diff --git a/auto-selfcontrol.py b/auto-selfcontrol.py
index 9b360d4..a47d841 100755
--- a/auto-selfcontrol.py
+++ b/auto-selfcontrol.py
@@ -41,7 +41,15 @@ def load_config(path):
         exit_with_error("The JSON config file {configfile} is not correctly formatted."
                         "The following exception was raised:\
                         \n{exc}".format(configfile=path, exc=exception))
-
+    if config.get("host-blacklist-paths",None) is not None:
+        # add to config["host-blacklist"] if it exists
+        blacklist = set(config["host-blacklist"]) if config.get("host-blacklist", None) is not None else set()
+        for blacklist_filename in config["host-blacklist-paths"]:
+            blacklist_location = os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),blacklist_filename))
+            with open(blacklist_location,"rt") as bl:
+                for host in bl:
+                    blacklist.add(host.strip())
+        config["host-blacklist"] = list(blacklist)
     return config
 
 
@@ -247,8 +255,20 @@ def get_end_date_of_schedule(schedule):
 
 
 def get_schedule_weekdays(schedule):
+
     """Return a list of weekdays the specified schedule is active."""
-    return [schedule["weekday"]] if schedule.get("weekday", None) is not None else range(1, 8)
+    if schedule.get("weekday", None) is not None:
+        if schedule["weekday"] == "weekdays":
+            return range(1,6)
+        elif schedule["weekday"] == "weekends":
+            return range(6,8)
+        elif type(schedule["weekday"]) == list:
+            return schedule["weekday"]
+        elif type(schedule["weekday"]) == int:
+            return [schedule["weekday"]]
+    else:
+        return range(1,8)
+
 
 
 def set_selfcontrol_setting(key, value, username):
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 418ef92..fb2a058 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -1,59 +1,38 @@
 {
-    "username": "MY_USERNAME",
-    "selfcontrol-path": "/Applications/SelfControl.app",
-    "host-blacklist": [
-        "twitter.com",
-        "reddit.com"
-    ],
-    "block-schedules":[
-        {
-            "weekday": 1,
-            "start-hour": 8,
-            "start-minute": 0,
-            "end-hour": 17,
-            "end-minute": 0
-        },
-        {
-            "weekday": 2,
-            "start-hour": 8,
-            "start-minute": 0,
-            "end-hour": 17,
-            "end-minute": 0
-        },
-        {
-            "weekday": 3,
-            "start-hour": 8,
-            "start-minute": 0,
-            "end-hour": 17,
-            "end-minute": 0
-        },
-        {
-            "weekday": 4,
-            "start-hour": 8,
-            "start-minute": 0,
-            "end-hour": 17,
-            "end-minute": 0
-        },
-        {
-            "weekday": 5,
-            "start-hour": 8,
-            "start-minute": 0,
-            "end-hour": 17,
-            "end-minute": 0
-        },
-        {
-            "weekday": 6,
-            "start-hour": 8,
-            "start-minute": 0,
-            "end-hour": 17,
-            "end-minute": 0
-        },
-        {
-            "weekday": 7,
-            "start-hour": 8,
-            "start-minute": 0,
-            "end-hour": 17,
-            "end-minute": 0
-        }
-    ]
+  "username": "shiv",
+  "selfcontrol-path": "/Applications/SelfControl.app",
+  "host-blacklist": [],
+  "host-blacklist-paths": [
+    "blacklist.txt"
+  ],
+  "block-schedules": [
+    {
+      "weekday": "weekdays",
+      "start-hour": 10,
+      "start-minute": 0,
+      "end-hour": 13,
+      "end-minute": 0
+    },
+    {
+      "weekday": "weekdays",
+      "start-hour": 14,
+      "start-minute": 30,
+      "end-hour": 18,
+      "end-minute": 0
+    },
+    {
+      "weekday": "weekdays",
+      "start-hour": 20,
+      "start-minute": 0,
+      "end-hour": 22,
+      "end-minute": 0
+    },
+    {
+      "weekday": "weekends",
+      "start-hour": 10,
+      "start-minute": 0,
+      "end-hour": 13,
+      "end-minute": 0
+    }
+  ]
 }
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