diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 17557a87..d39852dc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened, ready_for_review]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   smoke-test:
     if: github.event.pull_request.draft == false
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
     -
       name: Set up Python 3.8
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: 3.8
     -
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b993cfe9..20c707b1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -161,4 +161,4 @@ Some notable features include:
 There are several ways to [access the dashboard](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-access-pi-holes-dashboard-admin-interface/3168):
 
 1. `http://pi.hole/admin/` (when using Pi-hole as your DNS server)
-2. `http://<IP_ADDPRESS_OF_YOUR_PI_HOLE>/admin/`
+2. `http://<IP_ADDRESS_OF_YOUR_PI_HOLE>/admin/`
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE b/advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE
index d76be68c..2d2b074b 100644
--- a/advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/COL_TABLE
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Determine if terminal is capable of showing colors
-if [[ -t 1 ]] && [[ $(tput colors) -ge 8 ]]; then
+if ([[ -t 1 ]] && [[ $(tput colors) -ge 8 ]]) || [[ "${WEBCALL}" ]]; then
   # Bold and underline may not show up on all clients
   # If something MUST be emphasized, use both
   COL_BOLD=''
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
index 7d3e7acf..844cbd23 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeDebug.sh
@@ -906,9 +906,11 @@ dig_at() {
     #          Removes all interfaces which are not UP
     #     s/^[0-9]*: //g;
     #          Removes interface index
+    #     s/@.*//g;
+    #          Removes everything after @ (if found)
     #     s/: <.*//g;
     #          Removes everything after the interface name
-    interfaces="$(ip link show | sed "/ master /d;/UP/!d;s/^[0-9]*: //g;s/: <.*//g;")"
+    interfaces="$(ip link show | sed "/ master /d;/UP/!d;s/^[0-9]*: //g;s/@.*//g;s/: <.*//g;")"
 
     while IFS= read -r iface ; do
         # Get addresses of current interface
@@ -1273,7 +1275,7 @@ show_clients() {
 }
 
 show_messages() {
-    show_FTL_db_entries "Pi-hole diagnosis messages" "SELECT id,datetime(timestamp,'unixepoch','localtime') timestamp,type,message,blob1,blob2,blob3,blob4,blob5 FROM message;" "4 19 20 60 20 20 20 20 20"
+    show_FTL_db_entries "Pi-hole diagnosis messages" "SELECT count (message) as count, datetime(max(timestamp),'unixepoch','localtime') as 'last timestamp', type, message, blob1, blob2, blob3, blob4, blob5 FROM message GROUP BY type, message, blob1, blob2, blob3, blob4, blob5;" "6 19 20 60 20 20 20 20 20"
 }
 
 analyze_gravity_list() {
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
index 7547a5fd..57f901f5 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/piholeLogFlush.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ else
         fi
     fi
     # Delete most recent 24 hours from FTL's database, leave even older data intact (don't wipe out all history)
-    deleted=$(pihole-FTL sqlite3 "${DBFILE}" "DELETE FROM queries WHERE timestamp >= strftime('%s','now')-86400; select changes() from queries limit 1")
+    deleted=$(pihole-FTL sqlite3 "${DBFILE}" "DELETE FROM query_storage WHERE timestamp >= strftime('%s','now')-86400; select changes() from query_storage limit 1")
 
     # Restart pihole-FTL to force reloading history
     sudo pihole restartdns
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/query.sh b/advanced/Scripts/query.sh
index 20c891bf..8f7bfea4 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/query.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/query.sh
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ Example: 'pihole -q -exact domain.com'
 Query the adlists for a specified domain
 
 Options:
-  -exact              Search the block lists for exact domain matches
-  -all                Return all query matches within a block list
+  -exact              Search the adlists for exact domain matches
+  -all                Return all query matches within the adlists
   -h, --help          Show this help dialog"
   exit 0
 fi
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ mapfile -t results <<< "$(scanDatabaseTable "${domainQuery}" "gravity")"
 
 # Handle notices
 if [[ -z "${wbMatch:-}" ]] && [[ -z "${wcMatch:-}" ]] && [[ -z "${results[*]}" ]]; then
-    echo -e "  ${INFO} No ${exact/t/t }results found for ${COL_BOLD}${domainQuery}${COL_NC} within the block lists"
+    echo -e "  ${INFO} No ${exact/t/t }results found for ${COL_BOLD}${domainQuery}${COL_NC} within the adlists"
     exit 0
 elif [[ -z "${results[*]}" ]]; then
     # Result found in WL/BL/Wildcards
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/utils.sh b/advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
index 887816cc..f0a7cc37 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/utils.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+# shellcheck disable=SC3043 #https://github.com/koalaman/shellcheck/wiki/SC3043#exceptions
+
 # Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
 # (c) 2017 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
 # Network-wide ad blocking via your own hardware.
@@ -15,21 +17,82 @@
 #  - New functions must have a test added for them in test/test_any_utils.py
 
 #######################
-# Takes three arguments key, value, and file.
+# Takes Three arguments: file, key, and value.
+#
 # Checks the target file for the existence of the key
 #   - If it exists, it changes the value
 #   - If it does not exist, it adds the value
 #
 # Example usage:
-# addOrEditKeyValuePair "BLOCKING_ENABLED" "true" "/etc/pihole/setupVars.conf"
+# addOrEditKeyValPair "/etc/pihole/setupVars.conf" "BLOCKING_ENABLED" "true"
 #######################
 addOrEditKeyValPair() {
-  local key="${1}"
-  local value="${2}"
-  local file="${3}"
+  local file="${1}"
+  local key="${2}"
+  local value="${3}"
+
   if grep -q "^${key}=" "${file}"; then
-    sed -i "/^${key}=/c\\${key}=${value}" "${file}"
+      # Key already exists in file, modify the value
+      sed -i "/^${key}=/c\\${key}=${value}" "${file}"
   else
+    # Key does not already exist, add it and it's value
     echo "${key}=${value}" >> "${file}"
   fi
 }
+
+#######################
+# Takes two arguments: file, and key.
+# Adds a key to target file
+#
+# Example usage:
+# addKey "/etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf" "log-queries"
+#######################
+addKey(){
+  local file="${1}"
+  local key="${2}"
+
+  if ! grep -q "^${key}" "${file}"; then
+      # Key does not exist, add it.
+      echo "${key}" >> "${file}"
+  fi
+}
+
+#######################
+# Takes two arguments: file, and key.
+# Deletes a key or key/value pair from target file
+#
+# Example usage:
+# removeKey "/etc/pihole/setupVars.conf" "PIHOLE_DNS_1"
+#######################
+removeKey() {
+  local file="${1}"
+  local key="${2}"
+  sed -i "/^${key}/d" "${file}"
+}
+
+#######################
+# returns FTL's current telnet API port
+#######################
+getFTLAPIPort(){
+  local FTLCONFFILE="/etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf"
+  local DEFAULT_PORT_FILE="/run/pihole-FTL.port"
+  local DEFAULT_FTL_PORT=4711
+  local PORTFILE
+  local ftl_api_port
+
+  if [ -f "$FTLCONFFILE" ]; then
+    # if PORTFILE is not set in pihole-FTL.conf, use the default path
+    PORTFILE="$( (grep "^PORTFILE=" $FTLCONFFILE || echo "$DEFAULT_PORT_FILE") | cut -d"=" -f2-)"
+  fi
+
+  if [ -s "$PORTFILE" ]; then
+    # -s: FILE exists and has a size greater than zero
+    ftl_api_port=$(cat "${PORTFILE}")
+    # Exploit prevention: unset the variable if there is malicious content
+    # Verify that the value read from the file is numeric    
+    expr "$ftl_api_port" : "[^[:digit:]]" > /dev/null && unset ftl_api_port
+  fi
+
+  # echo the port found in the portfile or default to the default port
+  echo "${ftl_api_port:=$DEFAULT_FTL_PORT}"
+}
diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/webpage.sh b/advanced/Scripts/webpage.sh
index aa4795dd..de06d60c 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/webpage.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/webpage.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
+# shellcheck disable=SC2154
+
 
 # Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
 # (c) 2017 Pi-hole, LLC (https://pi-hole.net)
@@ -26,6 +28,9 @@ readonly PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR="/etc/.pihole"
 PH_TEST="true"
 source "${PI_HOLE_FILES_DIR}/automated install/basic-install.sh"
 
+utilsfile="/opt/pihole/utils.sh"
+source "${utilsfile}"
+
 coltable="/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
 if [[ -f ${coltable} ]]; then
     source ${coltable}
@@ -51,45 +56,39 @@ Options:
 }
 
 add_setting() {
-    echo "${1}=${2}" >> "${setupVars}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "${1}" "${2}"
 }
 
 delete_setting() {
-    sed -i "/^${1}/d" "${setupVars}"
+    removeKey "${setupVars}" "${1}"
 }
 
 change_setting() {
-    delete_setting "${1}"
-    add_setting "${1}" "${2}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "${1}" "${2}"
 }
 
 addFTLsetting() {
-    echo "${1}=${2}" >> "${FTLconf}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${FTLconf}" "${1}" "${2}"
 }
 
 deleteFTLsetting() {
-    sed -i "/^${1}/d" "${FTLconf}"
+    removeKey "${FTLconf}" "${1}"
 }
 
 changeFTLsetting() {
-    deleteFTLsetting "${1}"
-    addFTLsetting "${1}" "${2}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${FTLconf}" "${1}" "${2}"
 }
 
 add_dnsmasq_setting() {
-    if [[ "${2}" != "" ]]; then
-        echo "${1}=${2}" >> "${dnsmasqconfig}"
-    else
-        echo "${1}" >> "${dnsmasqconfig}"
-    fi
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${dnsmasqconfig}" "${1}" "${2}"
 }
 
 delete_dnsmasq_setting() {
-    sed -i "/^${1}/d" "${dnsmasqconfig}"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "${1}"
 }
 
 SetTemperatureUnit() {
-    change_setting "TEMPERATUREUNIT" "${unit}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "TEMPERATUREUNIT" "${unit}"
     echo -e "  ${TICK} Set temperature unit to ${unit}"
 }
 
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ SetWebPassword() {
         echo ""
 
         if [ "${PASSWORD}" == "" ]; then
-            change_setting "WEBPASSWORD" ""
+            addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "WEBPASSWORD" ""
             echo -e "  ${TICK} Password Removed"
             exit 0
         fi
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ SetWebPassword() {
         # We do not wrap this in brackets, otherwise BASH will expand any appropriate syntax
         hash=$(HashPassword "$PASSWORD")
         # Save hash to file
-        change_setting "WEBPASSWORD" "${hash}"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "WEBPASSWORD" "${hash}"
         echo -e "  ${TICK} New password set"
     else
         echo -e "  ${CROSS} Passwords don't match. Your password has not been changed"
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ SetWebPassword() {
 ProcessDNSSettings() {
     source "${setupVars}"
 
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "server"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "server"
 
     COUNTER=1
     while true ; do
@@ -156,34 +155,34 @@ ProcessDNSSettings() {
         if [ -z "${!var}" ]; then
             break;
         fi
-        add_dnsmasq_setting "server" "${!var}"
+        addKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "server=${!var}"
         (( COUNTER++ ))
     done
 
     # The option LOCAL_DNS_PORT is deprecated
     # We apply it once more, and then convert it into the current format
     if [ -n "${LOCAL_DNS_PORT}" ]; then
-        add_dnsmasq_setting "server" "127.0.0.1#${LOCAL_DNS_PORT}"
-        add_setting "PIHOLE_DNS_${COUNTER}" "127.0.0.1#${LOCAL_DNS_PORT}"
-        delete_setting "LOCAL_DNS_PORT"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${dnsmasqconfig}" "server" "127.0.0.1#${LOCAL_DNS_PORT}"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "PIHOLE_DNS_${COUNTER}" "127.0.0.1#${LOCAL_DNS_PORT}"
+        removeKey "${setupVars}" "LOCAL_DNS_PORT"
     fi
 
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "domain-needed"
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "expand-hosts"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "domain-needed"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "expand-hosts"
 
     if [[ "${DNS_FQDN_REQUIRED}" == true ]]; then
-        add_dnsmasq_setting "domain-needed"
-        add_dnsmasq_setting "expand-hosts"
+        addKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "domain-needed"
+        addKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "expand-hosts"
     fi
 
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "bogus-priv"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "bogus-priv"
 
     if [[ "${DNS_BOGUS_PRIV}" == true ]]; then
-        add_dnsmasq_setting "bogus-priv"
+        addKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "bogus-priv"
     fi
 
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "dnssec"
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "trust-anchor="
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "dnssec"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "trust-anchor"
 
     if [[ "${DNSSEC}" == true ]]; then
         echo "dnssec
@@ -191,24 +190,24 @@ trust-anchor=.,20326,8,2,E06D44B80B8F1D39A95C0B0D7C65D08458E880409BBC68345710423
 " >> "${dnsmasqconfig}"
     fi
 
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "host-record"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "host-record"
 
     if [ -n "${HOSTRECORD}" ]; then
-        add_dnsmasq_setting "host-record" "${HOSTRECORD}"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${dnsmasqconfig}" "host-record" "${HOSTRECORD}"
     fi
 
     # Setup interface listening behavior of dnsmasq
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "interface"
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "local-service"
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "except-interface"
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "bind-interfaces"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "interface"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "local-service"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "except-interface"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "bind-interfaces"
 
     if [[ "${DNSMASQ_LISTENING}" == "all" ]]; then
         # Listen on all interfaces, permit all origins
-        add_dnsmasq_setting "except-interface" "nonexisting"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${dnsmasqconfig}" "except-interface" "nonexisting"
     elif [[ "${DNSMASQ_LISTENING}" == "local" ]]; then
         # Listen only on all interfaces, but only local subnets
-        add_dnsmasq_setting "local-service"
+        addKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "local-service"
     else
         # Options "bind" and "single"
         # Listen only on one interface
@@ -217,30 +216,30 @@ trust-anchor=.,20326,8,2,E06D44B80B8F1D39A95C0B0D7C65D08458E880409BBC68345710423
             PIHOLE_INTERFACE="eth0"
         fi
 
