diff --git a/fetchmirrors.sh b/fetchmirrors.sh
index dd8bcec..6c922d4 100755
--- a/fetchmirrors.sh
+++ b/fetchmirrors.sh
@@ -35,15 +35,24 @@ usage() {
 	echo "${Yellow}   Number of servers to rank (default  6)"
 	echo "${Green}   -v --verbose"
 	echo "${Yellow}   Verbose output"
+	echo "${Green}   -p --protocol"
+	echo "${Yellow}   the protocol to use either http or https, default is empty (both)"
+	echo "${Green}   -i --ip-version"
+	echo "${Yellow}   the ip version to use either 4 or 6, default is empty (both)"
+	echo "${Green}   -u --use-mirror-status"
+	echo "${Yellow}   use mirror status"
 	echo
 	echo "${Yellow} Use${Green} $this ${Yellow}without any option to prompt for country code(s)${ColorOff}"
 }
 
 get_opts() {
 		
-	this=${0##*/} # Set 'this', 'rank_int', 'confirm', 'countries', and color variables
+	this=${0##*/} # Set 'this', 'rank_int', 'confirm', 'countries', 'protocol', 'ip_version', 'use_mirror_status' and color variables
 	rank_int="6"
 	confirm=true
+	protocol=()
+	ip_version=()
+	use_mirror_status=""
 	err=false
 	Green=$'\e[0;32m';
 	Yellow=$'\e[0;33m';
@@ -51,8 +60,91 @@ get_opts() {
 	Magenta=$'\e[0;35m';
 	ColorOff=$'\e[0m';
 #	frmt_countries=( "${Magenta}1) ${Green}AM ${Yellow}All-Mirrors - ${Magenta}2) ${Green}AS ${Yellow}All-Https - ${Magenta}3) ${Green}AT ${Yellow}Austria\n${Magenta}4) ${Green}AU ${Yellow}Australia - ${Magenta}5) ${Green}BE ${Yellow}Belgium - ${Magenta}6) ${Green}BG ${Yellow}Bulgaria\n${Magenta}7) ${Green}BR ${Yellow}Brazil - ${Magenta}8) ${Green}BY ${Yellow}Belarus - ${Magenta}9) ${Green}CA ${Yellow}Canada\n${Magenta}10) ${Green}CL ${Yellow}Chile - ${Magenta}11) ${Green}CN ${Yellow}China - ${Magenta}12) ${Green}CO ${Yellow}Columbia\n${Magenta}13) ${Green}CZ ${Yellow}Czech-Republic - ${Magenta}14) ${Green}DE ${Yellow}Germany - ${Magenta}15) ${Green}DK ${Yellow}Denmark\n${Magenta}16) ${Green}EE ${Yellow}Estonia - ${Magenta}17) ${Green}ES ${Yellow}Spain - ${Magenta}18) ${Green}FI ${Yellow}Finland\n${Magenta}19) ${Green}FR ${Yellow}France - ${Magenta}20) ${Green}GB ${Yellow}United-Kingdom - ${Magenta}21) ${Green}HU ${Yellow}Hungary\n${Magenta}22) ${Green}IE ${Yellow}Ireland - ${Magenta}23) ${Green}IL ${Yellow}Isreal - ${Magenta}24) ${Green}IN ${Yellow}India\n${Magenta}25) ${Green}IT ${Yellow}Italy - ${Magenta}26) ${Green}JP ${Yellow}Japan - ${Magenta}27) ${Green}KR ${Yellow}Korea\n${Magenta}28) ${Green}KZ ${Yellow}Kazakhstan - ${Magenta}29) ${Green}LK ${Yellow}Sri-Lanka - ${Magenta}30) ${Green}LU ${Yellow}Luxembourg\n${Magenta}31) ${Green}LV ${Yellow}Lativia - ${Magenta}32) ${Green}MK ${Yellow}Macedonia - ${Magenta}33) ${Green}NC ${Yellow}New-Caledonia\n${Magenta}34) ${Green}NL ${Yellow}Netherlands - ${Magenta}35) ${Green}NO ${Yellow}Norway - ${Magenta}36) ${Green}NZ ${Yellow}New-Zealand\n${Magenta}37) ${Green}PL ${Yellow}Poland - ${Magenta}38) ${Green}PT ${Yellow}Portugal - ${Magenta}39) ${Green}RO ${Yellow}Romania\n${Magenta}40) ${Green}RS ${Yellow}Serbia - ${Magenta}41) ${Green}RU ${Yellow}Russia - ${Magenta}42) ${Green}SE ${Yellow}Sweden\n${Magenta}43) ${Green}SG ${Yellow}Singapore - ${Magenta}44) ${Green}SK ${Yellow}Slovakia - ${Magenta}45) ${Green}TR ${Yellow}Turkey\n${Magenta}46) ${Green}TW ${Yellow}Taiwan - ${Magenta}47) ${Green}UA ${Yellow}Ukraine - ${Magenta}48) ${Green}US ${Yellow}United-States\n${Magenta}49) ${Green}UZ ${Yellow}Uzbekistan - ${Magenta}50) ${Green}VN ${Yellow}Viet-Nam - ${Magenta}51) ${Green}ZA ${Yellow}South-Africa" )	
-	countries=( "1) AM All-Mirrors - 2) AS All-Https - 3) AT Austria\n4) AU Australia - 5) BE Belgium - 6) BG Bulgaria\n7) BR Brazil - 8) BY Belarus - 9) CA Canada\n10) CL Chile - 11) CN China - 12) CO Columbia\n13) CZ Czech-Republic - 14) DE Germany - 15) DK Denmark\n16) EE Estonia - 17) ES Spain - 18) FI Finland\n19) FR France - 20) GB United-Kingdom - 21) HU Hungary\n22) IE Ireland - 23) IL Isreal - 24) IN India\n25) IT Italy - 26) JP Japan - 27) KR Korea\n28) KZ Kazakhstan - 29) LK Sri-Lanka - 30) LU Luxembourg\n31) LV Lativia - 32) MK Macedonia - 33) NC New-Caledonia\n34) NL Netherlands - 35) NO Norway - 36) NZ New-Zealand\n37) PL Poland - 38) PT Portugal - 39) RO Romania\n40) RS Serbia - 41) RU Russia - 42) SE Sweden\n43) SG Singapore - 44) SK Slovakia - 45) TR Turkey\n46) TW Taiwan - 47) UA Ukraine - 48) US United-States\n49) UZ Uzbekistan - 50) VN Viet-Nam - 51) ZA South-Africa" )
