diff --git a/htroot/xml/blacklists.java b/htroot/xml/blacklists.java
index 4e0534de1..34f26adc2 100644
--- a/htroot/xml/blacklists.java
+++ b/htroot/xml/blacklists.java
@@ -35,29 +35,33 @@ public class blacklists {
         listManager.listsPath = new File(listManager.switchboard.getRootPath(),listManager.switchboard.getConfig("listManager.listsPath", "DATA/LISTS"));
         final List<String> dirlist = listManager.getDirListing(listManager.listsPath);
         int blacklistCount=0;
+
+        final String blackListName = post.get("listname", "");
         
         List<String> list;
         int count;
         if (dirlist != null) {
             for (String element : dirlist) {
-                prop.putXML("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_name", element);
-         
-                if (listManager.listSetContains("BlackLists.Shared", element)) {
+                if (blackListName.equals("") || element.equals(blackListName)) {
+                    prop.putXML("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_name", element);
+
+                    if (listManager.listSetContains("BlackLists.Shared", element)) {
 
-                    list = listManager.getListArray(new File(listManager.listsPath, element));
+                        list = listManager.getListArray(new File(listManager.listsPath, element));
 
-                    count=0;
-                    for (int j=0;j<list.size();++j){
-                        final String nextEntry = list.get(j);
+                        count=0;
+                        for (int j=0;j<list.size();++j){
+                            final String nextEntry = list.get(j);
 
-                        if (nextEntry.length() == 0) continue;
-                        if (nextEntry.startsWith("#")) continue;
+                            if (nextEntry.length() == 0) continue;
+                            if (nextEntry.startsWith("#")) continue;
 
-                        prop.putXML("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_items_" + count + "_item", nextEntry);
-                        count++;
+                            prop.putXML("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_items_" + count + "_item", nextEntry);
+                            count++;
+                        }
+                        prop.put("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_items", count);
+                        blacklistCount++;
                     }
-                    prop.put("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_items", count);
-                    blacklistCount++;
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/htroot/xml/blacklists_p.java b/htroot/xml/blacklists_p.java
index d0a5392e1..937c1d1a1 100644
--- a/htroot/xml/blacklists_p.java
+++ b/htroot/xml/blacklists_p.java
@@ -37,41 +37,45 @@ public class blacklists_p {
         listManager.listsPath = new File(listManager.switchboard.getRootPath(),listManager.switchboard.getConfig("listManager.listsPath", "DATA/LISTS"));
         final List<String> dirlist = listManager.getDirListing(listManager.listsPath);
         int blacklistCount=0;
-        
+
+        final String blackListName = post.get("listname", "");
+
         List<String> list;
         int count;
         if (dirlist != null) {
             for (String element : dirlist) {
-                prop.putXML("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_name", element);
-         
-                if (listManager.listSetContains("BlackLists.Shared", element)) {
-                    prop.put("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_shared", "1");
-                } else {
-                    prop.put("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_shared", "0");
-                }
-                
-                final String[] types = indexAbstractReferenceBlacklist.BLACKLIST_TYPES_STRING.split(",");
-                for (int j=0; j<types.length; j++) {
-                    prop.putXML("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_types_" + j + "_name", types[j]);
-                    prop.put("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_types_" + j + "_value",
-                            listManager.listSetContains(types[j] + ".BlackLists", element) ? 1 : 0);
-                }
-                prop.put("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_types", types.length);
-                
-                list = listManager.getListArray(new File(listManager.listsPath, element));
-                
-                count=0;
-                for (int j=0;j<list.size();++j){
-                    final String nextEntry = list.get(j);
-                    
-                    if (nextEntry.length() == 0) continue;
-                    if (nextEntry.startsWith("#")) continue;
-        
-                    prop.putXML("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_items_" + count + "_item", nextEntry);
-                    count++;
+                if (blackListName.equals("") || element.equals(blackListName)) {
+                    prop.putXML("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_name", element);
+
+                    if (listManager.listSetContains("BlackLists.Shared", element)) {
+                        prop.put("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_shared", "1");
+                    } else {
+                        prop.put("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_shared", "0");
+                    }
+
+                    final String[] types = indexAbstractReferenceBlacklist.BLACKLIST_TYPES_STRING.split(",");
+                    for (int j=0; j<types.length; j++) {
+                        prop.putXML("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_types_" + j + "_name", types[j]);
+                        prop.put("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_types_" + j + "_value",
+                                listManager.listSetContains(types[j] + ".BlackLists", element) ? 1 : 0);
+                    }
+                    prop.put("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_types", types.length);
+
+                    list = listManager.getListArray(new File(listManager.listsPath, element));
+
+                    count=0;
+                    for (int j=0;j<list.size();++j){
+                        final String nextEntry = list.get(j);
+
+                        if (nextEntry.length() == 0) continue;
+                        if (nextEntry.startsWith("#")) continue;
+
+                        prop.putXML("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_items_" + count + "_item", nextEntry);
+                        count++;
+                    }
+                    prop.put("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_items", count);
+                    blacklistCount++;
                 }
-                prop.put("lists_" + blacklistCount + "_items", count);
-                blacklistCount++;
             }
         }
         prop.put("lists", blacklistCount);
diff --git a/htroot/yacy/list.java b/htroot/yacy/list.java
index 7627699cd..d4f47415a 100644
--- a/htroot/yacy/list.java
+++ b/htroot/yacy/list.java
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ public final class list {
     public static serverObjects respond(final httpRequestHeader header, final serverObjects post, final serverSwitch<?> env) {
         if (post == null || env == null) throw new NullPointerException("post: " + post + ", sb: " + env);
         final plasmaSwitchboard sb = (plasmaSwitchboard) env;
-        
+
+        final String blackListName = post.get("listname", "");
+
         // return variable that accumulates replacements
         final serverObjects prop = new serverObjects();
         if ((post == null) || (env == null)) return prop;
@@ -73,9 +75,11 @@ public final class list {
 
             if (filenamesarray.length > 0){
                 for (int i = 0;i < filenamesarray.length; i++) {
-                    final String filename = filenamesarray[i];
-                    final File fileObj = new File(listsPath,filename);
-                    out.append(listManager.getListString(fileObj, false)).append(serverCore.CRLF_STRING);
+                    if (blackListName.equals("") || filenamesarray[i].equals(blackListName)) {
+                        final String filename = filenamesarray[i];
+                        final File fileObj = new File(listsPath,filename);
+                        out.append(listManager.getListString(fileObj, false)).append(serverCore.CRLF_STRING);
+                    }
                 }
             }