-        add_dnsmasq_setting "interface" "${PIHOLE_INTERFACE}"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${dnsmasqconfig}" "interface" "${PIHOLE_INTERFACE}"
 
         if [[ "${DNSMASQ_LISTENING}" == "bind" ]]; then
             # Really bind to interface
-            add_dnsmasq_setting "bind-interfaces"
+            addKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "bind-interfaces"
         fi
     fi
 
     if [[ "${CONDITIONAL_FORWARDING}" == true ]]; then
         # Convert legacy "conditional forwarding" to rev-server configuration
         # Remove any existing REV_SERVER settings
-        delete_setting "REV_SERVER"
-        delete_setting "REV_SERVER_DOMAIN"
-        delete_setting "REV_SERVER_TARGET"
-        delete_setting "REV_SERVER_CIDR"
+        removeKey "${setupVars}" "REV_SERVER"
+        removeKey "${setupVars}" "REV_SERVER_DOMAIN"
+        removeKey "${setupVars}" "REV_SERVER_TARGET"
+        removeKey "${setupVars}" "REV_SERVER_CIDR"
 
         REV_SERVER=true
-        add_setting "REV_SERVER" "true"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "REV_SERVER" "true"
 
         REV_SERVER_DOMAIN="${CONDITIONAL_FORWARDING_DOMAIN}"
-        add_setting "REV_SERVER_DOMAIN" "${REV_SERVER_DOMAIN}"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "REV_SERVER_DOMAIN" "${REV_SERVER_DOMAIN}"
 
         REV_SERVER_TARGET="${CONDITIONAL_FORWARDING_IP}"
-        add_setting "REV_SERVER_TARGET" "${REV_SERVER_TARGET}"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "REV_SERVER_TARGET" "${REV_SERVER_TARGET}"
 
         #Convert CONDITIONAL_FORWARDING_REVERSE if necessary e.g:
         #          1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa to 192.168.1.1/32
@@ -267,28 +266,28 @@ trust-anchor=.,20326,8,2,E06D44B80B8F1D39A95C0B0D7C65D08458E880409BBC68345710423
             # shellcheck disable=2001
             REV_SERVER_CIDR="$(sed "s+\\.[0-9]*$+\\.0/24+" <<< "${REV_SERVER_TARGET}")"
         fi
-        add_setting "REV_SERVER_CIDR" "${REV_SERVER_CIDR}"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "REV_SERVER_CIDR" "${REV_SERVER_CIDR}"
 
         # Remove obsolete settings from setupVars.conf
-        delete_setting "CONDITIONAL_FORWARDING"
-        delete_setting "CONDITIONAL_FORWARDING_REVERSE"
-        delete_setting "CONDITIONAL_FORWARDING_DOMAIN"
-        delete_setting "CONDITIONAL_FORWARDING_IP"
+        removeKey "${setupVars}" "CONDITIONAL_FORWARDING"
+        removeKey "${setupVars}" "CONDITIONAL_FORWARDING_REVERSE"
+        removeKey "${setupVars}" "CONDITIONAL_FORWARDING_DOMAIN"
+        removeKey "${setupVars}" "CONDITIONAL_FORWARDING_IP"
     fi
 
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "rev-server"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "rev-server"
 
     if [[ "${REV_SERVER}" == true ]]; then
-        add_dnsmasq_setting "rev-server=${REV_SERVER_CIDR},${REV_SERVER_TARGET}"
+        addKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "rev-server=${REV_SERVER_CIDR},${REV_SERVER_TARGET}"
         if [ -n "${REV_SERVER_DOMAIN}" ]; then
             # Forward local domain names to the CF target, too
-            add_dnsmasq_setting "server=/${REV_SERVER_DOMAIN}/${REV_SERVER_TARGET}"
+            addKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "server=/${REV_SERVER_DOMAIN}/${REV_SERVER_TARGET}"
         fi
 
         if [[ "${DNS_FQDN_REQUIRED}" != true ]]; then
             # Forward unqualified names to the CF target only when the "never
             # forward non-FQDN" option is unticked
-            add_dnsmasq_setting "server=//${REV_SERVER_TARGET}"
+            addKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "server=//${REV_SERVER_TARGET}"
         fi
 
     fi
@@ -303,7 +302,7 @@ trust-anchor=.,20326,8,2,E06D44B80B8F1D39A95C0B0D7C65D08458E880409BBC68345710423
 
 SetDNSServers() {
     # Save setting to file
-    delete_setting "PIHOLE_DNS"
+    removeKey "${setupVars}" "PIHOLE_DNS"
     IFS=',' read -r -a array <<< "${args[2]}"
     for index in "${!array[@]}"
     do
@@ -312,7 +311,7 @@ SetDNSServers() {
         ip="${array[index]//\\#/#}"
 
         if valid_ip "${ip}" || valid_ip6 "${ip}" ; then
-            add_setting "PIHOLE_DNS_$((index+1))" "${ip}"
+            addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "PIHOLE_DNS_$((index+1))" "${ip}"
         else
             echo -e "  ${CROSS} Invalid IP has been passed"
             exit 1
@@ -320,30 +319,30 @@ SetDNSServers() {
     done
 
     if [[ "${args[3]}" == "domain-needed" ]]; then
-        change_setting "DNS_FQDN_REQUIRED" "true"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DNS_FQDN_REQUIRED" "true"
     else
-        change_setting "DNS_FQDN_REQUIRED" "false"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DNS_FQDN_REQUIRED" "false"
     fi
 
     if [[ "${args[4]}" == "bogus-priv" ]]; then
-        change_setting "DNS_BOGUS_PRIV" "true"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DNS_BOGUS_PRIV" "true"
     else
-        change_setting "DNS_BOGUS_PRIV" "false"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DNS_BOGUS_PRIV" "false"
     fi
 
     if [[ "${args[5]}" == "dnssec" ]]; then
-        change_setting "DNSSEC" "true"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DNSSEC" "true"
     else
-        change_setting "DNSSEC" "false"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DNSSEC" "false"
     fi
 
     if [[ "${args[6]}" == "rev-server" ]]; then
-        change_setting "REV_SERVER" "true"
-        change_setting "REV_SERVER_CIDR" "${args[7]}"
-        change_setting "REV_SERVER_TARGET" "${args[8]}"
-        change_setting "REV_SERVER_DOMAIN" "${args[9]}"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "REV_SERVER" "true"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "REV_SERVER_CIDR" "${args[7]}"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "REV_SERVER_TARGET" "${args[8]}"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "REV_SERVER_DOMAIN" "${args[9]}"
     else
-        change_setting "REV_SERVER" "false"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "REV_SERVER" "false"
     fi
 
