diff --git a/internal/auth/auth.go b/internal/auth/auth.go
index 521c3c8..9dbd105 100644
--- a/internal/auth/auth.go
+++ b/internal/auth/auth.go
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ package auth
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"regexp"
-	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 	"tinyauth/internal/docker"
 	"tinyauth/internal/types"
+	"tinyauth/internal/utils"
 
 	"github.com/gin-gonic/gin"
 	"github.com/gorilla/sessions"
@@ -278,27 +278,14 @@ func (auth *Auth) ResourceAllowed(c *gin.Context, context types.UserContext) (bo
 
 	// Check if oauth is allowed
 	if context.OAuth {
-		if len(labels.OAuthWhitelist) == 0 {
-			return true, nil
-		}
 		log.Debug().Msg("Checking OAuth whitelist")
-		if slices.Contains(labels.OAuthWhitelist, context.Username) {
-			return true, nil
-		}
+		return utils.CheckWhitelist(labels.OAuthWhitelist, context.Username), nil
 	}
 
-	// Check if user is allowed
-	if len(labels.Users) != 0 {
-		log.Debug().Msg("Checking users")
-		if slices.Contains(labels.Users, context.Username) {
-			return true, nil
-		}
-	} else {
-		return true, nil
-	}
+	// Check users
+	log.Debug().Msg("Checking users")
 
-	// Not allowed
-	return false, nil
+	return utils.CheckWhitelist(labels.Users, context.Username), nil
 }
 
 func (auth *Auth) AuthEnabled(c *gin.Context) (bool, error) {
diff --git a/internal/types/types.go b/internal/types/types.go
index 19d877d..dc6f9c1 100644
--- a/internal/types/types.go
+++ b/internal/types/types.go
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ type SessionCookie struct {
 
 // TinyauthLabels is the labels for the tinyauth container
 type TinyauthLabels struct {
-	OAuthWhitelist []string
-	Users          []string
+	OAuthWhitelist string
+	Users          string
 	Allowed        string
 	Headers        map[string]string
 }
diff --git a/internal/utils/utils.go b/internal/utils/utils.go
index b60f8c6..772c125 100644
--- a/internal/utils/utils.go
+++ b/internal/utils/utils.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
+	"regexp"
 	"slices"
 	"strings"
 	"tinyauth/internal/constants"
@@ -188,9 +189,9 @@ func GetTinyauthLabels(labels map[string]string) types.TinyauthLabels {
 			// Add the label value to the tinyauth labels struct
 			switch label {
 			case "tinyauth.oauth.whitelist":
-				tinyauthLabels.OAuthWhitelist = strings.Split(value, ",")
+				tinyauthLabels.OAuthWhitelist = value
 			case "tinyauth.users":
-				tinyauthLabels.Users = strings.Split(value, ",")
+				tinyauthLabels.Users = value
 			case "tinyauth.allowed":
 				tinyauthLabels.Allowed = value
 			case "tinyauth.headers":
@@ -283,3 +284,42 @@ func ParseSecretFile(contents string) string {
 	// Return an empty string
 	return ""
 }
+
+// Check if a string matches a regex or a whitelist
+func CheckWhitelist(whitelist string, str string) bool {
+	// Check if the whitelist is empty
+	if len(whitelist) == 0 {
+		return true
+	}
+
+	// Check if the whitelist is a regex
+	if strings.HasPrefix(whitelist, "/") && strings.HasSuffix(whitelist, "/") {
+		// Create regex
+		re, err := regexp.Compile(whitelist[1 : len(whitelist)-1])
+
+		// Check if there was an error
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error().Err(err).Msg("Error compiling regex")
+			return false
+		}
+
+		// Check if the string matches the regex
+		if re.MatchString(str) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Split the whitelist by comma
+	whitelistSplit := strings.Split(whitelist, ",")
+
+	// Loop through the whitelist
+	for _, item := range whitelistSplit {
+		// Check if the item matches with the string
+		if strings.TrimSpace(item) == str {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Return false if no match was found
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/internal/utils/utils_test.go b/internal/utils/utils_test.go
index e859f8d..041da98 100644
--- a/internal/utils/utils_test.go
+++ b/internal/utils/utils_test.go
@@ -286,15 +286,19 @@ func TestGetTinyauthLabels(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test the get tinyauth labels function with a valid map
 	labels := map[string]string{
 		"tinyauth.users":           "user1,user2",
-		"tinyauth.oauth.whitelist": "user1,user2",
+		"tinyauth.oauth.whitelist": "/regex/",
 		"tinyauth.allowed":         "random",
 		"random":                   "random",
+		"tinyauth.headers":         "X-Header=value",
 	}
 
 	expected := types.TinyauthLabels{
-		Users:          []string{"user1", "user2"},
-		OAuthWhitelist: []string{"user1", "user2"},
+		Users:          "user1,user2",
+		OAuthWhitelist: "/regex/",
 		Allowed:        "random",
+		Headers: map[string]string{
+			"X-Header": "value",
+		},
 	}
 
 	result := utils.GetTinyauthLabels(labels)
@@ -385,3 +389,81 @@ func TestParseUser(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected error parsing user")
 	}
 }
+
+// Test the whitelist function
+func TestCheckWhitelist(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Log("Testing check whitelist with a comma whitelist")
+
+	// Create variables
+	whitelist := "user1,user2,user3"
+	str := "user1"
+	expected := true
+
+	// Test the check whitelist function
+	result := utils.CheckWhitelist(whitelist, str)
+
+	// Check if the result is equal to the expected
+	if result != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %v, got %v", expected, result)
+	}
+
+	t.Log("Testing check whitelist with a regex whitelist")
+
+	// Create variables
+	whitelist = "/^user[0-9]+$/"
+	str = "user1"
+	expected = true
+
+	// Test the check whitelist function
+	result = utils.CheckWhitelist(whitelist, str)
+
+	// Check if the result is equal to the expected
+	if result != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %v, got %v", expected, result)
+	}
+
+	t.Log("Testing check whitelist with an empty whitelist")
+
+	// Create variables
+	whitelist = ""
+	str = "user1"
+	expected = true
+
+	// Test the check whitelist function
+	result = utils.CheckWhitelist(whitelist, str)
+
+	// Check if the result is equal to the expected
+	if result != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %v, got %v", expected, result)
+	}
+
+	t.Log("Testing check whitelist with an invalid regex whitelist")
+
+	// Create variables
+	whitelist = "/^user[0-9+$/"
+	str = "user1"
+	expected = false
+
+	// Test the check whitelist function
+	result = utils.CheckWhitelist(whitelist, str)
+
+	// Check if the result is equal to the expected
+	if result != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %v, got %v", expected, result)
+	}
+
+	t.Log("Testing check whitelist with a non matching whitelist")
+
+	// Create variables
+	whitelist = "user1,user2,user3"
+	str = "user4"
+	expected = false
+
+	// Test the check whitelist function
+	result = utils.CheckWhitelist(whitelist, str)
+
+	// Check if the result is equal to the expected
+	if result != expected {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %v, got %v", expected, result)
+	}
+}