diff --git a/advanced/Scripts/whitelist.sh b/advanced/Scripts/whitelist.sh
index f715a2fd..2b572d00 100755
--- a/advanced/Scripts/whitelist.sh
+++ b/advanced/Scripts/whitelist.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ helpFunc()
 	echo "::: Options:"
 	echo ":::  -d, --delmode			Remove domains from the whitelist"
 	echo ":::  -nr, --noreload			Update Whitelist without refreshing dnsmasq"
-	echo ":::  -f, --force				Force updating of the hosts files, even if there are no changes"
 	echo ":::  -q, --quiet				output is less verbose"
 	echo ":::  -h, --help				Show this help dialog"
 	echo ":::  -l, --list				Display your whitelisted domains"
@@ -38,39 +37,11 @@ adList=${piholeDir}/gravity.list
 whitelist=${piholeDir}/whitelist.txt
 reload=true
 addmode=true
-force=false
 verbose=true
 
 domList=()
 domToRemoveList=()
 
-piholeIPfile=/etc/pihole/piholeIP
-piholeIPv6file=/etc/pihole/.useIPv6
-
-if [[ -f ${piholeIPfile} ]];then
-    # If the file exists, it means it was exported from the installation script and we should use that value instead of detecting it in this script
-    piholeIP=$(cat ${piholeIPfile})
-    #rm $piholeIPfile
-else
-    # Otherwise, the IP address can be taken directly from the machine, which will happen when the script is run by the user and not the installation script
-    IPv4dev=$(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%/*}
-fi
-
-modifyHost=false
-
-# After setting defaults, check if there's local overrides
-if [[ -r ${piholeDir}/pihole.conf ]];then
-    echo "::: Local calibration requested..."
-        . ${piholeDir}/pihole.conf
-fi
-
-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 $(i+1) }')
-fi
-
 HandleOther(){
   #check validity of domain
 	validDomain=$(echo "$1" | perl -ne'print if /\b((?=[a-z0-9-]{1,63}\.)(xn--)?[a-z0-9]+(-[a-z0-9]+)*\.)+[a-z]{2,63}\b/')
@@ -107,8 +78,7 @@ AddDomain(){
 		echo -n "::: Adding $1 to $whitelist..."
 	  fi
 	  echo "$1" >> ${whitelist}
-		modifyHost=true
-		if ${verbose}; then
+      if ${verbose}; then
 	  	echo " done!"
 	  fi
 	else
@@ -128,81 +98,13 @@ RemoveDomain(){
   	echo "::: $1 is NOT whitelisted! No need to remove"
   	fi
   else
-    #Domain is in the whitelist file, add to a temporary array and remove from whitelist file
-    #if $verbose; then
-    #echo "::: Un-whitelisting $dom..."
-    #fi
-    domToRemoveList=("${domToRemoveList[@]}" $1)
-    modifyHost=true
+    echo "$1" | sed 's/\./\\./g' | xargs -I {} perl -i -ne'print unless /'{}'(?!.)/;' ${whitelist}
   fi
 }
 
-ModifyHostFile(){
-	 if ${addmode}; then
-	    #remove domains in  from hosts file
-	    if [[ -r ${whitelist} ]];then
-        # Remove whitelist entries
-				numberOf=$(cat ${whitelist} | sed '/^\s*$/d' | wc -l)
-        plural=; [[ "$numberOf" != "1" ]] && plural=s
-        echo ":::"
-        echo -n "::: Modifying HOSTS file to whitelist $numberOf domain${plural}..."
-        awk -F':' '{print $1}' ${whitelist} | while read -r line; do echo "$piholeIP $line"; done > /etc/pihole/whitelist.tmp
-        awk -F':' '{print $1}' ${whitelist} | while read -r line; do echo "$piholeIPv6 $line"; done >> /etc/pihole/whitelist.tmp
-        echo "l" >> /etc/pihole/whitelist.tmp
-        grep -F -x -v -f ${piholeDir}/whitelist.tmp ${adList} > ${piholeDir}/gravity.tmp
-        rm ${adList}
-        mv ${piholeDir}/gravity.tmp ${adList}
-        rm ${piholeDir}/whitelist.tmp
-        echo " done!"
-
-	  	fi
-	  else
-	    #we need to add the removed domains to the hosts file
-	    echo ":::"
-	    echo "::: Modifying HOSTS file to un-whitelist domains..."
-	    for rdom in "${domToRemoveList[@]}"
-        do
-          if grep -q "$rdom" /etc/pihole/*.domains; then
-            echo ":::    AdLists contain $rdom, re-adding block"
-            if [[ -n ${piholeIPv6} ]];then
-              echo -n ":::        Restoring block for $rdom on IPv4 and IPv6..."
-              echo "$rdom" | awk -v ipv4addr="$piholeIP" -v ipv6addr="$piholeIPv6" '{sub(/\r$/,""); print ipv4addr" "$0"\n"ipv6addr" "$0}' >> ${adList}
-              echo " done!"
-            else
-              echo -n ":::        Restoring block for $rdom on IPv4..."
-              echo "$rdom" | awk -v ipv4addr="$piholeIP" '{sub(/\r$/,""); print ipv4addr" "$0}' >>${adList}
-              echo " done!"
-            fi
-          fi
-          echo -n ":::    Removing $rdom from $whitelist..."
-          echo "$rdom" | sed 's/\./\\./g' | xargs -I {} perl -i -ne'print unless /'{}'(?!.)/;' ${whitelist}
-          echo " done!"
-        done
-	  fi
-}
-
 Reload() {
 	# Reload hosts file
-	echo ":::"
-	echo -n "::: Refresh lists in dnsmasq..."
-    dnsmasqPid=$(pidof dnsmasq)
-
-	if [[ ${dnsmasqPid} ]]; then
-	    # service already running - reload config
-	    if [ -x "$(command -v systemctl)" ]; then
-            systemctl restart dnsmasq
-        else
-            service dnsmasq restart
-        fi
-	else
-	    # service not running, start it up
-	    if [ -x "$(command -v systemctl)" ]; then
-            systemctl start dnsmasq
-        else
-            service dnsmasq start
-        fi
-	fi
-	echo " done!"
+	pihole -g -sd
 }
 
 DisplayWlist() {
@@ -223,7 +125,6 @@ do
   case "$var" in
     "-nr"| "--noreload"  ) reload=false;;
     "-d" | "--delmode"   ) addmode=false;;
-    "-f" | "--force"     ) force=true;;
     "-q" | "--quiet"     ) verbose=false;;
     "-h" | "--help"      ) helpFunc;;
     "-l" | "--list"      ) DisplayWlist;;
@@ -233,16 +134,8 @@ done
 
 PopWhitelistFile
 
-if ${modifyHost} || ${force}; then
-	 ModifyHostFile
-else
-  if ${verbose}; then
-	  echo ":::"
-		echo "::: No changes need to be made"
-	fi
-	exit 1
-fi
-
 if ${reload}; then
 	Reload
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi
+
+