diff --git a/authd/authd.c b/authd/authd.c
index c6ed0911c..f2b051907 100644
--- a/authd/authd.c
+++ b/authd/authd.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ handle_options(int parc, char *parv[])
 		return;
 	}
 
-	handler->handler(parv[1], parc - 2, (const char **)(parv + 3));
+	handler->handler(parv[1], parc - 2, (const char **)&parv[2]);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/authd/provider.c b/authd/provider.c
index d048ae7ae..c92fea26a 100644
--- a/authd/provider.c
+++ b/authd/provider.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ void init_providers(void)
 	auth_clients = rb_dictionary_create("pending auth clients", rb_uint32cmp);
 	load_provider(&rdns_provider);
 	load_provider(&ident_provider);
+	load_provider(&blacklist_provider);
 }
 
 /* Terminate all providers */
diff --git a/authd/providers/blacklist.c b/authd/providers/blacklist.c
index 768d6b327..7c59facc4 100644
--- a/authd/providers/blacklist.c
+++ b/authd/providers/blacklist.c
@@ -435,10 +435,13 @@ blacklists_destroy(void)
 static void
 add_conf_blacklist(const char *key, int parc, const char **parv)
 {
-	rb_dlink_list filters;
+	rb_dlink_list filters = { NULL, NULL, 0 };
 	char *tmp, *elemlist = rb_strdup(parv[2]);
 	unsigned char iptype;
 
+	if(*elemlist == '*')
+		goto end;
+
 	for(char *elem = rb_strtok_r(elemlist, ",", &tmp); elem; elem = rb_strtok_r(NULL, ",", &tmp))
 	{
 		struct blacklist_filter *filter = rb_malloc(sizeof(struct blacklist_filter));
@@ -485,6 +488,7 @@ add_conf_blacklist(const char *key, int parc, const char **parv)
 		rb_dlinkAdd(filter, &filter->node, &filters);
 	}
 
+end:
 	rb_free(elemlist);
 
 	iptype = atoi(parv[1]) & 0x3;