diff --git a/poll/config.go b/poll/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efcd3aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/poll/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"muzzammil.xyz/jsonc"
+	"log"
+)
+
+type Database struct {
+	Host		string	`"json:host"`
+	Port		int	`"json:port"`
+	Username	string	`"json:username"`
+	Password	string	`"json:password"`
+	Workers		int	`"json:workers"`
+}
+
+type MassFollower struct {
+	Acct		string	`"json:acct"`
+	Name		string	`"json:name"`
+	Summary		string	`"json:summary"`
+	FollowingCount	int	`"json:followingcount"`
+	FollowLimit	int	`"json:followlimit"`
+}
+
+type ExtAccount struct {
+	Username	string	`"json:username"`
+	Password	string	`"json:password"`
+	Endpoint	string	`"json:endpoint"`
+	Followlimit	int	`"json:followlimit"`
+}
+
+type Proxy struct {
+	Host		string	`"json:host"`
+	Port		int	`"json:port"`
+	Username	string	`"json:username'`
+	Password	string	`"json:password"`
+}
+
+type Settings struct {
+	Autostart	[]string	`"json:autostart"`
+	Crawl		bool		`"json:crawl"`
+	Banned		[]string	`"json:banned"`
+	Alwaysbot	[]string	`"json:alwaysbot"`
+	Proxies		[]Proxy		`"json:proxies"`
+	Externalaccounts	[]ExtAccount	`"json:externalaccounts"`
+	MassFollowers	[]MassFollower	`"json:massfollowers"`
+	Database	Database	`"json:database"`
+}
+
+var settings Settings
+
+func StringExists(needle string, haystack []string) (bool) {
+	for _, check := range haystack {
+		if check == needle {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func getSettings() {
+	c, err := ioutil.ReadFile("config.jsonc")
+	if (err != nil) {
+		log.Fatal("Unable to open config.jsonc, exiting: ", err)
+	}
+	jsoncbin := jsonc.ToJSON(c) // Calling jsonc.ToJSON() to convert JSONC to JSON
+	if jsonc.Valid(jsoncbin) == false {
+		log.Fatal("Invalid jsonc, exiting.")
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(jsoncbin, &settings)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("Unable to parse config.jsonc, exiting: ", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/poll/instance.go b/poll/instance.go
index 910ffc5..df5c4e6 100644
--- a/poll/instance.go
+++ b/poll/instance.go
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ func PollMastodonPleroma(endpoint string, reportPostChan chan ReportPost) {
 			}
 
 			// Only done if we are crawling
-			if settings.Crawl == true {
+			if settings.Crawl == true || StringExists(endpoint, settings.Banned) == false {
 				newinstance := newpost.Account.Acct[at_sign+1:]
 				ri_mutex.Lock()
 				_, exists := runninginstances[newinstance]