diff --git a/intel/customlists/config.go b/intel/customlists/config.go
index 33e285a9..99d5c2e6 100644
--- a/intel/customlists/config.go
+++ b/intel/customlists/config.go
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ var (
 	cfgOptionCustomListCategoryAnnotation = "Filter Lists"
 )
 
-var (
-	getFilePath func() string
-)
+var getFilePath config.StringOption
 
 func registerConfig() error {
 	help := `File that contains list of all domains, Ip addresses, country codes and autonomous system that you want to block, where each entry is on a new line.  
diff --git a/intel/customlists/lists.go b/intel/customlists/lists.go
index e9cbb90a..5a18d4f3 100644
--- a/intel/customlists/lists.go
+++ b/intel/customlists/lists.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package customlists
 
 import (
 	"bufio"
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
@@ -22,9 +23,9 @@ var (
 )
 
 const (
-	numberOfZeroIPsUntilWarning          = 100
-	customFilterListStatusNotificationID = "intel/customlists_status"
-	customFilterListZeroIPNotificationID = "intel/customlists_zeroip"
+	numberOfZeroIPsUntilWarning = 100
+	parseStatusNotificationID   = "customlists:parse-status"
+	zeroIPNotificationID        = "customlists:too-many-zero-ips"
 )
 
 func initFilterLists() {
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ func initFilterLists() {
 }
 
 func parseFile(filePath string) error {
-	// reset all maps, previous (if any) settings will be lost
+	// reset all maps, previous (if any) settings will be lost.
 	for key := range countryCodesFilterList {
 		delete(countryCodesFilterList, key)
 	}
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ func parseFile(filePath string) error {
 		delete(domainsFilterList, key)
 	}
 
-	// ignore empty file path
+	// ignore empty file path.
 	if filePath == "" {
 		return nil
 	}
@@ -58,46 +59,35 @@ func parseFile(filePath string) error {
 	file, err := os.Open(filePath)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warningf("intel/customlists: failed to parse file %q ", err)
-		// notifications.NotifyWarn("intel/customlists parse failed", "Failed to open custom filter list")
-		notifications.Notify(&notifications.Notification{
-			EventID:      customFilterListStatusNotificationID,
-			Type:         notifications.Warning,
-			Title:        "Failed to open custom filter list",
-			Message:      err.Error(),
-			ShowOnSystem: false,
-			AvailableActions: []*notifications.Action{
-				{
-					ID:   "ack",
-					Text: "OK",
-				},
-			},
-		})
+		module.Warning(parseStatusNotificationID, "Failed to open custom filter list", err.Error())
 		return err
 	}
 	defer file.Close()
 
 	var numberOfZeroIPs uint64
 
-	// read filter file line by line
+	// read filter file line by line.
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
-	// the scanner will error out if the line is greater than 64K, in this case it is enough
+	// the scanner will error out if the line is greater than 64K, in this case it is enough.
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		parseLine(scanner.Text(), &numberOfZeroIPs)
 	}
 
-	// check for scanner error
+	// check for scanner error.
 	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	if numberOfZeroIPs >= numberOfZeroIPsUntilWarning {
 		log.Warning("intel/customlists: Too many zero IP addresses.")
-		notifications.NotifyWarn(customFilterListZeroIPNotificationID, "Too many zero IP addresses. Check your custom filter list.", "Hosts file format is not spported.")
+		module.Warning(zeroIPNotificationID, "Too many zero IP addresses. Check your custom filter list.", "Hosts file format is not spported.")
+	} else {
+		module.Resolve(zeroIPNotificationID)
 	}
 
 	log.Infof("intel/customlists: list loaded successful: %s", filePath)
 
-	notifications.NotifyInfo(customFilterListStatusNotificationID,
+	notifications.NotifyInfo(parseStatusNotificationID,
 		"Custom filter list loaded successfully.",
 		fmt.Sprintf(`Custom filter list loaded successfully from file %s  
 %d domains  
@@ -110,48 +100,64 @@ func parseFile(filePath string) error {
 			len(autonomousSystemsFilterList),
 			len(domainsFilterList)))
 
+	module.Resolve(parseStatusNotificationID)
+
 	return nil
 }
 
 func parseLine(line string, numberOfZeroIPs *uint64) {
-	// ignore empty lines and comment lines
-	if len(line) == 0 || line[0] == '#' {
+	// everything after the first field will be ignored.
+	fields := strings.Fields(line)
+
+	// ignore empty lines.
+	if len(fields) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
 
-	// everything after the first field will be ignored
-	field := strings.Fields(line)[0]
+	field := fields[0]
 
-	// check if it'a a country code
-	if isCountryCode(field) {
-		countryCodesFilterList[field] = struct{}{}
+	// ignore comments
+	if field[0] == '#' {
+		return
 	}
 
-	// try to parse IP address
+	// check if it'a a country code.
+	if isCountryCode(field) {
+		countryCodesFilterList[field] = struct{}{}
+		return
+	}
+
+	// try to parse IP address.
 	ip := net.ParseIP(field)
 	if ip != nil {
 		ipAddressesFilterList[ip.String()] = struct{}{}
 
-		// check if its zero ip
-		for i := 0; i < len(ip); i++ {
-			if ip[i] != 0 {
-				*numberOfZeroIPs++
+		// check for zero ip.
+		if bytes.Compare(ip.To4(), net.IPv4zero) == 0 || bytes.Compare(ip.To16(), net.IPv6zero) == 0 {
+			// check if its zero ip.
+			for i := 0; i < len(ip); i++ {
+				if ip[i] != 0 {
+					*numberOfZeroIPs++
+				}
 			}
 		}
+		return
 	}
 
-	// check if it's a Autonomous system (example AS123)
+	// check if it's a Autonomous system (example AS123).
 	if isAutonomousSystem(field) {
 		asNumber, err := strconv.ParseUint(field[2:], 10, 32)
 		if err != nil {
 			return
 		}
 		autonomousSystemsFilterList[uint(asNumber)] = struct{}{}
+		return
 	}
 
-	// check if it's a domain
+	// check if it's a domain.
 	domain := dns.Fqdn(field)
 	if netutils.IsValidFqdn(domain) {
 		domainsFilterList[domain] = struct{}{}
+		return
 	}
 }