diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 006237e..87460f4 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 DATABASE_URL="file:../dev.db" # SQLite database relative to the ./prisma path
 PLEROMA_INSTANCE_URL="https://instance.tld" # Pleroma instance full URL including scheme
 PLEROMA_INSTANCE_DOMAIN="instance.tld" # used if you want to only want to respond to people from a particular instance
-ONLY_LOCAL_REPLIES="true" # reply to only users locally on your instance
+ONLY_WHITELIST="true" # change to "false" if you want to accept prompts from any and all domains - *** USE WITH CAUTION ***
+WHITELISTED_DOMAINS="" # comma separated list of domains you want to allow the bot to accept prompts from (i.e. poa.st,nicecrew.digital,detroitriotcity.com,decayable.ink)
 OLLAMA_URL="http://localhost:11434" # OLLAMA connection URL
 OLLAMA_SYSTEM_PROMPT="" # system prompt - used to help tune the responses from the AI
 OLLAMA_MODEL="" # Ollama model for responses e.g dolphin-mistral:latest
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index a001d62..094eed8 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ const prisma = new PrismaClient();
 const envConfig = {
   pleromaInstanceUrl: process.env.PLEROMA_INSTANCE_URL || "",
   pleromaInstanceDomain: process.env.PLEROMA_INSTANCE_DOMAIN || "",
-  onlyLocalReplies: process.env.ONLY_LOCAL_REPLIES === "true" ? true : false,
+  whitelistOnly: process.env.ONLY_WHITELIST === "true" ? true : false || "true",
+  whitelistedDomains: process.env.WHITELISTED_DOMAINS
+    ? process.env.WHITELISTED_DOMAINS.split(",")
+    : [process.env.PLEROMA_INSTANCE_DOMAIN],
   ollamaUrl: process.env.OLLAMA_URL || "",
   ollamaSystemPrompt:
     process.env.OLLAMA_SYSTEM_PROMPT ||
@@ -123,16 +126,24 @@ const recordPendingResponse = async (notification: Notification) => {
   }
 };
 
+const isFromWhitelistedDomain = (fqn: string): boolean => {
+  try {
+    const domain = fqn.split("@")[1];
+    if (envConfig.whitelistedDomains.includes(domain)) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    console.error(`Error with domain check: ${error.message}`);
+    return false;
+  }
+};
+
 const generateOllamaRequest = async (
   notification: Notification
 ): Promise<OllamaResponse | undefined> => {
-  const {
-    onlyLocalReplies,
-    pleromaInstanceDomain,
-    ollamaModel,
-    ollamaSystemPrompt,
-    ollamaUrl,
-  } = envConfig;
+  const { whitelistOnly, ollamaModel, ollamaSystemPrompt, ollamaUrl } =
+    envConfig;
   try {
     if (
       striptags(notification.status.content).includes("!prompt") &&
@@ -140,8 +151,8 @@ const generateOllamaRequest = async (
       notification.type === "mention"
     ) {
       if (
-        onlyLocalReplies &&
-        !notification.status.account.fqn.includes(`@${pleromaInstanceDomain}`)
+        whitelistOnly &&
+        !isFromWhitelistedDomain(notification.status.account.fqn)
       ) {
         return;
       }