     ProcessDNSSettings
@@ -353,11 +352,11 @@ SetDNSServers() {
 }
 
 SetExcludeDomains() {
-    change_setting "API_EXCLUDE_DOMAINS" "${args[2]}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "API_EXCLUDE_DOMAINS" "${args[2]}"
 }
 
 SetExcludeClients() {
-    change_setting "API_EXCLUDE_CLIENTS" "${args[2]}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "API_EXCLUDE_CLIENTS" "${args[2]}"
 }
 
 Poweroff(){
@@ -373,7 +372,7 @@ RestartDNS() {
 }
 
 SetQueryLogOptions() {
-    change_setting "API_QUERY_LOG_SHOW" "${args[2]}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "API_QUERY_LOG_SHOW" "${args[2]}"
 }
 
 ProcessDHCPSettings() {
@@ -389,19 +388,19 @@ ProcessDHCPSettings() {
 
         if [[ "${PIHOLE_DOMAIN}" == "" ]]; then
             PIHOLE_DOMAIN="lan"
-            change_setting "PIHOLE_DOMAIN" "${PIHOLE_DOMAIN}"
+            addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "PIHOLE_DOMAIN" "${PIHOLE_DOMAIN}"
         fi
 
         if [[ "${DHCP_LEASETIME}" == "0" ]]; then
             leasetime="infinite"
         elif [[ "${DHCP_LEASETIME}" == "" ]]; then
             leasetime="24"
-            change_setting "DHCP_LEASETIME" "${leasetime}"
+            addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DHCP_LEASETIME" "${leasetime}"
         elif [[ "${DHCP_LEASETIME}" == "24h" ]]; then
             #Installation is affected by known bug, introduced in a previous version.
             #This will automatically clean up setupVars.conf and remove the unnecessary "h"
             leasetime="24"
-            change_setting "DHCP_LEASETIME" "${leasetime}"
+            addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DHCP_LEASETIME" "${leasetime}"
         else
             leasetime="${DHCP_LEASETIME}h"
         fi
@@ -454,24 +453,24 @@ ra-param=*,0,0
 }
 
 EnableDHCP() {
-    change_setting "DHCP_ACTIVE" "true"
-    change_setting "DHCP_START" "${args[2]}"
-    change_setting "DHCP_END" "${args[3]}"
-    change_setting "DHCP_ROUTER" "${args[4]}"
-    change_setting "DHCP_LEASETIME" "${args[5]}"
-    change_setting "PIHOLE_DOMAIN" "${args[6]}"
-    change_setting "DHCP_IPv6" "${args[7]}"
-    change_setting "DHCP_rapid_commit" "${args[8]}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DHCP_ACTIVE" "true"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DHCP_START" "${args[2]}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DHCP_END" "${args[3]}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DHCP_ROUTER" "${args[4]}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DHCP_LEASETIME" "${args[5]}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "PIHOLE_DOMAIN" "${args[6]}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DHCP_IPv6" "${args[7]}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DHCP_rapid_commit" "${args[8]}"
 
     # Remove possible old setting from file
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "dhcp-"
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "quiet-dhcp"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "dhcp-"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "quiet-dhcp"
 
     # If a DHCP client claims that its name is "wpad", ignore that.
     # This fixes a security hole. see CERT Vulnerability VU#598349
     # We also ignore "localhost" as Windows behaves strangely if a
     # device claims this host name
-    add_dnsmasq_setting "dhcp-name-match=set:hostname-ignore,wpad
+    addKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "dhcp-name-match=set:hostname-ignore,wpad
 dhcp-name-match=set:hostname-ignore,localhost
 dhcp-ignore-names=tag:hostname-ignore"
 
@@ -481,11 +480,11 @@ dhcp-ignore-names=tag:hostname-ignore"
 }
 
 DisableDHCP() {
-    change_setting "DHCP_ACTIVE" "false"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DHCP_ACTIVE" "false"
 
     # Remove possible old setting from file
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "dhcp-"
-    delete_dnsmasq_setting "quiet-dhcp"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "dhcp-"
+    removeKey "${dnsmasqconfig}" "quiet-dhcp"
 
     ProcessDHCPSettings
 
@@ -493,11 +492,11 @@ DisableDHCP() {
 }
 
 SetWebUILayout() {
-    change_setting "WEBUIBOXEDLAYOUT" "${args[2]}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "WEBUIBOXEDLAYOUT" "${args[2]}"
 }
 
 SetWebUITheme() {
-    change_setting "WEBTHEME" "${args[2]}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "WEBTHEME" "${args[2]}"
 }
 
 CheckUrl(){
@@ -592,10 +591,10 @@ Options:
             exit 0
         fi
 
-        change_setting "ADMIN_EMAIL" "${args[2]}"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "ADMIN_EMAIL" "${args[2]}"
         echo -e "  ${TICK} Setting admin contact to ${args[2]}"
     else
-        change_setting "ADMIN_EMAIL" ""
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "ADMIN_EMAIL" ""
         echo -e "  ${TICK} Removing admin contact"
     fi
 }
@@ -619,16 +618,16 @@ Interfaces:
 
     if [[ "${args[2]}" == "all" ]]; then
         echo -e "  ${INFO} Listening on all interfaces, permitting all origins. Please use a firewall!"
-        change_setting "DNSMASQ_LISTENING" "all"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DNSMASQ_LISTENING" "all"
     elif [[ "${args[2]}" == "local" ]]; then
         echo -e "  ${INFO} Listening on all interfaces, permitting origins from one hop away (LAN)"
-        change_setting "DNSMASQ_LISTENING" "local"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DNSMASQ_LISTENING" "local"
     elif [[ "${args[2]}" == "bind" ]]; then
         echo -e "  ${INFO} Binding on interface ${PIHOLE_INTERFACE}"
-        change_setting "DNSMASQ_LISTENING" "bind"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DNSMASQ_LISTENING" "bind"
     else
         echo -e "  ${INFO} Listening only on interface ${PIHOLE_INTERFACE}"
-        change_setting "DNSMASQ_LISTENING" "single"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "DNSMASQ_LISTENING" "single"
     fi
 
     # Don't restart DNS server yet because other settings
@@ -698,7 +697,7 @@ clearAudit()
 SetPrivacyLevel() {
     # Set privacy level. Minimum is 0, maximum is 3
     if [ "${args[2]}" -ge 0 ] && [ "${args[2]}" -le 3 ]; then
-        changeFTLsetting "PRIVACYLEVEL" "${args[2]}"
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${FTLconf}" "PRIVACYLEVEL" "${args[2]}"
         pihole restartdns reload-lists
     fi
 }
@@ -808,6 +807,23 @@ RemoveCustomCNAMERecord() {
     fi
 }
 
