diff --git a/common/whiteList/whitelist.go b/common/whiteList/whitelist.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..119d807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/whiteList/whitelist.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+package whiteList
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"strings"
+
+	"gemini-grc/config"
+	"gemini-grc/logging"
+	"git.antanst.com/antanst/xerrors"
+)
+
+var whitelist []regexp.Regexp //nolint:gochecknoglobals
+
+func Initialize() error {
+	var err error
+
+	// Initialize whitelist
+	if config.CONFIG.WhitelistPath != "" {
+		if err = loadWhitelist(config.CONFIG.WhitelistPath); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func loadWhitelist(filePath string) error {
+	if whitelist != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	data, err := os.ReadFile(filePath)
+	if err != nil {
+		whitelist = []regexp.Regexp{}
+		return xerrors.NewError(fmt.Errorf("could not load whitelist file: %w", err), 0, "", true)
+	}
+
+	lines := strings.Split(string(data), "\n")
+	whitelist = []regexp.Regexp{}
+
+	for _, line := range lines {
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		if line == "" || strings.HasPrefix(line, "#") {
+			continue
+		}
+		regex, err := regexp.Compile(line)
+		if err != nil {
+			return xerrors.NewError(fmt.Errorf("could not compile whitelist line %s: %w", line, err), 0, "", true)
+		}
+		whitelist = append(whitelist, *regex)
+	}
+
+	if len(whitelist) > 0 {
+		logging.LogInfo("Loaded %d whitelist entries", len(whitelist))
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func Shutdown() error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+// IsWhitelisted checks if the URL matches any whitelist pattern
+func IsWhitelisted(u string) bool {
+	for _, v := range whitelist {
+		if v.MatchString(u) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/common/whiteList/whitelist_test.go b/common/whiteList/whitelist_test.go
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/common/whiteList/whitelist_test.go
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+package whiteList
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gemini-grc/config"
+)
+
+func TestIsWhitelisted(t *testing.T) {
+	// Set up a test whitelist
+	whitelist = []regexp.Regexp{
+		*regexp.MustCompile(`^gemini://example\.com`),
+		*regexp.MustCompile(`^gemini://test\.org/path`),
+	}
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		url      string
+		expected bool
+	}{
+		{"gemini://example.com", true},
+		{"gemini://example.com/path", true},
+		{"gemini://test.org", false},
+		{"gemini://test.org/path", true},
+		{"gemini://test.org/path/subpath", true},
+		{"gemini://other.site", false},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range testCases {
+		result := IsWhitelisted(tc.url)
+		if result != tc.expected {
+			t.Errorf("IsWhitelisted(%s) = %v, want %v", tc.url, result, tc.expected)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestLoadWhitelist(t *testing.T) {
+	// Create a temporary whitelist file
+	content := `# This is a test whitelist
+^gemini://example\.com
+^gemini://test\.org/path
+`
+	tmpfile, err := os.CreateTemp("", "whitelist")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer os.Remove(tmpfile.Name())
+
+	if _, err := tmpfile.Write([]byte(content)); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := tmpfile.Close(); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Reset whitelist
+	whitelist = nil
+
+	// Set up configuration to use the temporary file
+	oldPath := config.CONFIG.WhitelistPath
+	config.CONFIG.WhitelistPath = tmpfile.Name()
+	defer func() {
+		config.CONFIG.WhitelistPath = oldPath
+	}()
+
+	// Load whitelist from the file
+	err = loadWhitelist(tmpfile.Name())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("loadWhitelist() error = %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Check if whitelist was loaded correctly
+	if len(whitelist) != 2 {
+		t.Errorf("loadWhitelist() loaded %d entries, want 2", len(whitelist))
+	}
+
+	// Test a whitelisted URL
+	if !IsWhitelisted("gemini://example.com") {
+		t.Error("IsWhitelisted(\"gemini://example.com\") = false, want true")
+	}
+
+	// Test a URL in a whitelisted path
+	if !IsWhitelisted("gemini://test.org/path/subpage.gmi") {
+		t.Error("IsWhitelisted(\"gemini://test.org/path/subpage.gmi\") = false, want true")
+	}
+}