diff --git a/filterscan.lua b/filterscan.lua
index 42ee0f3..76a4880 100644
--- a/filterscan.lua
+++ b/filterscan.lua
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ local FilterScan =
     FFXiPath    = ashita.file.get_install_dir(polVersion, 1) .. '\\',
     MobList     = { },
     ZoneDatList = require('zonemoblist'),
-    Filter      = ''
+    Filter      = { }
 };
 
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@@ -104,9 +104,19 @@ ashita.register_event('command', function(command, ntype)
         return false;
     end
     
-    -- Pull the filter from the command..
-    FilterScan.Filter = (string.gsub(command, '/filterscan', '')):trim()
-    print(string.format('[FilterScan] Set new filter to: %s', FilterScan.Filter));
+    -- the list of targets gets reset anytime the cmd is called. calling w/o params will 'disable' the filter
+    FilterScan.Filter = { }
+    
+    -- pull the target mobs from the arg and split them into the list
+    local filter = (string.gsub(command, '/filterscan', '')):trim()
+    
+    for target in string.gmatch(filter, "[^,]+") do
+        if (target ~= nil) then
+            table.insert(FilterScan.Filter, target:lower():trim())
+        end
+    end
+    
+    print(string.format('[FilterScan] Set new filter to: %s', filter));
     return true;
 end);
 
@@ -140,17 +150,20 @@ ashita.register_event('incoming_packet', function(id, size, data)
         if (mobName == nil) then
             return false;
         else
-            -- Filter by name..
-            if (mobName:lower():find(FilterScan.Filter:lower()) ~= nil) then
-                return false;
-            end
-
-            -- Filter by target index..
-            if (targetIndex == tonumber(FilterScan.Filter, 16)) then
-                return false;
+        
+            -- there is nothing in the filter list, so you get all the entities
+            if (table.getn(FilterScan.Filter) == 0) then
+                return false
             end
-            if (tostring(targetIndex) == FilterScan.Filter) then
-                return false;
+            
+            local mob = mobName:lower()
+            local idx_s = tostring(targetIndex)
+            
+            for _, target in pairs(FilterScan.Filter) do
+                if (mob:find(target) ~= nil or targetIndex == tonumber(target, 16) or idx_s == target) then
+                    -- the mob has matched an item in the filter
+                    return false
+                end
             end
 
             -- Ignore all non-matching entries..