+SetRateLimit() {
+    local rate_limit_count rate_limit_interval reload
+    rate_limit_count="${args[2]}"
+    rate_limit_interval="${args[3]}"
+    reload="${args[4]}"
+
+    # Set rate-limit setting inf valid
+    if [ "${rate_limit_count}" -ge 0 ] && [ "${rate_limit_interval}" -ge 0 ]; then
+        addOrEditKeyValPair "${FTLconf}" "RATE_LIMIT" "${rate_limit_count}/${rate_limit_interval}"
+    fi
+
+    # Restart FTL to update rate-limit settings only if $reload not false
+    if [[ ! $reload == "false" ]]; then
+        RestartDNS
+    fi
+}
+
 main() {
     args=("$@")
 
@@ -841,6 +857,7 @@ main() {
         "removecustomdns"     ) RemoveCustomDNSAddress;;
         "addcustomcname"      ) AddCustomCNAMERecord;;
         "removecustomcname"   ) RemoveCustomCNAMERecord;;
+        "ratelimit"           ) SetRateLimit;;
         *                     ) helpFunc;;
     esac
 
diff --git a/advanced/index.php b/advanced/index.php
index d0c5fc5d..cf0ab854 100644
--- a/advanced/index.php
+++ b/advanced/index.php
@@ -164,13 +164,35 @@ ini_set("default_socket_timeout", 3);
 function queryAds($serverName) {
     // Determine the time it takes while querying adlists
     $preQueryTime = microtime(true)-$_SERVER["REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT"];
+
+    // Determine which protocol should be used
+    $protocol = "http";
+    if ((isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] === 'on') ||
+        (isset($_SERVER['REQUEST_SCHEME']) && $_SERVER['REQUEST_SCHEME'] === 'https') ||
+        (isset($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO']) && $_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] === 'https')
+    ) {
+        $protocol = "https";
+    }
+
+    // Format the URL
     $queryAdsURL = sprintf(
-        "http://127.0.0.1:%s/admin/scripts/pi-hole/php/queryads.php?domain=%s&bp",
+        "%s://127.0.0.1:%s/admin/scripts/pi-hole/php/queryads.php?domain=%s&bp",
+        $protocol,
         $_SERVER["SERVER_PORT"],
         $serverName
     );
-    $queryAds = file($queryAdsURL, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
-    $queryAds = array_values(array_filter(preg_replace("/data:\s+/", "", $queryAds)));
+
+    // Request the file and receive the response
+    $queryAdsFile = file($queryAdsURL, FILE_IGNORE_NEW_LINES);
+
+    // $queryAdsFile must be an array (to avoid PHP 8.0+ error)
+    if (is_array($queryAdsFile)) {
+        $queryAds = array_values(array_filter(preg_replace("/data:\s+/", "", $queryAdsFile)));
+    } else {
+        // if not an array, return an error message
+        return array("0" => "error", "1" => "<br>(".gettype($queryAdsFile).")<br>".print_r($queryAdsFile, true));
+    }
+
     $queryTime = sprintf("%.0f", (microtime(true)-$_SERVER["REQUEST_TIME_FLOAT"]) - $preQueryTime);
 
     // Exception Handling
diff --git a/advanced/lighttpd.conf.debian b/advanced/lighttpd.conf.debian
index cf728e19..b8656a24 100644
--- a/advanced/lighttpd.conf.debian
+++ b/advanced/lighttpd.conf.debian
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ server.port                 = 80
 accesslog.filename          = "/var/log/lighttpd/access.log"
 accesslog.format            = "%{%s}t|%V|%r|%s|%b"
 
+# Allow streaming response
+# reference: https://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/Server_stream-response-bodyDetails
+server.stream-response-body = 1
+#ssl.read-ahead              = "disable"
+
 index-file.names            = ( "index.php", "index.html", "index.lighttpd.html" )
 url.access-deny             = ( "~", ".inc", ".md", ".yml", ".ini" )
 static-file.exclude-extensions = ( ".php", ".pl", ".fcgi" )
diff --git a/advanced/lighttpd.conf.fedora b/advanced/lighttpd.conf.fedora
index 626a3d8d..79d5f3b2 100644
--- a/advanced/lighttpd.conf.fedora
+++ b/advanced/lighttpd.conf.fedora
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ server.port                 = 80
 accesslog.filename          = "/var/log/lighttpd/access.log"
 accesslog.format            = "%{%s}t|%V|%r|%s|%b"
 
+# Allow streaming response
+# reference: https://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/wiki/Server_stream-response-bodyDetails
+server.stream-response-body = 1
+#ssl.read-ahead              = "disable"
+
 index-file.names            = ( "index.php", "index.html", "index.lighttpd.html" )
 url.access-deny             = ( "~", ".inc", ".md", ".yml", ".ini" )
 static-file.exclude-extensions = ( ".php", ".pl", ".fcgi" )
diff --git a/automated install/basic-install.sh b/automated install/basic-install.sh
index 62366f8a..835f0efc 100755
--- a/automated install/basic-install.sh	
+++ b/automated install/basic-install.sh	
@@ -239,10 +239,10 @@ os_check() {
             printf "      If you wish to attempt to continue anyway, you can try one of the following commands to skip this check:\\n"
             printf "\\n"
             printf "      e.g: If you are seeing this message on a fresh install, you can run:\\n"
-            printf "             %bcurl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | PIHOLE_SKIP_OS_CHECK=true sudo -E bash%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
+            printf "             %bcurl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | sudo PIHOLE_SKIP_OS_CHECK=true bash%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
             printf "\\n"
             printf "           If you are seeing this message after having run pihole -up:\\n"
-            printf "             %bPIHOLE_SKIP_OS_CHECK=true sudo -E pihole -r%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
+            printf "             %bsudo PIHOLE_SKIP_OS_CHECK=true pihole -r%b\\n" "${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}" "${COL_NC}"
             printf "           (In this case, your previous run of pihole -up will have already updated the local repository)\\n"
             printf "\\n"
             printf "      It is possible that the installation will still fail at this stage due to an unsupported configuration.\\n"
@@ -259,6 +259,29 @@ os_check() {
     fi
 }
 
+# This function waits for dpkg to unlock, which signals that the previous apt-get command has finished.
+test_dpkg_lock() {
+    i=0
+    printf "  %b Waiting for package manager to finish (up to 30 seconds)\\n" "${INFO}"
+    # fuser is a program to show which processes use the named files, sockets, or filesystems
+    # So while the lock is held,
+    while fuser /var/lib/dpkg/lock >/dev/null 2>&1
+    do
+        # we wait half a second,
+        sleep 0.5
+        # increase the iterator,
+        ((i=i+1))
+        # exit if waiting for more then 30 seconds
+        if [[ $i -gt 60 ]]; then
+            printf "  %b %bError: Could not verify package manager finished and released lock. %b\\n" "${CROSS}" "${COL_LIGHT_RED}" "${COL_NC}"
+            printf "       Attempt to install packages manually and retry.\\n"
+            exit 1;
+        fi
+    done
+    # and then report success once dpkg is unlocked.
+    return 0
+}
+
 # Compatibility
 package_manager_detect() {
     # First check to see if apt-get is installed.
@@ -287,7 +310,7 @@ package_manager_detect() {
         # Packages required to run this install script (stored as an array)
         INSTALLER_DEPS=(git iproute2 whiptail ca-certificates)
         # Packages required to run Pi-hole (stored as an array)
-        PIHOLE_DEPS=(cron curl iputils-ping psmisc sudo unzip idn2 libcap2-bin dns-root-data libcap2 netcat-openbsd)
+        PIHOLE_DEPS=(cron curl iputils-ping psmisc sudo unzip idn2 libcap2-bin dns-root-data libcap2 netcat-openbsd procps)
         # Packages required for the Web admin interface (stored as an array)
         # It's useful to separate this from Pi-hole, since the two repos are also setup separately
         PIHOLE_WEB_DEPS=(lighttpd "${phpVer}-common" "${phpVer}-cgi" "${phpVer}-sqlite3" "${phpVer}-xml" "${phpVer}-intl")
@@ -302,22 +325,6 @@ package_manager_detect() {
         # and config file
         LIGHTTPD_CFG="lighttpd.conf.debian"
 
