diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/ui/AdBlock.java b/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/ui/AdBlock.java
index e6f0461c..7204c9de 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/ui/AdBlock.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/ui/AdBlock.java
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@ import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.View;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 
-import fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.ads.AdsRequester;
 import fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.ads.VideoAds;
 import fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.player.VideoInformation;
+import fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.whitelisting.WhitelistType;
+import fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.whitelisting.requests.WhitelistRequester;
 import fi.vanced.utils.SharedPrefUtils;
 import fi.vanced.utils.VancedUtils;
 
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ public class AdBlock extends SlimButton {
             if (debug) {
                 Log.d(TAG, "Fetching channelId for " + currentVideoId);
             }
-            AdsRequester.retrieveChannelDetails(this.view, this.button_icon, this.context);
+            WhitelistRequester.addChannelToWhitelist(WhitelistType.ADS, this.view, this.button_icon, this.context);
         }).start();
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/whitelisting/Whitelist.java b/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/whitelisting/Whitelist.java
index 63c127a0..16475b68 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/whitelisting/Whitelist.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/whitelisting/Whitelist.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.whitelisting;
 
 import static fi.razerman.youtube.XGlobals.debug;
 import static fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.player.VideoInformation.channelName;
+import static fi.vanced.utils.VancedUtils.getPreferences;
 
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.SharedPreferences;
@@ -9,8 +10,11 @@ import android.util.Log;
 
 import com.google.android.apps.youtube.app.YouTubeTikTokRoot_Application;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -21,7 +25,7 @@ import fi.vanced.utils.VancedUtils;
 
 public class Whitelist {
     private static final String TAG = "VI - Whitelisting";
-    private static final Map<WhitelistType, List<ChannelModel>> whitelistMap = parseWhitelist(YouTubeTikTokRoot_Application.getAppContext());
+    private static final Map<WhitelistType, ArrayList<ChannelModel>> whitelistMap = parseWhitelist(YouTubeTikTokRoot_Application.getAppContext());
     private static final Map<WhitelistType, Boolean> enabledMap = parseEnabledMap(YouTubeTikTokRoot_Application.getAppContext());
 
     private Whitelist() {}
@@ -34,12 +38,12 @@ public class Whitelist {
         return !isWhitelisted(WhitelistType.SPONSORBLOCK);
     }
 
-    private static Map<WhitelistType, List<ChannelModel>> parseWhitelist(Context context) {
+    private static Map<WhitelistType, ArrayList<ChannelModel>> parseWhitelist(Context context) {
         if (context == null) {
             return Collections.emptyMap();
         }
         WhitelistType[] whitelistTypes = WhitelistType.values();
-        Map<WhitelistType, List<ChannelModel>> whitelistMap = new HashMap<>(whitelistTypes.length);
+        Map<WhitelistType, ArrayList<ChannelModel>> whitelistMap = new HashMap<>(whitelistTypes.length);
 