-
+	#countries=( "1) AM All-Mirrors - 2) AS All-Https - 3) AT Austria\n4) AU Australia - 5) BE Belgium - 6) BG Bulgaria\n7) BR Brazil - 8) BY Belarus - 9) CA Canada\n10) CL Chile - 11) CN China - 12) CO Columbia\n13) CZ Czech-Republic - 14) DE Germany - 15) DK Denmark\n16) EE Estonia - 17) ES Spain - 18) FI Finland\n19) FR France - 20) GB United-Kingdom - 21) HU Hungary\n22) IE Ireland - 23) IL Isreal - 24) IN India\n25) IT Italy - 26) JP Japan - 27) KR Korea\n28) KZ Kazakhstan - 29) LK Sri-Lanka - 30) LU Luxembourg\n31) LV Lativia - 32) MK Macedonia - 33) NC New-Caledonia\n34) NL Netherlands - 35) NO Norway - 36) NZ New-Zealand\n37) PL Poland - 38) PT Portugal - 39) RO Romania\n40) RS Serbia - 41) RU Russia - 42) SE Sweden\n43) SG Singapore - 44) SK Slovakia - 45) TR Turkey\n46) TW Taiwan - 47) UA Ukraine - 48) US United-States\n49) UZ Uzbekistan - 50) VN Viet-Nam - 51) ZA South-Africa" )
+	countries+=("1) AM All-Mirrors")
+	countries+=("2) AS All-Https")
+	countries+=("3) AT Austria")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("4) AU Australia")
+	countries+=("5) BA Bosnia-and-Herzegovina")
+	countries+=("6) BE Belgium")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("7) BG Bulgaria")
+	countries+=("8) BR Brazil")
+	countries+=("9) BY Belarus")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("10) CA Canada")
+	countries+=("11) CH Switzerland")
+	countries+=("12) CL Chile")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("13) CN China")
+	countries+=("14) CO Colombia")
+	countries+=("15) CZ Czech-Republic")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("16) DE Germany")
+	countries+=("17) DK Denmark")
+	countries+=("18) EC Ecuador")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("19) ES Spain")
+	countries+=("20) FI Finland")
+	countries+=("21) FR France")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("22) GB United-Kingdom")
+	countries+=("23) GR Greece")
+	countries+=("24) HK Hong-Kong")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("25) HR Croatia")
+	countries+=("26) HU Hungary")
+	countries+=("27) ID Indonesia")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("28) IE Ireland")
+	countries+=("29) IL Israel")
+	countries+=("30) IN India")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("31) IR Iran")
+	countries+=("32) IS Iceland")
+	countries+=("33) IT Italy")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("34) JP Japan")
+	countries+=("35) KR South-Korea")
+	countries+=("36) KZ Kazakhstan")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("37) LT Lithuania")
+	countries+=("38) LU Luxembourg")
+	countries+=("39) LV Latvia")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("40) MK Macedonia")
+	countries+=("41) MX Mexico")
+	countries+=("42) NC New-Caledonia")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("43) NL Netherlands")
+	countries+=("44) NO Norway")
+	countries+=("45) NZ New-Zealand")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("46) PH Philippines")
+	countries+=("47) PL Poland")
+	countries+=("48) PT Portugal")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("49) QA Qatar")
+	countries+=("50) RO Romania")
+	countries+=("51) RS Serbia")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("52) RU Russia")
+	countries+=("53) SE Sweden")
+	countries+=("54) SG Singapore")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("55) SI Slovenia")
+	countries+=("56) SK Slovakia")
+	countries+=("57) TH Thailand")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("58) TR Turkey")
+	countries+=("59) TW Taiwan")
+	countries+=("60) UA Ukraine")
+	countries+=("\n")
+	countries+=("61) US United-States")
+	countries+=("62) VN Vietnam")
+	countries+=("63) ZA South-Africa")
+	countries+=("\n")
 	trap ctrl_c INT
 
