diff --git a/gravity-adv.sh b/gravity-adv.sh
index 77646ae..0df27ef 100755
--- a/gravity-adv.sh
+++ b/gravity-adv.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ piholeIP="127.0.0.1"
 
 # Config file to hold URL rules
 eventHorizion="/etc/dnsmasq.d/adList.conf"
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+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
@@ -38,6 +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 /etc/pihole/blacklist.txt >> /tmp/matter.txt
+else
+        echo "No local blacklist.txt file available on /etc/pihole directory"
+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