diff --git a/cf_list_create.js b/cf_list_create.js
index fc87b6a..422f03a 100644
--- a/cf_list_create.js
+++ b/cf_list_create.js
@@ -14,31 +14,30 @@ let whitelist = []; // Define an empty array for the whitelist
 // Read whitelist.csv and parse
 fs.readFile('whitelist.csv', 'utf8', async (err, data) => {
   if (err) {
-    console.error('Error reading whitelist.csv:', err);
-    return;
-  }
-
-  // Convert into array and cleanup whitelist
-  const domainValidationPattern = /^(?!-)[A-Za-z0-9-]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}$/;
-  let whitelist = data.split('\n').filter(domain => {
-    // Remove entire lines starting with "127.0.0.1" or "::1", empty lines or comments
-    return domain && !domain.startsWith('#') && !domain.startsWith('//') && !domain.startsWith('/*') && !domain.startsWith('*/') && !(domain === '\r');
-  }).map(domain => {
-    // Remove "\r", "0.0.0.0 ", "127.0.0.1 ", "::1 " and similar from domain items
-    return domain
-      .replace('\r', '')
-      .replace('0.0.0.0 ', '')
-      .replace('127.0.0.1 ', '')
-      .replace('::1 ', '')
-      .replace(':: ', '')
-      .replace('||', '')
-      .replace('@@||', '')
-      .replace('^$important', '')
-      .replace('^', '');
-  }).filter(domain => {
-    return domainValidationPattern.test(domain);
-  });
-  
+    console.warn('Error reading whitelist.csv:', err);
+    console.warn('Assuming whitelist is empty.')
+  } else {
+    // Convert into array and cleanup whitelist
+    const domainValidationPattern = /^(?!-)[A-Za-z0-9-]+([\-\.]{1}[a-z0-9]+)*\.[A-Za-z]{2,6}$/;
+    whitelist = data.split('\n').filter(domain => {
+      // Remove entire lines starting with "127.0.0.1" or "::1", empty lines or comments
+      return domain && !domain.startsWith('#') && !domain.startsWith('//') && !domain.startsWith('/*') && !domain.startsWith('*/') && !(domain === '\r');
+    }).map(domain => {
+      // Remove "\r", "0.0.0.0 ", "127.0.0.1 ", "::1 " and similar from domain items
+      return domain
+        .replace('\r', '')
+        .replace('0.0.0.0 ', '')
+        .replace('127.0.0.1 ', '')
+        .replace('::1 ', '')
+        .replace(':: ', '')
+        .replace('||', '')
+        .replace('@@||', '')
+        .replace('^$important', '')
+        .replace('^', '');
+    }).filter(domain => {
+      return domainValidationPattern.test(domain);
+    });
+  }  
 });
 
 
@@ -63,7 +62,10 @@ fs.readFile('input.csv', 'utf8', async (err, data) => {
       .replace('::1 ', '')
       .replace(':: ', '')
       .replace('^', '')
-      .replace('||', '');
+      .replace('||', '')
+      .replace('@@||', '')
+      .replace('^$important', '')
+      .replace('^', '');
   }).filter(domain => {
     return domainValidationPattern.test(domain);
   });