diff --git a/gravity-adv.sh b/gravity-adv.sh
index 5de6c4d1..4b62817e 100755
--- a/gravity-adv.sh
+++ b/gravity-adv.sh
@@ -2,11 +2,12 @@
 # The Pi-hole now blocks over 120,000 ad domains
 # Address to send ads to (the RPi)
 piholeIP="127.0.0.1"
-# Optionally, uncomment to automatically detect the address.  Thanks Gregg
-#piholeIP=$(ifconfig eth0 | awk '/inet addr/{print substr($2,6)}')
+# Optionally, uncomment to automatically detect the local IP address.
+#piholeIP=$(hostname -I)
 
 # Config file to hold URL rules
 eventHorizion="/etc/dnsmasq.d/adList.conf"
+blacklist=/etc/pihole/blacklist.txt
 whitelist=/etc/pihole/whitelist.txt
 
 # Create the pihole resource directory if it doesn't exist.  Future files will be stored here
@@ -34,6 +35,14 @@ curl -s http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts | grep -v "#" | sed '/^$/d' | sed
 echo "Getting Mother of All Ad Blocks list..." # 102168 domains!! Thanks Kacy
 curl -A 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:30.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/30.0' -e http://forum.xda-developers.com/ http://adblock.mahakala.is/ | grep -v "#" | awk '{print $2}' | sort >> /tmp/matter.txt
 
+# Add entries from the local blacklist file if it exists in /etc/pihole directory
+if [[ -f $blacklist ]];then
+        echo "Getting the local blacklist from /etc/pihole directory"
+        cat $blacklist >> /tmp/matter.txt
+else
+        :
+fi
+
 # Sort the aggregated results and remove any duplicates
 # Remove entries from the whitelist file if it exists at the root of the current user's home folder
 if [[ -f $whitelist ]];then
@@ -54,4 +63,4 @@ echo "$numberOfAdsBlocked ad domains blocked."
 sudo mv /tmp/andLight.txt $eventHorizion
 
 # Restart DNS
-sudo service dnsmasq restart
\ No newline at end of file
+sudo service dnsmasq restart