diff --git a/DockerEnv b/DockerEnv
index 3ba90b2f9..9da9a70f3 100644
--- a/DockerEnv
+++ b/DockerEnv
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
 #TRANSMISSION_RPC_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED=false 
 #TRANSMISSION_RPC_BIND_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0 
 #TRANSMISSION_RPC_ENABLED=true 
+#TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST= 
+#TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST_ENABLED=true 
 #TRANSMISSION_RPC_PASSWORD=password 
 #TRANSMISSION_RPC_PORT=9091 
 #TRANSMISSION_RPC_URL=/transmission/ 
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3483bc846..76bfc8963 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ VOLUME /config
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get -y upgrade \
     && apt-get -y install software-properties-common wget git \
-    && add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/ppa \
+#    && add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/ppa \
     && wget -O - https://swupdate.openvpn.net/repos/repo-public.gpg | apt-key add - \
     && echo "deb http://build.openvpn.net/debian/openvpn/stable xenial main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openvpn-aptrepo.list \
     && apt-get update \
@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ ENV OPENVPN_USERNAME=**None** \
     TRANSMISSION_RPC_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED=false \
     TRANSMISSION_RPC_BIND_ADDRESS=0.0.0.0 \
     TRANSMISSION_RPC_ENABLED=true \
+    TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST= \
+    TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST_ENABLED=true \
     TRANSMISSION_RPC_PASSWORD=password \
     TRANSMISSION_RPC_PORT=9091 \
     TRANSMISSION_RPC_URL=/transmission/ \
diff --git a/transmission/environment-variables.tmpl b/transmission/environment-variables.tmpl
index 5ae9d6538..02737b45a 100644
--- a/transmission/environment-variables.tmpl
+++ b/transmission/environment-variables.tmpl
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ export TRANSMISSION_RENAME_PARTIAL_FILES={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RENAME_PARTIAL_FIL
 export TRANSMISSION_RPC_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED }}
 export TRANSMISSION_RPC_BIND_ADDRESS={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_BIND_ADDRESS }}
 export TRANSMISSION_RPC_ENABLED={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_ENABLED }}
+export TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST }}
+export TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST_ENABLED={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST_ENABLED }}
 export TRANSMISSION_RPC_PASSWORD={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_PASSWORD }}
 export TRANSMISSION_RPC_PORT={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_PORT }}
 export TRANSMISSION_RPC_URL={{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_URL }}
diff --git a/transmission/settings.tmpl b/transmission/settings.tmpl
index f7ac574c4..d018ef2df 100644
--- a/transmission/settings.tmpl
+++ b/transmission/settings.tmpl
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
     "rpc-authentication-required": {{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_AUTHENTICATION_REQUIRED }},
     "rpc-bind-address": "{{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_BIND_ADDRESS }}",
     "rpc-enabled": {{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_ENABLED }},
+    "rpc-host-whitelist": "{{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST }}",
+    "rpc-host-whitelist-enabled": {{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_HOST_WHITELIST_ENABLED }},
     "rpc-password": "{{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_PASSWORD }}",
     "rpc-port": {{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_PORT }},
     "rpc-url": "{{ .Env.TRANSMISSION_RPC_URL }}",
diff --git a/transmission/start.sh b/transmission/start.sh
index de19c3fa3..ba16be241 100755
--- a/transmission/start.sh
+++ b/transmission/start.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ echo "Generating transmission settings.json from env variables"
 mkdir -p ${TRANSMISSION_HOME}
 dockerize -template /etc/transmission/settings.tmpl:${TRANSMISSION_HOME}/settings.json
 
+echo "sed'ing True to true"
+sed -i 's/True/true/g' ${TRANSMISSION_HOME}/settings.json
+
 if [ ! -e "/dev/random" ]; then
   # Avoid "Fatal: no entropy gathering module detected" error
   echo "INFO: /dev/random not found - symlink to /dev/urandom"