diff --git a/wifite/args.py b/wifite/args.py
index 6c07e6201..611ff3531 100755
--- a/wifite/args.py
+++ b/wifite/args.py
@@ -144,14 +144,18 @@ def _add_global_args(self, glob):
                           help=self._verbose('ESSID (e.g. {GR}NETGEAR07{W}) of access point to attack'))
         glob.add_argument('--essid', help=argparse.SUPPRESS, action='store', dest='target_essid', type=str)
 
+    def file_to_list(file_path):
+        with open(file_path, 'r') as f:
+            return [line.strip() for line in f]
+            
+            ...
         glob.add_argument('-E',
-                          action='append',
-                          dest='ignore_essids',
-                          metavar='[text]',
-                          type=str,
+                          action='store',
+                          dest='ignore_essids_file',
+                          metavar='[file]',
+                          type=argparse.FileType('r'),
                           default=None,
-                          help=self._verbose(
-                              'Hides targets with ESSIDs that match the given text. Can be used more than once.'))
+                          help=self._verbose('Hides targets with ESSIDs that match the given text in the file.'))
         glob.add_argument('--ignore-essid', help=argparse.SUPPRESS, action='append', dest='ignore_essids', type=str)
 
         glob.add_argument('-ic',