diff --git a/Middleware.js b/Middleware.js
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+module.exports = (isOnSpamWatch) => {
+  return async (ctx, next) => {
+    if (await isOnSpamWatch(ctx.from.id)) {
+      console.log(`User ${ctx.from.id} is banned on SpamWatch. Blocking command.`);
+      return;
+    }
+    await next();
+  };
+};
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diff --git a/spamwatch.js b/spamwatch.js
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+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+
+const blocklistPath = path.join(__dirname, '../../props/sw_blocklist.txt');
+
+let blocklist = [];
+
+const readBlocklist = () => {
+  try {
+    const data = fs.readFileSync(blocklistPath, 'utf8');
+    blocklist = data.split('\n').map(id => id.trim()).filter(id => id !== '');
+  } catch (error) {
+    if (error.code === 'ENOENT') {
+      console.log('WARN: SpamWatch blocklist file not found. Creating a new (blank) one.\nUse your API key to push the blocklist to the file.');
+      fs.writeFileSync(blocklistPath, '');
+    } else {
+      console.error('WARN: Error reading SpamWatch blocklist:', error);
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+const isOnSpamWatch = (userId) => {
+  return blocklist.includes(String(userId));
+};
+
+readBlocklist();
+
+module.exports = { isOnSpamWatch };
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