diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 969f5de..0dafc19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ You can just download the docker container and run it locally without Kubernetes
 ```
 $ docker run -d -e PRJID="9ca799e6-52c4-4a9e-8b40-461eef4f57e9" -e WSNAME="tpk" -e APIKEY="plane_api_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -e TABLETITLE="Passed In Title" -e IGNORESTATE="Cancelled"  -p 8999:80 --name pyplanetest pyplanelist:0.0.7
 20903d6f949e0ebb150f0d5c54825350cc521af4194b039e75a0f6fa7bafcb4e
-```
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+```
+
+Note: Ignore state can be a comma seperated list of states to hide
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diff --git a/src/app.py b/src/app.py
index 6c4e8b4..4d1698b 100644
--- a/src/app.py
+++ b/src/app.py
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 tableTitle = os.environ.get("TABLETITLE")
 ignoreState = os.environ.get("IGNORESTATE")
 
+# check if csv a contains b
+def check_string_in_list(a, b):
+    return any(e in b for e in a.split(','))
+
 @app.route('/')
 def index():
     url = f'https://api.plane.so/api/v1/workspaces/{workspacename}/projects/{projectid}/issues/'
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ def index():
         for state in stateresults:
            if state["id"] == result['state']:
                stateName = state["name"]
-        if ignoreState != stateName:
+        if not check_string_in_list(ignoreState,stateName):
            table_data.append([result['name'], stateName, description_html, result['target_date']])
     env = Environment(loader=FileSystemLoader('/app'))
     template = env.get_template('table.html')