-        # This function waits for dpkg to unlock, which signals that the previous apt-get command has finished.
-        test_dpkg_lock() {
-            i=0
-            # fuser is a program to show which processes use the named files, sockets, or filesystems
-            # So while the lock is held,
-            while fuser /var/lib/dpkg/lock >/dev/null 2>&1
-            do
-                # we wait half a second,
-                sleep 0.5
-                # increase the iterator,
-                ((i=i+1))
-            done
-            # and then report success once dpkg is unlocked.
-            return 0
-        }
-
     # If apt-get is not found, check for rpm.
     elif is_command rpm ; then
         # Then check if dnf or yum is the package manager
@@ -2209,7 +2216,7 @@ get_binary_name() {
         local rev
         rev=$(uname -m | sed "s/[^0-9]//g;")
         local lib
-        lib=$(ldd /bin/ls | grep -E '^\s*/lib' | awk '{ print $1 }')
+        lib=$(ldd "$(which sh)" | grep -E '^\s*/lib' | awk '{ print $1 }')
         if [[ "${lib}" == "/lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1" ]]; then
             printf "%b  %b Detected AArch64 (64 Bit ARM) processor\\n" "${OVER}" "${TICK}"
             # set the binary to be used
diff --git a/automated install/uninstall.sh b/automated install/uninstall.sh
index 5e27514f..9d3fca31 100755
--- a/automated install/uninstall.sh	
+++ b/automated install/uninstall.sh	
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@
 source "/opt/pihole/COL_TABLE"
 
 while true; do
-    read -rp "  ${QST} Are you sure you would like to remove ${COL_WHITE}Pi-hole${COL_NC}? [y/N] " yn
-    case ${yn} in
+    read -rp "  ${QST} Are you sure you would like to remove ${COL_WHITE}Pi-hole${COL_NC}? [y/N] " answer
+    case ${answer} in
         [Yy]* ) break;;
-        [Nn]* ) echo -e "${OVER}  ${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}Uninstall has been canceled${COL_NC}"; exit 0;;
         * ) echo -e "${OVER}  ${COL_LIGHT_GREEN}Uninstall has been canceled${COL_NC}"; exit 0;;
     esac
 done
@@ -76,8 +75,8 @@ removeAndPurge() {
     for i in "${DEPS[@]}"; do
         if package_check "${i}" > /dev/null; then
             while true; do
-                read -rp "  ${QST} Do you wish to remove ${COL_WHITE}${i}${COL_NC} from your system? [Y/N] " yn
-                case ${yn} in
+                read -rp "  ${QST} Do you wish to remove ${COL_WHITE}${i}${COL_NC} from your system? [Y/N] " answer
+                case ${answer} in
                     [Yy]* )
                         echo -ne "  ${INFO} Removing ${i}...";
                         ${SUDO} "${PKG_REMOVE[@]}" "${i}" &> /dev/null;
@@ -215,8 +214,8 @@ while true; do
         echo -n "${i} "
     done
     echo "${COL_NC}"
-    read -rp "  ${QST} Do you wish to go through each dependency for removal? (Choosing No will leave all dependencies installed) [Y/n] " yn
-    case ${yn} in
+    read -rp "  ${QST} Do you wish to go through each dependency for removal? (Choosing No will leave all dependencies installed) [Y/n] " answer
+    case ${answer} in
         [Yy]* ) removeAndPurge; break;;
         [Nn]* ) removeNoPurge; break;;
         * ) removeAndPurge; break;;
diff --git a/gravity.sh b/gravity.sh
index 9c11fa98..c5e9e414 100755
--- a/gravity.sh
+++ b/gravity.sh
@@ -527,8 +527,9 @@ parseList() {
   # This sed does the following things:
   # 1. Remove all domains containing invalid characters. Valid are: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, dot (.), minus (-), underscore (_)
   # 2. Append ,adlistID to every line
-  # 3. Ensures there is a newline on the last line
-  sed -e "/[^a-zA-Z0-9.\_-]/d;s/$/,${adlistID}/;/.$/a\\" "${src}" >> "${target}"
+  # 3. Remove trailing period (see https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/issues/4701)
+  # 4. Ensures there is a newline on the last line
+  sed -e "/[^a-zA-Z0-9.\_-]/d;s/\.$//;s/$/,${adlistID}/;/.$/a\\" "${src}" >> "${target}"
   # Find (up to) five domains containing invalid characters (see above)
   incorrect_lines="$(sed -e "/[^a-zA-Z0-9.\_-]/!d" "${src}" | head -n 5)"
 
diff --git a/pihole b/pihole
index 56d47eca..f51fd956 100755
--- a/pihole
+++ b/pihole
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ readonly FTL_PID_FILE="/run/pihole-FTL.pid"
 readonly colfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/COL_TABLE"
 source "${colfile}"
 
-readonly utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
+utilsfile="${PI_HOLE_SCRIPT_DIR}/utils.sh"
 source "${utilsfile}"
 
 webpageFunc() {
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ Time:
       fi
 
       local str="Pi-hole Disabled"
-      addOrEditKeyValPair "BLOCKING_ENABLED" "false" "${setupVars}"
+      addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "BLOCKING_ENABLED" "false"
     fi
   else
     # Enable Pi-hole
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ Time:
     echo -e "  ${INFO} Enabling blocking"
     local str="Pi-hole Enabled"
 