     if [ -z "$1" ] && [ "$UID" -ne "0" ]; then
@@ -89,7 +181,7 @@ get_opts() {
 			;;
 			-l|--list) # Display a list of country codes to the user
 				echo "${Yellow}Country codes:${ColorOff}"
-				echo -e "$countries" | column -t
+				echo -e "${countries[@]}" | column -t
 				echo "${Yellow}Note: Use only the upercase two character code in your command ex:${Green} $this -c US"
 				echo "${Yellow}Or simply use:${Green} ${this}${ColorOff}"
 				break
@@ -102,9 +194,9 @@ get_opts() {
 					echo "${Yellow}[${this}]${Red} Error: ${Yellow}You must enter a country code."
 				else
 					shift
-					for i in $(echo "$@") ; do
-						if (echo "$countries" | grep -w "$i" &> /dev/null); then
-							query+="https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=${i} "
+					for i in "$@" ; do
+						if (echo "${countries[@]}" | grep -w "$i" &> /dev/null); then
+							query+=("https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=${i}")
 						else
 							echo "${Yellow}[${this}]${Red} Error: ${Yellow}country code: $2 not found."
 							echo "To view a list of country codes run:${Green} $this -l${ColorOff}"
@@ -115,6 +207,29 @@ get_opts() {
 				fi
 				break
 			;;
+			-p|--protocol) # Set protocol eg. http or https
+				if [ "$2" != "https" ] && [ "$2" != "http" ] ; then
+					echo "${Yellow}[${this}]${Red} Error: ${Yellow} invalid protocol use https or http or both ${ColorOff}"
+					exit 1
+				fi
+				protocol+=("$2");
+				# remove duplicates, in case of "-p https -p https --protocol https"
+				protocol=($(echo "${protocol[@]}" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -u))
+				shift ; shift ;
+			;;
+			-i|--ip-version) # Set ip version eg. 4 or 6
+				if [ "$2" -ne "4" ] && [ "$2" -ne "6" ] ; then
+					echo "${Yellow}[${this}]${Red} Error: ${Yellow} invalid ip_version use 4 or 6 or both ${ColorOff}"
+					exit 1
+				fi
+				ip_version+=("$2");
+				# remove duplicates, in case of "-i 4 -i 4 --ip-version 4"
+				ip_version=($(echo "${ip_version[@]}" | tr ' ' '\n' | sort -u))
+				shift ; shift ;
+			;;
+			-u|--use-mirror-status) # use mirror status
+				use_mirror_status="&use_mirror_status=on" ; shift
+			;;
 			"") # Empty 1 parameter means search for country code
 				search ; break
 			;;
@@ -128,35 +243,34 @@ get_opts() {
 }
 
 search() {
-	
 	while (true)
 	  do
 		echo "${Green}Country codes:${ColorOff}"
-		echo -e "$countries" | column -t
+		echo -e "${countries[@]}" | column -t
 		echo -n "${Yellow}Enter the number(s) or code(s) corresponding to your country ${Green}[4 9 US]${Yellow}:${ColorOff} "
-		read code
+		read -ra code
 			
