diff --git a/proxDoc.sh b/proxDoc.sh
index 551aeca..18bf2cc 100755
--- a/proxDoc.sh
+++ b/proxDoc.sh
@@ -468,6 +468,15 @@ get_hwmon_status() {
     fi
 }
 
+run_selective_checks() {
+    local checks="$1"
+    if [[ -z "$checks" ]]; then
+        log_message error "No checks specified. Use --checks=cpu,ram,disk"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    log_message info "Selective checks not yet implemented"
+}
+
 quick_health_check() {
     echo -e "\n${GREEN}=== Quick Health Check ===${NC}"
     echo -e "Running quick health assessment...\n"
@@ -653,8 +662,40 @@ runDiags() {
     log_message info "Examination complete"
 }
 
+# Whitelist of valid command options
+readonly VALID_OPTIONS="--help --diags --quick --drives --ceph --node-exporter --hwmon --services --vm-list --ct-list --backup --checks"
+
+validate_input() {
+    local input="$1"
+    # Check if input matches valid option pattern (starts with -- and contains only alphanumeric, hyphens, equals, commas)
+    if [[ ! "$input" =~ ^--[a-z][-a-z=,]*$ ]]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+    # Extract the option name (before any = sign)
+    local opt_name="${input%%=*}"
+    # Check against whitelist
+    if [[ ! " $VALID_OPTIONS " =~ " $opt_name " ]]; then
+        return 1
+    fi
+    return 0
+}
+
 checkForInput() {
-    case $1 in
+    local input="$1"
+
+    # Validate input against whitelist
+    if ! validate_input "$input"; then
+        echo -e "${RED}Invalid option: $input${NC}"
+        echo -e "Use --help to see available options."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
+    # Extract option name and value for --checks=X pattern
+    local opt_name="${input%%=*}"
+    local opt_value="${input#*=}"
+    [[ "$opt_name" == "$opt_value" ]] && opt_value=""
+
+    case "$opt_name" in
         --help)          help ;;
         --diags)         check_requirements; runDiags ;;
         --quick)         quick_health_check ;;
@@ -666,7 +707,7 @@ checkForInput() {
         --vm-list)       list_vms ;;
         --ct-list)       list_containers ;;
         --backup)        echo -e "${GREEN}Backup Status:${NC}"; pvesm status 2>/dev/null || log_message warn "pvesm not available" ;;
-        *)               echo -e "${RED}Invalid option: $1${NC}"; help ;;
+        --checks)        run_selective_checks "$opt_value" ;;
     esac
 }