-    addOrEditKeyValPair "BLOCKING_ENABLED" "true" "${setupVars}"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "BLOCKING_ENABLED" "true"
   fi
 
   restartDNS reload-lists
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@ Options:
     exit 0
   elif [[ "${1}" == "off" ]]; then
     # Disable logging
-    sed -i 's/^log-queries/#log-queries/' /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf
-    addOrEditKeyValPair "QUERY_LOGGING" "false" "${setupVars}"
+    removeKey /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf "log-queries"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "QUERY_LOGGING" "false"
     if [[ "${2}" != "noflush" ]]; then
       # Flush logs
       "${PI_HOLE_BIN_DIR}"/pihole -f
@@ -270,8 +270,8 @@ Options:
     local str="Logging has been disabled!"
   elif [[ "${1}" == "on" ]]; then
     # Enable logging
-    sed -i 's/^#log-queries/log-queries/' /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf
-    addOrEditKeyValPair "QUERY_LOGGING" "true" "${setupVars}"
+    addKey /etc/dnsmasq.d/01-pihole.conf "log-queries"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "${setupVars}" "QUERY_LOGGING" "true"
     echo -e "  ${INFO} Enabling logging..."
     local str="Logging has been enabled!"
   else
@@ -316,9 +316,10 @@ analyze_ports() {
 
 statusFunc() {
   # Determine if there is pihole-FTL service is listening
-  local listening pid port
+  local pid port ftl_api_port
 
   pid="$(getFTLPID)"
+  ftl_api_port="$(getFTLAPIPort)"
   if [[ "$pid" -eq "-1" ]]; then
     case "${1}" in
       "web") echo "-1";;
@@ -326,8 +327,8 @@ statusFunc() {
     esac
     return 0
   else
-    #get the port pihole-FTL is listening on by using FTL's telnet API
-    port="$(echo ">dns-port >quit" | nc 127.0.0.1 4711)"
+    #get the DNS port pihole-FTL is listening on by using FTL's telnet API
+    port="$(echo ">dns-port >quit" | nc 127.0.0.1 "$ftl_api_port")"
     if [[ "${port}" == "0" ]]; then
       case "${1}" in
         "web") echo "-1";;
@@ -364,7 +365,7 @@ statusFunc() {
     # Enable blocking
     "${PI_HOLE_BIN_DIR}"/pihole enable
   fi
-
+exit 0
 }
 
 tailFunc() {
@@ -495,8 +496,38 @@ if [[ $# = 0 ]]; then
   helpFunc
 fi
 
+# functions that do not require sudo power
 case "${1}" in
   "-h" | "help" | "--help"      ) helpFunc;;
+  "-v" | "version"              ) versionFunc "$@";;
+  "-c" | "chronometer"          ) chronometerFunc "$@";;
+  "-q" | "query"                ) queryFunc "$@";;
+  "status"                      ) statusFunc "$2";;
+  "-t" | "tail"                 ) tailFunc "$2";;
+  "tricorder"                   ) tricorderFunc;;
+
+  # we need to add all arguments that require sudo power to not trigger the * argument
+  "-w" | "whitelist"            ) ;;
+  "-b" | "blacklist"            ) ;;
+  "--wild" | "wildcard"         ) ;;
+  "--regex" | "regex"           ) ;;
+  "--white-regex" | "white-regex" ) ;;
+  "--white-wild" | "white-wild"   ) ;;
+  "-f" | "flush"                ) ;;
+  "-up" | "updatePihole"        ) ;;
+  "-r"  | "reconfigure"         ) ;;
+  "-g" | "updateGravity"        ) ;;
+  "-l" | "logging"              ) ;;
+  "uninstall"                   ) ;;
+  "enable"                      ) ;;
+  "disable"                     ) ;;
+  "-d" | "debug"                ) ;;
+  "restartdns"                  ) ;;
+  "-a" | "admin"                ) ;;
+  "checkout"                    ) ;;
+  "updatechecker"               ) ;;
+  "arpflush"                    ) ;;
+  *                             ) helpFunc;;
 esac
 
 # Must be root to use this tool
@@ -523,21 +554,13 @@ case "${1}" in
   "-up" | "updatePihole"        ) updatePiholeFunc "$@";;
   "-r"  | "reconfigure"         ) reconfigurePiholeFunc;;
   "-g" | "updateGravity"        ) updateGravityFunc "$@";;
-  "-c" | "chronometer"          ) chronometerFunc "$@";;
-  "-h" | "help"                 ) helpFunc;;
-  "-v" | "version"              ) versionFunc "$@";;
-  "-q" | "query"                ) queryFunc "$@";;
   "-l" | "logging"              ) piholeLogging "$@";;
   "uninstall"                   ) uninstallFunc;;
   "enable"                      ) piholeEnable 1;;
   "disable"                     ) piholeEnable 0 "$2";;
-  "status"                      ) statusFunc "$2";;
   "restartdns"                  ) restartDNS "$2";;
   "-a" | "admin"                ) webpageFunc "$@";;
-  "-t" | "tail"                 ) tailFunc "$2";;
   "checkout"                    ) piholeCheckoutFunc "$@";;
-  "tricorder"                   ) tricorderFunc;;
   "updatechecker"               ) updateCheckFunc "$@";;
   "arpflush"                    ) arpFunc "$@";;
-  *                             ) helpFunc;;
 esac
diff --git a/test/_ubuntu_21.Dockerfile b/test/_ubuntu_21.Dockerfile
index afddbfa9..6d4d7fbc 100644
--- a/test/_ubuntu_21.Dockerfile
+++ b/test/_ubuntu_21.Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM buildpack-deps:hirsute-scm
+FROM buildpack-deps:impish-scm
 
