diff --git a/me.lua b/me.lua
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+++ b/me.lua
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+local me = {}
+
+me.name = "bzgas"
+me.list = {}
+
+function me.get_setting(name)
+  if settings.startup[name] == nil then
+    return nil
+  end
+  return settings.startup[name].value
+end
+
+me.bypass = {}
+if me.get_setting(me.name.."-recipe-bypass") then 
+  for recipe in string.gmatch(me.get_setting(me.name.."-recipe-bypass"), '[^",%s]+') do
+    me.bypass[recipe] = true
+  end
+end
+
+function me.add_modified(name) 
+  if me.get_setting(me.name.."-list") then 
+    table.insert(me.list, name)
+  end
+end
+
+
+return me