diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 8b23445..6e23713 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2019 
+Copyright (c) 2019 Josua Robson
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bef3292..1886134 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,3 +15,16 @@ An open source chat server for the chat client
 - sqlite3
 - winston
 - worker-farm
+
+# Settings file default format
+```json
+{
+  "ips": {
+    "type": "blacklist",
+    "list": []
+  },
+  "register_on_fail": true,
+  "encryption_key_size": 16384,
+  "port": 22068
+}
+```
diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 203ee7d..cd8746c 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -307,8 +307,6 @@ function socket_init(socket, ondata)
   sock.sock = socket;
   sock.new = true;
 
-  console.log("Connection from "+socket.localAddress);
-
   // Create the recieve ordered memory model
   var recieve_ordered_memory = {
     buffer: new Buffer.alloc(0),
@@ -394,6 +392,42 @@ var connections = [];
 // Create a server
 var server = net.createServer(function(socket)
 {
+  console.log("Connection from "+socket.remoteAddress);
+
+  // Is this a whitelist
+  if(settings.ips.type == "whitelist")
+  {
+    // Is the ip not in the whitelist
+    if(!settings.ips.list.includes(socket.remoteAddress))
+    {
+      // Close the socket
+      socket.destroy();
+
+      // Tell the user
+      console.log("User at "+socket.remoteAddress+" failed. Reason: whitelist");
+
+      // Return
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // Is this a blacklist
+  if(settings.ips.type == "blacklist")
+  {
+    // Is the ip in the blacklist
+    if(settings.ips.list.includes(socket.remoteAddress))
+    {
+      // Close the socket
+      socket.destroy();
+
+      // Tell the user
+      console.log("User at "+socket.remoteAddress+" failed. Reason: blacklist");
+
+      // Return
+      return;
+    }
+  }
+
   // Setup the sock varible
   var sock;
 
@@ -600,15 +634,16 @@ var server = net.createServer(function(socket)
   sock.logged_in = false;
 });
 
-// Set the default port
-var port = 22068;
-
-// Is port set
-if(settings.port)
-{
-  // Set the specified port
-  port = settings.port;
-}
+// Set some default settings
+settings.port = settings.port || 22068;
+settings.ips = settings.ips || {
+  type: "blacklist",
+  list: []
+};
+settings.ips.type = settings.ips.type || "blacklist";
+settings.ips.list = settings.ips.list || [];
+settings.register_on_fail = settings.register_on_fail || true;
+settings.encryption_key_size = settings.encryption_key_size || 16384;
 
 // Listen for data
-server.listen(port, '');
+server.listen(settings.port, '');
diff --git a/settings.json b/settings.json
index 17ac4c4..f492b6c 100644
--- a/settings.json
+++ b/settings.json
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 {
-  "encryption_key_size": 16384,
-  "register_on_fail": true,
-  "port": 22068
+  "ips": {
+    "type": "whitelist",
+    "list": [
+      "::ffff:127.0.0.1"
+    ]
+  }
 }