ -48,87 +48,58 @@ HandleOther(){
 	if [ -z "$validDomain" ]; then
 		echo "::: $1 is not a valid argument or domain name"
 	else
-		domList=("${domList[@]}" ${validDomain})
+	  domList=("${domList[@]}" ${validDomain})
 	fi
 }
 
 PopBlacklistFile() {
 	#check blacklist file exists, and if not, create it
-	if [[ ! -f ${blacklist} ]]; then
-		touch ${blacklist}
+	if [[ ! -f ${blacklist} ]];then
+  	  touch ${blacklist}
 	fi
 	for dom in "${domList[@]}"; do
-		if "${addmode}"; then
-			AddDomain "${dom}"
-		else
-			RemoveDomain "${dom}"
-		fi
+	  if "$addmode"; then
+	  	AddDomain "$dom"
+	  else
+	    RemoveDomain "$dom"
+	  fi
 	done
 }
 
 AddDomain() {
-	#| sed 's/\./\\./g'
+#| 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 ${verbose}; then
-			echo -n "::: Adding $1 to blacklist file..."
-		fi
-		echo "${1}" >> ${blacklist}
-		modifyHost=true
+	  #domain not found in the blacklist file, add it!
+	  if ${verbose}; then
+	  echo -n "::: Adding $1 to blacklist file..."
+	  fi
+		echo "$1" >> ${blacklist}
 		echo " done!"
 	else
 	if ${verbose}; then
-		echo "::: ${1} already exists in ${blacklist}! No need to add"
+		echo "::: $1 already exists in $blacklist! No need to add"
 		fi
 	fi
 }
 
 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 ${verbose}; then
-			echo "::: $1 is NOT blacklisted! No need to remove"
-		fi
-	else
-		#Domain is in the blacklist file, remove it
-		if ${verbose}; then
-			echo "::: Un-blacklisting ${dom}..."
-		fi
-		echo "$1" | sed 's/\./\\./g' | xargs -I {} perl -i -ne'print unless /'{}'(?!.)/;' ${blacklist}
-	fi
-}
 
-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 ":::"
-			echo -n "::: Modifying HOSTS file to blacklist $numberOf domain${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
-		echo ":::"
-		for dom in "${domToRemoveList[@]}"; do
-			#we need to remove the domains from the blacklist file and the host file
-			echo "::: ${dom}"
-			echo -n ":::    removing from HOSTS file..."
-			echo "${dom}" | sed 's/\./\\./g' | xargs -I {} perl -i -ne'print unless /[^.]'{}'(?!.)/;' ${adList}
-			echo " done!"
-			echo -n ":::    removing from blackist.txt..."
-			echo "${dom}" | sed 's/\./\\./g' | xargs -I {} perl -i -ne'print unless /'{}'(?!.)/;' ${blacklist}
-			echo " done!"
-		done
-	fi
+  bool=false
+  grep -Ex -q "$1" ${blacklist} || bool=true
+  if ${bool}; then
+  	#Domain is not in the blacklist file, no need to Remove
+  	if ${verbose}; then
+  	echo "::: $1 is NOT blacklisted! No need to remove"
+  	fi
+  else
+    #Domain is in the blacklist file,remove it
+    if ${verbose}; then
+    echo "::: Un-blacklisting $dom..."
+    fi
+   echo "$1" | sed 's/\./\\./g' | xargs -I {} perl -i -ne'print unless /'{}'(?!.)/;' ${blacklist}
+  fi
 }
 
 Reload() {
@@ -139,24 +110,25 @@ DisplayBlist() {
 	verbose=false
 	echo -e " Displaying Gravity Affected Domains \n"
 	count=1
-	while IFS= read -r AD; do
-		echo "${count}: ${AD}"
+	while IFS= read -r AD
+	do
+		echo "${count}: $AD"
 		count=$((count+1))
-	done < "${blacklist}"
-	exit 0;
+	done < "$blacklist"
 }
 
 ###################################################
 
-for var in "$@"; do
-	case "$var" in
-		"-nr"| "--noreload"  ) reload=false;;
-		"-d" | "--delmode"   ) addmode=false;;
-		"-q" | "--quiet"     ) verbose=false;;
-		"-h" | "--help"      ) helpFunc;;
-		"-l" | "--list"      ) DisplayBlist;;
-		*                    ) HandleOther "$var";;
-	esac
+for var in "$@"
+do
+  case "$var" in
+    "-nr"| "--noreload"  ) reload=false;;
+    "-d" | "--delmode"   ) addmode=false;;
+    "-q" | "--quiet"     ) verbose=false;;
+    "-h" | "--help"	     ) helpFunc;;
+    "-l" | "--list"      ) DisplayBlist;;
+    *                    ) HandleOther "$var";;
+  esac
 done
 
 PopBlacklistFile