diff --git a/src/MenuLayer.cpp b/src/MenuLayer.cpp
index 64f28f0..2ba9e48 100644
--- a/src/MenuLayer.cpp
+++ b/src/MenuLayer.cpp
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class $modify(MenuLayerMLHook, MenuLayer) {
 		if (!useCustomSongs) toWriteToFile = toWriteToFile.append(fmt::format(" # Song: {} by {}", songName, songArtist));
 		auto test = utils::file::readString(m_fields->blacklistFile);
 		if (test.isErr()) return log::info("error reading blacklist file!");
-		auto result = geode::utils::file::writeString(m_fields->blacklistFile, test.unwrap().append(fmt::format("{}", toWriteToFile)));
+		auto result = geode::utils::file::writeString(m_fields->blacklistFile, test.unwrap().append(fmt::format("{}\n", toWriteToFile)));
 		if (result.isErr()) return log::info("error blacklisting song {}", currentSong);
 		m_fields->songManager.clearSongs();
 		Utils::populateVector(useCustomSongs);
diff --git a/src/SongManager.cpp b/src/SongManager.cpp
index 78f2ffd..f4d75e1 100644
--- a/src/SongManager.cpp
+++ b/src/SongManager.cpp
@@ -71,3 +71,11 @@ void SongManager::setCalledOnce(bool value) {
 bool SongManager::getCalledOnce() {
 	return m_calledOnce;
 }
+
+void SongManager::addToBlacklist(std::string song = SongManager::get().getCurrentSong()) {
+	m_blacklist.push_back(song);
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> SongManager::getBlacklist() {
+	return m_blacklist;
+}
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diff --git a/src/SongManager.hpp b/src/SongManager.hpp
index 29343d8..2a96815 100644
--- a/src/SongManager.hpp
+++ b/src/SongManager.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ class SongManager {
 	void update(float);
 	bool getCalledOnce();
 	void setCalledOnce(bool);
+	void addToBlacklist(std::string);
+	std::vector<std::string> getBlacklist();
 
   private:
 	SongManager();
@@ -26,4 +28,5 @@ class SongManager {
 	std::string m_currentSong;
 	bool m_isMenuLoop;
 	bool m_calledOnce = false;
+	std::vector<std::string> m_blacklist;
 };
diff --git a/src/Utils.cpp b/src/Utils.cpp
index ba4d6f1..5dfba1f 100644
--- a/src/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils.cpp
@@ -217,12 +217,13 @@ void Utils::populateVector(bool customSongs) {
 	*/
 
 	std::vector<std::string> blacklist {};
+	std::vector<std::string> otherBlacklist = SongManager::get().getBlacklist();
 
 	if (auto blacklistPath = std::filesystem::exists(configDir / R"(blacklist.txt)")) {
 		std::ifstream blacklistFile((configDir / R"(blacklist.txt)"));
 		std::string blacklistString;
 		while (std::getline(blacklistFile, blacklistString)) {
-			if (blacklistString.starts_with('#')) continue;
+			if (blacklistString.starts_with('#') || blacklistString.empty()) continue;
 			blacklist.push_back(blacklistString);
 			geode::log::info("{}", blacklistString);
 		}
@@ -236,7 +237,7 @@ void Utils::populateVector(bool customSongs) {
 			const auto& filePath = file.path();
 			auto filePathString = filePath.string();
 
-			if (!Utils::isSupportedExtension(filePathString) || std::ranges::find(blacklist, filePathString) != blacklist.end() || std::ranges::find(blacklist, filePath.filename().string()) != blacklist.end()) continue;
+			if (!Utils::isSupportedExtension(filePathString) || std::ranges::find(blacklist, filePathString) != blacklist.end() || std::ranges::find(otherBlacklist, filePathString) != otherBlacklist.end()) continue;
 
 			geode::log::debug("Adding custom song: {}", filePath.filename().string());
 			SongManager::get().addSong(filePathString);
@@ -261,7 +262,7 @@ void Utils::populateVector(bool customSongs) {
 
 			std::string songPath = downloadManager->pathForSong(song->m_songID);
 
-			if (!Utils::isSupportedExtension(songPath) || std::ranges::find(blacklist, songPath) != blacklist.end()) continue;
+			if (!Utils::isSupportedExtension(songPath) || std::ranges::find(blacklist, songPath) != blacklist.end() || std::ranges::find(otherBlacklist, songPath) != otherBlacklist.end()) continue;
 
 			geode::log::debug("Adding Newgrounds/Music Library song: {}", songPath);
 			SongManager::get().addSong(songPath);