diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 2e8592a..c212419 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@ vendor/ export-ignore
 .gitattributes export-ignore
 .gitignore export-ignore
 .travis.yml export-ignore
-composer.* export-ignore
 phpunit.xml export-ignore
 README.* export-ignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index abe2257..007d465 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2020 kristuff
+Copyright (c) 2020-2021 kristuff
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05e2bb0..a6d538a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 # Kristuff\AbuseIPDB
-> A mini library to work with the AbuseIPDB api V2
+> A wrapper for AbuseIPDB API v2
 
 [![Scrutinizer Code Quality](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/kristuff/abuseipdb/badges/quality-score.png?b=master)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/kristuff/abuseipdb/?branch=master)
 [![Build Status](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/kristuff/abuseipdb/badges/build.png?b=master)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/kristuff/abuseipdb/build-status/master)
 [![Latest Stable Version](https://poser.pugx.org/kristuff/abuseipdb/v/stable)](https://packagist.org/packages/kristuff/abuseipdb)
 [![License](https://poser.pugx.org/kristuff/abuseipdb/license)](https://packagist.org/packages/kristuff/abuseipdb)
 
-
 ***see also [kristuff/abuseipdb-cli](https://github.com/kristuff/abuseipdb-cli) for the `CLI` version***
 
 Features
@@ -14,6 +13,7 @@ Features
 - **✓** Single check request
 - **✓** Single report request
 - **✓** Auto cleaning report comment from sensitive data 
+- **✓** Blacklist request
 - *\[TODO\]* Check block request  
 - *\[TODO\]* Bulk report request
 
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Deploy with composer:
 ```json
 ...
 "require": {
-    "kristuff/abuseipdb": ">=0.9.2-stable"
+    "kristuff/abuseipdb": ">=0.9.3-stable"
 },
 ```
 
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ License
 
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
-Copyright (c) 2020 Kristuff
+Copyright (c) 2020-2021 Kristuff
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 3979348..3c8397c 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "kristuff/abuseipdb",
-    "description": "A library to work with the AbuseIPDB api V2",
+    "description": "A wrapper for AbuseIPDB API v2",
     "type": "library",
     "license": "MIT",
     "authors": [
diff --git a/lib/ApiDefintion.php b/lib/ApiDefintion.php
index 30f2944..bdf4f75 100644
--- a/lib/ApiDefintion.php
+++ b/lib/ApiDefintion.php
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  *
- * @version    0.9.2
- * @copyright  2020 Kristuff
+ * @version    0.9.3
+ * @copyright  2020-2021 Kristuff
  */
 
 namespace Kristuff\AbuseIPDB;
@@ -28,15 +28,18 @@ namespace Kristuff\AbuseIPDB;
  */
 abstract class ApiDefintion
 {
-     /**
+    /**
      * AbuseIPDB API v2 Endpoint
-     * @var string $api_endpoint  
+     * @var string  
      */
     protected $aipdbApiEndpoint = 'https://api.abuseipdb.com/api/v2/'; 
 
     /**
      * AbuseIPDB API v2 categories
-     * @var array $aipdbApiCategories
+     * shorname, id (string), long name
+     * last paramter is false when the category cant' be used alone
+     * 
+     * @var array
      */
     protected $aipdbApiCategories = [
         
diff --git a/lib/ApiManager.php b/lib/ApiHandler.php
similarity index 81%
rename from lib/ApiManager.php
rename to lib/ApiHandler.php
index f033d1f..c528ffc 100644
--- a/lib/ApiManager.php
+++ b/lib/ApiHandler.php
@@ -14,18 +14,18 @@
  * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  *
- * @version    0.9.2
- * @copyright  2020 Kristuff
+ * @version    0.9.3
+ * @copyright  2020-2021 Kristuff
  */
 
 namespace Kristuff\AbuseIPDB;
 
 /**
- * Class ApiManager
+ * Class ApiHandler
  * 
  * The main class to work with the AbuseIPDB API v2 
  */
-class ApiManager extends ApiDefintion
+class ApiHandler extends ApiDefintion
 {
     /**
      * AbuseIPDB API key
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ class ApiManager extends ApiDefintion
             throw new InvalidPermissionException('The file [' . $configPath . '] is not readable.');
         }
 
-        // todo check file exist
         $keyConfig = self::loadJsonFile($configPath);
         $selfIps = [];
         
@@ -119,7 +118,7 @@ class ApiManager extends ApiDefintion
             $selfIps = self::loadJsonFile($selfIpsConfigPath)->self_ips;
         }
 
-        $app = new ApiManager($keyConfig->api_key, $keyConfig->user_id, $selfIps);
+        $app = new self($keyConfig->api_key, $keyConfig->user_id, $selfIps);
         
         return $app;
     }
@@ -177,7 +176,7 @@ class ApiManager extends ApiDefintion
         $msg = $this->cleanMessage($message);
 
         // report AbuseIPDB request
-        return $this->apiRequest(
+        $response = $this->apiRequest(
             'report', [
                 'ip' => $ip,
                 'categories' => $cats,
@@ -185,6 +184,8 @@ class ApiManager extends ApiDefintion
             ],
             'POST', $returnArray
         );
+
+        return json_decode($response, $returnArray);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -252,28 +253,21 @@ class ApiManager extends ApiDefintion
      * 
      * @access public
      * @param string    $ip             The ip to check
-     * @param string    $maxAge         Max age in days
+     * @param int       $maxAge         Max age in days
      * @param bool      $verbose        True to get the full response. Default is false
      * @param bool      $returnArray    True to return an indexed array instead of an object. Default is false. 
      * 
      * @return object|array
-     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException    When maxAge is not a numeric value, when maxAge is less than 1 or 
-     *                                      greater than 365, or when ip value was not set. 
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException    when maxAge is less than 1 or greater than 365, or when ip value was not set. 
      */
-    public function check(string $ip = null, string $maxAge = '30', bool $verbose = false, bool $returnArray = false)
+    public function check(string $ip = null, int $maxAge = 30, bool $verbose = false, bool $returnArray = false)
     {
-        
-        if (!is_numeric($maxAge)){
-            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('maxAge must be a numeric value (' . $maxAge . ' was given)');
-        }
-        $maxAge = intval($maxAge);
-
-        // max age must less or equal to 365
+        // max age must be less or equal to 365
         if ($maxAge > 365 || $maxAge < 1){
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException('maxAge must be at least 1 and less than 365 (' . $maxAge . ' was given)');
         }
 
-        //ip must be set
+        // ip must be set
         if (empty($ip)){
             throw new \InvalidArgumentException('ip argument must be set (null given)');
         }
@@ -290,7 +284,49 @@ class ApiManager extends ApiDefintion
         }
 
         // check AbuseIPDB request
-        return $this->apiRequest('check', $data, 'GET', $returnArray) ;
+        $response = $this->apiRequest('check', $data, 'GET', $returnArray) ;
+
+        return json_decode($response, $returnArray);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Perform a 'blacklist' api request
+     * 
+     * @access public
+     * @param int       $limit          The blacklist limit. Default is TODO (the api default limit) 
+     * @param bool      $plainText      True to get the response in plain text list. Default is false
+     * @param bool      $returnArray    True to return an indexed array instead of an object (when $plainText is set to false). Default is false. 
+     * 
+     * @return object|array
+     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException    When maxAge is not a numeric value, when maxAge is less than 1 or 
+     *                                      greater than 365, or when ip value was not set. 
+     */
+    public function getBlacklist(int $limit = 10000, bool $plainText = false, bool $returnArray = false)
+    {
+
+        if ($limit < 1){
+            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('limit must be at least 1 (' . $limit . ' was given)');
+        }
+
+        // minimal data
+        $data = [
+            'confidenceMinimum' => 100, // The abuseConfidenceScore parameter is a subscriber feature. 
+            'limit'             => $limit,
+        ];
+
+        // plaintext paremeter has no value and must be added only when true 
+        // (set plaintext=false won't work)
+        if ($plainText){
+            $data['plaintext'] = $plainText;
+        }
+
+        $response = $this->apiRequest('blacklist', $data, 'GET');
+
+        if ($plainText){
+            return $response;
+        } 
+       
+        return json_decode($response, $returnArray);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -302,7 +338,7 @@ class ApiManager extends ApiDefintion
      * @param string    $method         The request method. Default is 'GET' 
      * @param bool      $returnArray    True to return an indexed array instead of an object. Default is false. 
      * 
-     * @return object|array
+     * @return mixed
      */
     protected function apiRequest(string $path, array $data, string $method = 'GET', bool $returnArray = false) 
     {
@@ -324,7 +360,8 @@ class ApiManager extends ApiDefintion
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1); 
       
-        // set the AbuseIPDB API Key as a header
+        // set the wanted format, JSON (required to prevent having full html page on error)
+        // and the AbuseIPDB API Key as a header
         curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
             'Accept: application/json;',
             'Key: ' . $this->aipdbApiKey,
@@ -336,13 +373,14 @@ class ApiManager extends ApiDefintion
       // close connection
       curl_close($ch);
   
-      // return response as object / array
-      return json_decode($result, $returnArray);
+      // return response as JSON data
+      return $result;
     }
 
     /** 
      * Clean message in case it comes from fail2ban <matches>
-     * https://wiki.shaunc.com/wikka.php?wakka=ReportingToAbuseIPDBWithFail2Ban
+     * Remove backslashes and sensitive information from the report
+     * @see https://wiki.shaunc.com/wikka.php?wakka=ReportingToAbuseIPDBWithFail2Ban
      * 
      * @access public
      * @param string      $message           The original message 
@@ -351,17 +389,17 @@ class ApiManager extends ApiDefintion
      */
     protected function cleanMessage(string $message)
     {
-        // Remove backslashes and sensitive information from the report
+        // Remove backslashes
         $message = str_replace('\\', '', $message);
 
         // Remove self ips
         foreach ($this->selfIps as $ip){
-            $message = str_replace($ip, '[-]', $message);
+            $message = str_replace($ip, '*', $message);
         }
 
         // If we're reporting spam, further munge any email addresses in the report
         $emailPattern = "/[^@\s]*@[^@\s]*\.[^@\s]*/";
-        $message = preg_replace($emailPattern, "[-]", $message);
+        $message = preg_replace($emailPattern, "*", $message);
         
         // Make sure message is less 1024 chars
         return substr($message, 0, 1024);
diff --git a/lib/InvalidPermissionException.php b/lib/InvalidPermissionException.php
index 65d92c1..3915d32 100644
--- a/lib/InvalidPermissionException.php
+++ b/lib/InvalidPermissionException.php
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
  * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
  * file that was distributed with this source code.
  *
- * @version    0.9.2
- * @copyright  2020 Kristuff
+ * @version    0.9.3
+ * @copyright  2020-2021 Kristuff
  */
 
 namespace Kristuff\AbuseIPDB;