diff --git a/telegram_downloader_bot/main.py b/telegram_downloader_bot/main.py
index 7eec879..3e5191d 100644
--- a/telegram_downloader_bot/main.py
+++ b/telegram_downloader_bot/main.py
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ app = Client("downloader_bot",
              bot_token=BOT_TOKEN)
 
 
+def protected(func):
+    @wraps(func)
+    async def wrapper(client, message):
+        if message.from_user.id not in ALLOWED_IDS:
+            return await message.reply_text("You are not on the list!")
+        return await func(client, message)
+    return wrapper
+
+
 async def get_user_folder(message: Message) -> os.path:
     # Determine folder name based on whether the message was forwarded
     # and who it was forwarded from
@@ -150,6 +159,7 @@ def download_tt_video(url: str) -> bool:
 
 
 @app.on_message(filters.command("start"))
+@protected
 async def start_handler(_, message: Message):
     await message.reply_text(
         "This bot downloads TikTok videos to my personal server"
@@ -157,11 +167,13 @@ async def start_handler(_, message: Message):
 
 
 @app.on_message(filters.command("help"))
+@protected
 async def help_handler(_, message: Message):
     await message.reply_text("I won't help you!")
 
 
 @app.on_message(filters.text)
+@protected
 async def message_handler(_, message: Message):
 
     urls = re.findall(r"\bhttps?://[^\s]+", message.text)
@@ -183,6 +195,7 @@ async def message_handler(_, message: Message):
 
 
 @app.on_message(filters.media)
+@protected
 async def media_handler(client, message: Message):
 
     await message.reply_text("Downloading media...")