diff --git a/delojza.py b/delojza.py
index 4b3821e..32bbd35 100755
--- a/delojza.py
+++ b/delojza.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ from configparser import ConfigParser
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from glob import glob
 from operator import itemgetter
+from random import choice
 
 import acoustid
 import filetype
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ def datestr(date):
 
 class DelojzaBot:
     def __init__(self, tg_api_key, out_dir, tmp_dir=None,
+                 protected_chats=None, protected_tags=None,
                  acoustid_key=None, tumblr_name=None, tumblr_keys=None, markov=None):
         self.logger = logging.getLogger("delojza")
 
@@ -74,6 +76,9 @@ class DelojzaBot:
             self.tumblr_name = tumblr_name
             self.tumblr_client = pytumblr.TumblrRestClient(*tumblr_keys)
 
+        self.protected_chats = protected_chats or []
+        self.protected_tags = protected_tags or []
+
         self.last_downloaded = None
         self.last_hashtags = None
 
@@ -256,6 +261,13 @@ class DelojzaBot:
                 self.logger.info("Ignoring %s due to no hashtag present..." % urls)
                 return
 
+            if any(hashtag in self.protected_tags for hashtag in hashtags):
+                if message.chat.title not in self.protected_chats:
+                    self.logger.info("Ignoring {} in chat {} due to protected hashtags: {}..."
+                                     .format(urls, message.chat.title, hashtags))
+                    message.reply_text(choice(["No.", "Nein", "Nope", ":(", "Error: Cannot.", "Fail."]))
+                    return
+
             self.last_hashtags = None
 
             self.logger.info("Downloading %s under '%s'" % (urls, "/".join(hashtags)))
@@ -503,6 +515,8 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
     delojza = DelojzaBot(config.get('delojza', 'tg_api_key'),
                          config.get('delojza', 'OUT_DIR', fallback=os.path.join(_DIR_, "out")),
                          tmp_dir=config.get('delojza', 'tmp_dir', fallback=tempfile.gettempdir()),
+                         protected_chats=config.get('delojza', 'protected_chats').split(";"),
+                         protected_tags=config.get('delojza', 'protected_tags').split(";"),
                          acoustid_key=config.get('delojza', 'acoustid_api_key'),
                          tumblr_name=config.get('tumblr', 'blog_name'),
                          tumblr_keys=(config.get('tumblr', 'consumer_key'),