diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6ed48a9..fa77501 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .env
 node_modules
+whitelist.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0a78069..c8586d4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,3 +33,11 @@ $ npm i
 ```
 $ npx tsx .
 ```
+
+6. (Optional) Rename `whitelist.example.json` to `whitelist.json` and fill it with Slack User IDs who apart from admins/owners/primary owners should be able to view other people's verification.
+```json
+[
+    "UA1B2C3D4E5",
+    "U0123456789"
+]
+```
diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index b7cb3d1..d8196d3 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { UsersInfoResponse } from "@slack/web-api";
 
-const { App, ExpressReceiver } = (await import("@slack/bolt"));
+const { App } = (await import("@slack/bolt"));
 import "dotenv/config";
 
 const app = new App({
@@ -8,17 +8,21 @@ const app = new App({
     signingSecret: process.env.SLACK_SIGNING_SECRET,
 });
 
-const whitelist: string[] = []
+const whitelist: string[] = (() => {
+    try {
+        return require('./whitelist.json')
+    } catch (e) {
+        return []
+    }
+})();
 
 function checkUserOk(user: UsersInfoResponse['user']) {
     if (whitelist.includes(user!.id!)) return true
 
-    console.log(user)
-
     return user!.is_admin || user!.is_owner || user!.is_primary_owner
 }
 
-const eligibilityCmd = async ctx => {
+const eligibilityCmd = async (ctx: any) => {
     await ctx.ack();
 
     const text = ctx.command.text.slice();
diff --git a/whitelist.example.json b/whitelist.example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1610ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/whitelist.example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[
+    
+]
\ No newline at end of file