-		for i in $(echo "$code") ; do
+		for i in "${code[@]}" ; do
 			case "$i" in
-				1)	# Set query to all mirrors
+				1|AM)	# Set query to all mirrors
 					country="All"
-					query="https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/all/"
+					query=("https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/all/")
 					break
 				;;
-				2)	# Set query to all https mirrors
+				2|AS)	# Set query to all https mirrors
 					country="All HTTPS"
-					query="https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/all/https/"
+					query=("https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/all/https/")
 					break
 				;;
 				[0-9]|[1-4][0-9]|[5][0-1])	
-					country_code=$(<<<"$countries" grep -o "$i.*" | awk 'NR==1 {print $2}')
-					country+=$(<<<"$countries" grep -o "$i.*" | awk 'NR==1 {print $3" "}' | sed 's/\\n.*/ /')
-					query+="https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=${country_code} "
+					country_code=$(<<<"${countries[@]}" grep -o "$i.*" | awk 'NR==1 {print $2}')
+					country+=($(<<<"${countries[@]}" grep -o "$i.*" | awk 'NR==1 {print $3" "}' | sed 's/\\n.*/ /'))
+					query+=("https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=${country_code}")
 				;;
-				[A-Z][A-Z])
-					if (<<<"$countries" grep -o "$i" &>/dev/null); then
-						country+=$(<<<"$countries" grep -o "$i.*" | awk 'NR==1 {print $2}' | sed 's/\\n.*/ /')
-						query+="https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=${i} "
+				[[:upper:]][[:upper:]])
+					if (<<<"${countries[@]}" grep -o "$i" &>/dev/null); then
+						country+=($(<<<"${countries[@]}" grep -o "$i.*" | awk 'NR==1 {print $2}' | sed 's/\\n.*/ /'))
+						query+=("https://www.archlinux.org/mirrorlist/?country=${i}")
 					else
 						echo "${Yellow}[${this}]${Red} Error: ${Yellow}invalid input [ $i ], select a number or code from the list.${ColorOff}"
 						err=true
@@ -180,8 +294,8 @@ search() {
 	done
 
 	if "$confirm" ; then
-		echo -en "\n${Yellow}You have selected the countries:${Green} $country${Yellow}- is this correct ${Green}[Y/n]:${ColorOff} "
-		read input
+		echo -en "\n${Yellow}You have selected the countries:${Green} ${country[*]} ${Yellow}- is this correct ${Green}[Y/n]:${ColorOff} "
+		read -r input
 		
 		case "$input" in
 			y|Y|yes|Yes|yY|Yy|yy|YY|"")
@@ -199,8 +313,21 @@ search() {
 
 get_list() {
 
+	# build query string for protocol
+	protocolQueryString="";					
+	for p in "${protocol[@]}";
+	do
+		protocolQueryString+="&protocol=$p";
+	done
+	# build query string for ip_version
+	ip_versionQueryString="";					
+	for i in "${ip_version[@]}"	;
+	do
+		ip_versionQueryString+="&ip_version=$i";
+	done
 	echo
-	for list in $(echo "$query") ; do
+	for list in "${query[@]}" ; do
+		list+=${protocolQueryString}${ip_versionQueryString}${use_mirror_status}
 		if (curl -s "$list" | grep "Server" &>/dev/null); then
 			echo "${Yellow}Fetching new mirrorlist from:${Green} ${list}${ColorOff}"
 			curl -s "$list" | sed '1,4d' >> /tmp/mirrorlist
@@ -214,16 +341,15 @@ get_list() {
 	done
 
 	sed -i 's/#//' /tmp/mirrorlist
-	echo "${Yellow}Please wait while ranking${Green} $country${Yellow}mirrors...${ColorOff}"
-	rankmirrors -n "$rank_int" /tmp/mirrorlist > /tmp/mirrorlist.ranked
+	echo "${Yellow}Please wait while ranking${Green} ${country[*]} ${Yellow}mirrors...${ColorOff}"
 	
-	if [ "$?" -gt "0" ]; then
+	if ! rankmirrors -n "$rank_int" /tmp/mirrorlist > /tmp/mirrorlist.ranked  ; then
 		echo "${Yellow}[${this}]${Red} Error: ${Yellow}an error occured in ranking mirrorlist exiting..."
 		rm /tmp/{mirrorlist,mirrorlist.ranked} &> /dev/null
 		exit 1
 	elif "$confirm" ; then
 		echo -en "\n${Yellow}Would you like to view new mirrorlist? ${Green}[Y/n]: ${ColorOff}"
-		read input
+		read -r input
 
 		case "$input" in
 			y|Y|yes|Yes|yY|Yy|yy|YY|"")
@@ -232,7 +358,7 @@ get_list() {
 		esac
 
 		echo -en "\n${Yellow}Would you like to install the new mirrorlist backing up existing? ${Green}[Y/n]:${ColorOff} "
-		read input
+		read -r input
 	else
 		input=""
 	fi