         for (WhitelistType whitelistType : whitelistTypes) {
             SharedPreferences preferences = VancedUtils.getPreferences(context, whitelistType.getPreferencesName());
@@ -48,10 +52,10 @@ public class Whitelist {
                 if (debug) {
                     Log.d(TAG, String.format("channels string was null for %s whitelisting", whitelistType));
                 }
-                return Collections.emptyMap();
+                continue;
             }
             try {
-                List<ChannelModel> deserializedChannels = (List<ChannelModel>) ObjectSerializer.deserialize(serializedChannels);
+                ArrayList<ChannelModel> deserializedChannels = (ArrayList<ChannelModel>) ObjectSerializer.deserialize(serializedChannels);
                 if (debug) {
                     Log.d(TAG, serializedChannels);
                     for (ChannelModel channel : deserializedChannels) {
@@ -98,4 +102,50 @@ public class Whitelist {
         }
         return false;
     }
+
+    public static boolean addToWhitelist(WhitelistType whitelistType, Context context, ChannelModel channel) {
+        ArrayList<ChannelModel> whitelisted = whitelistMap.get(whitelistType);
+        for (ChannelModel whitelistedChannel : whitelisted) {
+            String channelId = channel.getChannelId();
+            if (whitelistedChannel.getChannelId().equals(channelId)) {
+                if (debug) {
+                    Log.d(TAG, String.format("Tried whitelisting an existing channel again. Old info (%1$s | %2$s) - New info (%3$s | %4$s)",
+                            whitelistedChannel.getAuthor(), channelId, channelName, channelId));
+                }
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+        whitelisted.add(channel);
+        return updateWhitelist(whitelistType, whitelisted, context);
+    }
+
+    public static boolean removeFromWhitelist(WhitelistType whitelistType, Context context, String channelName) {
+        ArrayList<ChannelModel> channels = whitelistMap.get(whitelistType);
+        Iterator<ChannelModel> iterator = channels.iterator();
+        while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+            ChannelModel channel = iterator.next();
+            if (channel.getAuthor().equals(channelName)) {
+                iterator.remove();
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        return updateWhitelist(whitelistType, channels, context);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean updateWhitelist(WhitelistType whitelistType, ArrayList<ChannelModel> channels, Context context) {
+        if (context == null) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        SharedPreferences preferences = getPreferences(context, whitelistType.getPreferencesName());
+        SharedPreferences.Editor editor = preferences.edit();
+
+        try {
+            editor.putString("channels", ObjectSerializer.serialize(channels));
+            editor.apply();
+            return true;
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
 }
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/ads/AdsRequester.java b/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/whitelisting/requests/WhitelistRequester.java
similarity index 87%
rename from app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/ads/AdsRequester.java
rename to app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/whitelisting/requests/WhitelistRequester.java
index 7120acb6..b281c541 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/ads/AdsRequester.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/whitelisting/requests/WhitelistRequester.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-package fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.ads;
+package fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.whitelisting.requests;
 
 import static fi.razerman.youtube.XGlobals.debug;
 import static fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.player.VideoInformation.currentVideoId;
@@ -20,16 +20,18 @@ import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 
 import fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.player.ChannelModel;
+import fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.whitelisting.Whitelist;
+import fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.whitelisting.WhitelistType;
 import fi.vanced.utils.requests.Requester;
 import fi.vanced.utils.requests.Route;
 
-public class AdsRequester {
+public class WhitelistRequester {
     private static final String YT_API_URL = "https://www.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/";
     private static final String YT_API_KEY = "replaceMeWithTheYouTubeAPIKey";
 
-    public static void retrieveChannelDetails(View view, ImageView buttonIcon, Context context) {
+    public static void addChannelToWhitelist(WhitelistType whitelistType, View view, ImageView buttonIcon, Context context) {
         try {
-            HttpURLConnection connection = getConnectionFromRoute(AdsRoutes.GET_CHANNEL_DETAILS, YT_API_KEY);
+            HttpURLConnection connection = getConnectionFromRoute(WhitelistRoutes.GET_CHANNEL_DETAILS, YT_API_KEY);
             connection.setRequestMethod("POST");
             connection.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json; utf-8");
             connection.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
@@ -50,7 +52,7 @@ public class AdsRequester {
                     Log.d(TAG, "channelId " + channelModel.getChannelId() + " fetched for author " + channelModel.getAuthor());
                 }
 
-                boolean success = VideoAds.addToWhitelist(context, channelModel.getAuthor(), channelModel.getChannelId());
+                boolean success = Whitelist.addToWhitelist(whitelistType, context, channelModel);
                 new Handler(Looper.getMainLooper()).post(() -> {
                     if (success) {
                         buttonIcon.setEnabled(true);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/ads/AdsRoutes.java b/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/whitelisting/requests/WhitelistRoutes.java
similarity index 52%
rename from app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/ads/AdsRoutes.java
rename to app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/whitelisting/requests/WhitelistRoutes.java
index b885798f..f71858e2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/ads/AdsRoutes.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/fi/vanced/libraries/youtube/whitelisting/requests/WhitelistRoutes.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-package fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.ads;
+package fi.vanced.libraries.youtube.whitelisting.requests;
 
 import static fi.vanced.utils.requests.Route.Method.GET;
 
 import fi.vanced.utils.requests.Route;
 
-public class AdsRoutes {
-    public static final Route GET_CHANNEL_DETAILS = new Route(GET, "player?key={api_key}");
+public class WhitelistRoutes {
+    public static final Route GET_CHANNEL_DETAILS = new Route(GET, "player?key={api_key");
 
-    private AdsRoutes() {}
+    private WhitelistRoutes() {}
 }
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