 ENV GITDIR /etc/.pihole
 ENV SCRIPTDIR /opt/pihole
diff --git a/test/test_any_automated_install.py b/test/test_any_automated_install.py
index b7b4ccd8..41a939e0 100644
--- a/test/test_any_automated_install.py
+++ b/test/test_any_automated_install.py
@@ -675,17 +675,10 @@ def test_FTL_detect_aarch64_no_errors(host):
     '''
     # mock uname to return aarch64 platform
     mock_command('uname', {'-m': ('aarch64', '0')}, host)
+    # mock `which sh` to return `/bin/sh`
+    mock_command('which', {'sh': ('/bin/sh', '0')}, host)
     # mock ldd to respond with aarch64 shared library
-    mock_command(
-        'ldd',
-        {
-            '/bin/ls': (
-                '/lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1',
-                '0'
-            )
-        },
-        host
-    )
+    mock_command('ldd', {'/bin/sh': ('/lib/ld-linux-aarch64.so.1', '0')}, host)
     detectPlatform = host.run('''
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
     create_pihole_user
@@ -708,8 +701,10 @@ def test_FTL_detect_armv4t_no_errors(host):
     '''
     # mock uname to return armv4t platform
     mock_command('uname', {'-m': ('armv4t', '0')}, host)
-    # mock ldd to respond with ld-linux shared library
-    mock_command('ldd', {'/bin/ls': ('/lib/ld-linux.so.3', '0')}, host)
+    # mock `which sh` to return `/bin/sh`
+    mock_command('which', {'sh': ('/bin/sh', '0')}, host)
+    # mock ldd to respond with armv4t shared library
+    mock_command('ldd', {'/bin/sh': ('/lib/ld-linux.so.3', '0')}, host)
     detectPlatform = host.run('''
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
     create_pihole_user
@@ -732,8 +727,10 @@ def test_FTL_detect_armv5te_no_errors(host):
     '''
     # mock uname to return armv5te platform
     mock_command('uname', {'-m': ('armv5te', '0')}, host)
+    # mock `which sh` to return `/bin/sh`
+    mock_command('which', {'sh': ('/bin/sh', '0')}, host)
     # mock ldd to respond with ld-linux shared library
-    mock_command('ldd', {'/bin/ls': ('/lib/ld-linux.so.3', '0')}, host)
+    mock_command('ldd', {'/bin/sh': ('/lib/ld-linux.so.3', '0')}, host)
     detectPlatform = host.run('''
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
     create_pihole_user
@@ -757,7 +754,9 @@ def test_FTL_detect_armv6l_no_errors(host):
     # mock uname to return armv6l platform
     mock_command('uname', {'-m': ('armv6l', '0')}, host)
     # mock ldd to respond with ld-linux-armhf shared library
-    mock_command('ldd', {'/bin/ls': ('/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3', '0')}, host)
+    # mock `which sh` to return `/bin/sh`
+    mock_command('which', {'sh': ('/bin/sh', '0')}, host)
+    mock_command('ldd', {'/bin/sh': ('/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3', '0')}, host)
     detectPlatform = host.run('''
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
     create_pihole_user
@@ -782,7 +781,9 @@ def test_FTL_detect_armv7l_no_errors(host):
     # mock uname to return armv7l platform
     mock_command('uname', {'-m': ('armv7l', '0')}, host)
     # mock ldd to respond with ld-linux-armhf shared library
-    mock_command('ldd', {'/bin/ls': ('/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3', '0')}, host)
+    # mock `which sh` to return `/bin/sh`
+    mock_command('which', {'sh': ('/bin/sh', '0')}, host)
+    mock_command('ldd', {'/bin/sh': ('/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3', '0')}, host)
     detectPlatform = host.run('''
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
     create_pihole_user
@@ -806,8 +807,10 @@ def test_FTL_detect_armv8a_no_errors(host):
     '''
     # mock uname to return armv8a platform
     mock_command('uname', {'-m': ('armv8a', '0')}, host)
+    # mock `which sh` to return `/bin/sh`
+    mock_command('which', {'sh': ('/bin/sh', '0')}, host)
     # mock ldd to respond with ld-linux-armhf shared library
-    mock_command('ldd', {'/bin/ls': ('/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3', '0')}, host)
+    mock_command('ldd', {'/bin/sh': ('/lib/ld-linux-armhf.so.3', '0')}, host)
     detectPlatform = host.run('''
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
     create_pihole_user
@@ -828,6 +831,8 @@ def test_FTL_detect_x86_64_no_errors(host):
     '''
     confirms only x86_64 package is downloaded for FTL engine
     '''
+    # mock `which sh` to return `/bin/sh`
+    mock_command('which', {'sh': ('/bin/sh', '0')}, host)
     detectPlatform = host.run('''
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
     create_pihole_user
@@ -848,6 +853,8 @@ def test_FTL_detect_unknown_no_errors(host):
     ''' confirms only generic package is downloaded for FTL engine '''
     # mock uname to return generic platform
     mock_command('uname', {'-m': ('mips', '0')}, host)
+    # mock `which sh` to return `/bin/sh`
+    mock_command('which', {'sh': ('/bin/sh', '0')}, host)
     detectPlatform = host.run('''
     source /opt/pihole/basic-install.sh
     create_pihole_user
diff --git a/test/test_any_utils.py b/test/test_any_utils.py
index ba9b2d23..b30ff7fd 100644
--- a/test/test_any_utils.py
+++ b/test/test_any_utils.py
@@ -1,16 +1,74 @@
 def test_key_val_replacement_works(host):
-    ''' Confirms addOrEditKeyValPair provides the expected output '''
+    ''' Confirms addOrEditKeyValPair either adds or replaces a key value pair in a given file '''
     host.run('''
-    setupvars=./testoutput
     source /opt/pihole/utils.sh
-    addOrEditKeyValPair "KEY_ONE" "value1" "./testoutput"
-    addOrEditKeyValPair "KEY_TWO" "value2" "./testoutput"
-    addOrEditKeyValPair "KEY_ONE" "value3" "./testoutput"
-    addOrEditKeyValPair "KEY_FOUR" "value4" "./testoutput"
-    cat ./testoutput
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "./testoutput" "KEY_ONE" "value1"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "./testoutput" "KEY_TWO" "value2"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "./testoutput" "KEY_ONE" "value3"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "./testoutput" "KEY_FOUR" "value4"
     ''')
     output = host.run('''
     cat ./testoutput
     ''')
     expected_stdout = 'KEY_ONE=value3\nKEY_TWO=value2\nKEY_FOUR=value4\n'
     assert expected_stdout == output.stdout
+
+
+def test_key_addition_works(host):
+    ''' Confirms addKey adds a key (no value) to a file without duplicating it '''
+    host.run('''
+    source /opt/pihole/utils.sh
+    addKey "./testoutput" "KEY_ONE"
+    addKey "./testoutput" "KEY_ONE"
+    addKey "./testoutput" "KEY_TWO"
+    addKey "./testoutput" "KEY_TWO"
+    addKey "./testoutput" "KEY_THREE"
+    addKey "./testoutput" "KEY_THREE"
+    ''')
+    output = host.run('''
+    cat ./testoutput
+    ''')
+    expected_stdout = 'KEY_ONE\nKEY_TWO\nKEY_THREE\n'
+    assert expected_stdout == output.stdout
+
+
+def test_key_removal_works(host):
+    ''' Confirms removeKey removes a key or key/value pair '''
+    host.run('''
+    source /opt/pihole/utils.sh
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "./testoutput" "KEY_ONE" "value1"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "./testoutput" "KEY_TWO" "value2"
+    addOrEditKeyValPair "./testoutput" "KEY_THREE" "value3"
+    addKey "./testoutput" "KEY_FOUR"
+    removeKey "./testoutput" "KEY_TWO"
+    removeKey "./testoutput" "KEY_FOUR"
+    ''')
+    output = host.run('''
+    cat ./testoutput
+    ''')
+    expected_stdout = 'KEY_ONE=value1\nKEY_THREE=value3\n'
+    assert expected_stdout == output.stdout
+
+
+def test_getFTLAPIPort_default(host):
+    ''' Confirms getFTLAPIPort returns the default API port '''
+    output = host.run('''
+    source /opt/pihole/utils.sh
+    getFTLAPIPort
+    ''')
+    expected_stdout = '4711\n'
+    assert expected_stdout == output.stdout
+
+
+def test_getFTLAPIPort_custom(host):
+    ''' Confirms getFTLAPIPort returns a custom API port in a custom PORTFILE location '''
+    host.run('''
+    echo "PORTFILE=/tmp/port.file" > /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.conf
+    echo "1234" > /tmp/port.file
+    ''')
+    output = host.run('''
+    source /opt/pihole/utils.sh
+    getFTLAPIPort
+    ''')
+    expected_stdout = '1234\n'
+    assert expected_stdout == output.stdout