diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16d3c4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+.cache
diff --git a/transmission-trackers-auto-cron.sh b/transmission-trackers-auto-cron.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 7aca918..b4cc0e7
--- a/transmission-trackers-auto-cron.sh
+++ b/transmission-trackers-auto-cron.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/bash
+DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" > /dev/null && pwd)"
 
 # If you are using transmission-daemon directly on system the below code will ensure that trackers script run only when it is running
 if [ "$(systemctl is-active transmission-daemon)" = "active" ]
 then
-/usr/bin/python3 [path]]/transmission-trackers.py
+/usr/bin/python3 $DIR/transmission-trackers.py
 fi
 
-# If you are using docker for transmission use the following. Replace 'docker-container-name' with the appropriate name
-if [ "$( docker container inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' 'docker-container-name' )" = "true" ]
-then
-/usr/bin/python3 [path]]/transmission-trackers.py
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+# If you are using docker for transmission use the following. Replace 'docker-container-name' with the appropriate name and uncomment the following
+#if [ "$( docker container inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' 'docker-container-name' )" = "true" ]
+#then
+#/usr/bin/python3 $DIR/transmission-trackers.py
+#fi
diff --git a/transmission-trackers.py b/transmission-trackers.py
index 01a9d30..203ec20 100755
--- a/transmission-trackers.py
+++ b/transmission-trackers.py
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
   # If empty - will affect all torrents
   'status_filter': (),
 
+  # Ignore torrents that contain any of these trackers.
+  # This is useful, e.g., for excluding torrents from private trackers.
+  # trackers are matched by substring, so you can cover https://my.site/announce with just my.site
+  'tracker_filter': [],
+
   # A list of URLs where to get the tracker lists from.
   # The lists are combined into one with duplicates removed.
   # The trackers from these lists are checked by looking up the URL's hostname in DNS.
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@
   'silent': False,
 
   # Debug output
-  'debug': False
+  'debug': True
 }
 
 cache_file = None  # Universal scope
@@ -248,6 +253,11 @@ def readLocalLists():
   for trk in t.trackers:
     ttrk.add(getattr(trk, 'fields', trk).get('announce'))
 
+  # Use .get() to avoid error if key doesn't exist
+  if any(tracker in url for url in ttrk for tracker in config.get('tracker_filter', [])):
+    dbg('{}: skipping due to tracker filter'.format(t.name))
+    continue
+
   diff = trackers - ttrk
 
   if diff: