diff --git a/app/main.ts b/app/main.ts
index 6f56428..5042e5a 100644
--- a/app/main.ts
+++ b/app/main.ts
@@ -889,13 +889,37 @@ try {
       });
       
     } catch (error) {
-      event.sender.send('download-progress', { progress: 0, status: `Error: ${error}` });
+      event.sender.send('download-progress', { progress: 0, status: `${error}` });
       win?.setProgressBar(0, {
         mode: 'error'
       });
     }
   });
 
+  ipcMain.handle('download-file', async (event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, url: string, destination: string) => {
+    try {
+      event.sender.send('download-file-progress', { progress: 0, status: 'Starting download' });
+
+      const fileName = await downloadFile(url, destination, (progress) => {
+        win?.setProgressBar(progress, {
+          mode: 'normal'
+        });
+  
+        event.sender.send('download-file-progress', { progress, status: 'Downloading' });
+      });
+      
+      win?.setProgressBar(0, {
+        mode: 'none'
+      });
+      
+      event.sender.send('download-file-complete', `${destination}${separator}${fileName}`);
+    }
+    catch(error: any) {
+      console.error(error);
+      event.sender.send('download-file-error', `${error}`);
+    }
+  });
+
   ipcMain.handle('read-file', (event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, filePath: string) => {
     fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf-8', (err, data) => {
       if (err != null) {
@@ -1080,6 +1104,10 @@ try {
 
   // #endregion
 
+  ipcMain.handle('show-error-box', (event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, title: string, content: string) => {
+    dialog.showErrorBox(title, content);
+  });
+
   ipcMain.handle('set-tray-item-enabled', (event: IpcMainInvokeEvent, id: string, enabled: boolean) => {
     setTrayItemEnabled(id, enabled);
   });
@@ -1096,10 +1124,13 @@ try {
     clipboard.writeText(content, "selection");
   });
 
-
-} catch (e) {
+} catch (e: any) {
   // Catch Error
   console.error(e);
+
+  dialog.showErrorBox('', `${e}`);
+
+  app.quit();
   // throw e;
 }
 
diff --git a/app/preload.js b/app/preload.js
index 52fd7a0..756c026 100644
--- a/app/preload.js
+++ b/app/preload.js
@@ -244,5 +244,25 @@ contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld('electronAPI', {
   },
   unregisterOnIsAutoLaunched: () => {
     ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners('on-is-auto-launched');
+  },
+  downloadFile: (url, destination) => {
+    ipcRenderer.invoke('download-file', url, destination);
+  },
+  onDownloadFileProgress: (callback) => {
+    ipcRenderer.on('download-file-progress', callback);
+  },
+  onDownloadFileError: (callback) => {
+    ipcRenderer.on('download-file-error', callback);
+  },
+  onDownloadFileComplete: (callback) => {
+    ipcRenderer.on('download-file-complete', callback);
+  },
+  unregisterOnDownloadFile: () => {
+    ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners('download-file-progress');
+    ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners('download-file-error');
+    ipcRenderer.removeAllListeners('download-file-complete');
+  },
+  showErrorBox: (title, content) => {
+    ipcRenderer.invoke('show-error-box', title, content);
   }
 });
diff --git a/src/app/core/services/electron/electron.service.ts b/src/app/core/services/electron/electron.service.ts
index 0aff963..e2ccd8a 100644
--- a/src/app/core/services/electron/electron.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/core/services/electron/electron.service.ts
@@ -311,4 +311,25 @@ export class ElectronService {
     return await promise;
   }
 
+  public async downloadFile(url: string, destination: string, progressFunction?: (info: { progress: number, status: string }) => void): Promise<string> {
+    const promise = new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
+      if (progressFunction) {
+        window.electronAPI.onDownloadProgress((event: any, prog: { progress: number, status: string }) => progressFunction(prog));
+      }
+
+      window.electronAPI.onDownloadFileError((event: any, error: string) => {
+        window.electronAPI.unregisterOnDownloadFile();
+        reject(new Error(error));
+      });
+
+      window.electronAPI.onDownloadFileComplete((event: any, fileName: string) => {
+        window.electronAPI.unregisterOnDownloadFile();
+        resolve(fileName);
+      });
+    });
+
+    window.electronAPI.downloadFile(url, destination);
+    return await promise;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.html b/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.html
index 56a0733..d85dea0 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.html
+++ b/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.html
@@ -65,6 +65,40 @@
 
         </div>
 
+        <hr class="my-4">
+        <h4 class="mb-3">Ban</h4>
+
+        <div class="col-md-12">
+          <div class="form-check form-switch col-md-6">
+            <label for="general-remote-ban-list" class="form-check-label">Remote ban list</label>
+            <input class="form-control form-check-input" type="checkbox" role="switch" id="general-remote-ban-list" [checked]="currentSettings.remoteBanList" [(ngModel)]="currentSettings.remoteBanList" [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}">
+            <br>
+            <small class="text-body-secondary">Specify a remote URL for download ban list</small>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+        
+        <br>
+
+        <div *ngIf="!currentSettings.remoteBanList" class="col-md-12">
+          <label for="general-ban-list-file" class="form-label">Ban list file</label>
+          <div class="input-group mb-3">
+            <input id="general-ban-list-file" type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm" placeholder="" aria-label="Ban list file path" aria-describedby="basic-addon3" [value]="currentSettings.banList" readonly>
+            <span class="input-group-text" id="basic-addon3"><button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" (click)="chooseBanListFile()"><i class="bi bi-filetype-txt"></i> Choose File</button></span>
+            <span class="input-group-text" id="basic-addon3"><button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" (click)="removeBanListFile()" [disabled]="currentSettings.banList === ''"><i class="bi bi-file-x"></i> Remove</button></span>           
+          </div>
+          <small class="text-body-secondary">Specify ban list file, one IP address per line. It is <strong>not recommended</strong> to statically ban any IP addresses unless you absolutely need to. Banning IPs often excludes the most vulnerable users who are forced to operate entirely behind Tor or other anonymity networks</small>
+        </div>
+
+        <div *ngIf="currentSettings.remoteBanList" class="col-md-12">
+          <label for="general-ban-list-url" class="form-label">Ban list URL</label>
+          <div class="input-group mb-3">
+            <input id="general-ban-list-url" type="text" class="form-control form-control-sm" placeholder="https://gui.xmr.pm/files/block.txt" aria-label="Ban list file url" aria-describedby="basic-addon3" [(ngModel)]="banListUrl"  [ngModelOptions]="{standalone: true}">
+            <span class="input-group-text" id="basic-addon3"><button type="button" class="btn btn-secondary btn-sm" (click)="downloadBanListFile()" [disabled]="!validBanListUrl"><i class="bi bi-filetype-txt"></i> Download</button></span>            
+          </div>          
+          
+          <small class="text-body-secondary">Specify ban list file, one IP address per line. It is <strong>not recommended</strong> to statically ban any IP addresses unless you absolutely need to. Banning IPs often excludes the most vulnerable users who are forced to operate entirely behind Tor or other anonymity networks</small>
+        </div>
+
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
@@ -545,7 +579,6 @@
 
   <div class="tab-pane fade" id="pills-blockchain" role="tabpanel" aria-labelledby="pills-blockchain-tab" tabindex="0">
     
-    
     <div class="row g-5 p-2">
       <div class="col-md-7 col-lg-12">
         <form class="needs-validation" novalidate="">
diff --git a/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.ts b/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.ts
index 05a5bf9..96475ba 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/pages/settings/settings.component.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ export class SettingsComponent {
   private originalSettings: DaemonSettings;
   public currentSettings: DaemonSettings;
 
+  public banListUrl: string = '';
+
+  public get validBanListUrl(): boolean {
+    if (this.banListUrl == '') {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    try {
+      new URL(this.banListUrl);
+      return true;
+    }
+    catch {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
   public savingChanges: boolean = false;
   public savingChangesError = ``;
   public savingChangesSuccess: boolean = false;
@@ -339,6 +355,50 @@ export class SettingsComponent {
     });
   }
 
+  public async chooseBanListFile(): Promise<void> {
+    const file = await this.electronService.selectFile(['txt']);
+
+    if (file == '') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.ngZone.run(() => {
+      this.currentSettings.banList = file;
+    });
+  }
+
+  public removeBanListFile(): void {
+    this.currentSettings.banList = '';
+  }
+
+  public downloadingBanListFile: boolean = false;
+
+  public async downloadBanListFile(): Promise<void> {
+    if (!this.currentSettings.remoteBanList) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    this.downloadingBanListFile = true;
+
+    try {
+      const destination = await this.electronService.selectFolder();
+      const filePath = await this.electronService.downloadFile(this.banListUrl, destination);
+
+      if (!filePath.endsWith('.txt')) {
+        throw new Error("Downloaded file doesn't seem to be a valid ban list txt file");
+      }
+
+      this.currentSettings.banList = filePath;
+      this.currentSettings.remoteBanList = false;
+    }
+    catch (error: any) {
+      console.error(error);
+      window.electronAPI.showErrorBox('', `${error}`.replace('Error:', ''));
+    }
+
+    this.downloadingBanListFile = false;
+  }
+
   private async choosePemFile(): Promise<string> {
     return await this.electronService.selectFile(['pem', 'PEM']);
   }
diff --git a/src/common/DaemonSettings.ts b/src/common/DaemonSettings.ts
index 369ee0e..871ba6e 100644
--- a/src/common/DaemonSettings.ts
+++ b/src/common/DaemonSettings.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ export class DaemonSettings {
   public anonymousInbound: string = '';
 
   public banList: string = '';
+  public remoteBanList: boolean = false;
   public hideMyPort: boolean = false;
 
   public noSync: boolean = false;
@@ -146,6 +147,10 @@ export class DaemonSettings {
   public rpcPaymentAllowFreeLoopback: boolean = false;
   public disableRpcBan: boolean = false;
 
+  public get banListArray(): string[] {
+    return this.banList.split('\n');
+  }
+
   public equals(settings: DaemonSettings): boolean {
     //return this.toCommandOptions().join('') == settings.toCommandOptions().join('');
     return this.deepEqual(this, settings);
diff --git a/src/polyfills.ts b/src/polyfills.ts
index c3ddc57..aff43af 100644
--- a/src/polyfills.ts
+++ b/src/polyfills.ts
@@ -161,6 +161,14 @@ declare global {
       unregisterOnIsOnBatteryPower: () => void;
       onBattery: (callback: (event: any) => void) => void;
       onAc: (callback: (event: any) => void) => void;
+
+      downloadFile: (url: string, destination: string) => void;
+      onDownloadFileProgress: (callback: (event: any, info: { progress: number, status: string }) => void) => void;
+      onDownloadFileError: (callback: (event: any, error: string) => void) => void;
+      onDownloadFileComplete: (callback: (event: any, fileName: string) => void) => void;
+      unregisterOnDownloadFile: () => void;
+
+      showErrorBox: (title: string, content: string) => void;
     };
   }
 }
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