diff --git a/ddos-mitigator.sh b/ddos-mitigator.sh
index 63eb120..327c776 100755
--- a/ddos-mitigator.sh
+++ b/ddos-mitigator.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ MY_PORT="443"
 # After this point, no editing is required.
 # Define the files that will contain the addresses an subnets.
 fileraw="raw-http.txt"
+filtered="filtered-http.txt"
 file8="sorted-http-8.txt"
 file16="sorted-http-16.txt"
 file24="sorted-http-24.txt"
@@ -88,6 +89,14 @@ inquired interactively.
 ENDOFHELP
 }
 
+function execAsRoot() {
+	if [[ $(id -un) == "root" ]] ; then
+		"$@"
+	else
+		sudo "$@"
+	fi
+}
+
 function parseCommandline() {
 	TEMP=$(getopt -o 'a::,j:,n:,h' -l 'auto::,jail:,netmask:,help' -- "$@")
 
@@ -165,6 +174,9 @@ jail="apache-auth"
 
 parseCommandline "$@"
 
+# List already banned addresses in the chosen jail
+banned="$(execAsRoot fail2ban-client get "${jail}" banip)"
+
 # Determine the current connections to the desired port; store the raw data in
 # $fileraw.
 netstat -nt | grep "${MY_IP}:${MY_PORT}" | tr -s '[:blank:]' | cut -d' ' -f5 \
@@ -176,6 +188,29 @@ cut -d. -f1-3 "${fileraw}" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn > "${file24}"
 cut -d. -f1-2 "${fileraw}" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn > "${file16}"
 cut -d. -f1 "${fileraw}" | sort | uniq -c | sort -rn > "${file8}"
 
+function filter() {
+    # list of current connections
+    file="$1"
+    # subnet extension, e.g. ".0.0/16"
+    ext="$2"
+    rm -f "${filtered}"
+    
+    # Reject already banned addresses
+    while read -r -u3 address ; do
+        if [[ "${banned}" != *"${address}${ext}"* ]] ; then
+            echo "${address}" >> "${filtered}"
+        fi
+    done 3< "${file}"
+
+    mv "${filtered}" "${file}"
+}
+
+# Filter already banned addresses
+filter "${file32}" "${ext32}"
+filter "${file24}" "${ext24}"
+filter "${file16}" "${ext16}"
+filter "${file8}" "${ext8}"
+
 # Determine the number of entries per file.
 nlines32=$(cat "${file32}" | wc -l)
 nlines24=$(cat "${file24}" | wc -l)
@@ -378,12 +413,7 @@ sudo -k
 # one of them.
 while read -r addr ; do
 	echo "Banning ${addr} ..."
-	if [[ $(id -un) == "root" ]] ; then
-		# Don't use sudo when we're running as root.
-		fail2ban-client set "${jail}" banip "${addr}"
-	else
-		sudo fail2ban-client set "${jail}" banip "${addr}"
-	fi
+	execAsRoot fail2ban-client set "${jail}" banip "${addr}"
 done < "${banlist}"
 
 echo -e "${green}All done!${reset}"