diff --git a/scripts/conf.py b/scripts/conf.py
index 9b79107..e256729 100644
--- a/scripts/conf.py
+++ b/scripts/conf.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ OFFICIAL_PARTICIPANTS_FILE = STATIC_PATH + '.official_participants'
 WEBRING_CSV_FILE = 'webring-participants.csv'
 
 LOCAL_DIR = '' # Assign on script startup
+LOCAL_INSTANCE = '' # Assign on script startup
 
 PROXIES = {
     'http': 'socks5h://127.0.0.1:9050',
diff --git a/scripts/lantern.py b/scripts/lantern.py
index cbcad6a..845e187 100644
--- a/scripts/lantern.py
+++ b/scripts/lantern.py
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ def main():
     if 'Blacklisted' not in webpdf.columns:
         webpdf['Blacklisted'] = 'NO'
 
-        webpdf.to_csv(webpcsvfile, index=False)
+        save_dataframe(webpdf, webpcsvfile)
 
 	##### CHECK IF ARGUMENTS ARE PASSED TO ENTER PROMPT-LESS MODE #####
     if len(sys.argv) == 2 and sys.argv[1] == "4":
diff --git a/scripts/logic/lantern_logic.py b/scripts/logic/lantern_logic.py
index f3174a7..68387d0 100644
--- a/scripts/logic/lantern_logic.py
+++ b/scripts/logic/lantern_logic.py
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ def clean_csv(df, blacklist):
 
     try:
         if not df.empty:
+            df = utils.sort_instances(df, 'Instance', conf.LOCAL_INSTANCE)
+
             df = utils.remove_duplications(df)
 
             df = df[~df.apply(lambda row: any(word in str(value) for word in blacklist for value in row), axis=1)]
diff --git a/scripts/logic/options.py b/scripts/logic/options.py
index fe8cc47..4b4c05b 100644
--- a/scripts/logic/options.py
+++ b/scripts/logic/options.py
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ def run_option_4():
         utils.print_colors("4) Synchronize new links from new or existing webring participants, into your local csv files")
 
         utils.print_colors('[+] Syncing official webrings to local webrings')
-                    
-        current_instance = utils.get_current_instance()
 
-        webring_df = utils.get_local_webring_participants(current_instance)
+        webring_df = utils.get_local_webring_participants(conf.LOCAL_INSTANCE)
 
         utils.print_colors('[+] Reading local blacklist and sensitive words')
         local_blacklist_df = utils.get_local_blacklist()
@@ -27,13 +25,9 @@ def run_option_4():
         utils.print_colors('[+] Reading local verified and unverified')
         local_verified_df, local_unverified_df = utils.get_local_verified_and_unverified()
 
-        #Remove all rows
-        local_unverified_df = utils.renew_csv(local_unverified_df, current_instance)
-        local_verified_df = utils.renew_csv(local_verified_df, current_instance)
-
         for participant in webring_df.itertuples(index=False, name='columns'):
             # Check if the participant is my instance
-            if current_instance in participant:
+            if conf.LOCAL_INSTANCE in participant:
                 continue
 
             if participant.Blacklisted == 'YES':
diff --git a/scripts/utils.py b/scripts/utils.py
index 497ed19..15edffc 100644
--- a/scripts/utils.py
+++ b/scripts/utils.py
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ def get_current_instance():
         return ""
 
 #Set the local dir on script run
-conf.LOCAL_DIR = conf.PARTICIPANT_DIR + get_current_instance() + '/'
+conf.LOCAL_INSTANCE = get_current_instance()
+conf.LOCAL_DIR = conf.PARTICIPANT_DIR + conf.LOCAL_INSTANCE + '/'
 
 ###################### Validations ######################
 
@@ -356,6 +357,37 @@ def merge_verification_df(receiving_df, merging_df):
     except Exception as err:
         return receiving_df
 
+def sort_instances(df, sort_by, preferred=None):
+    """
+    Sorts dataframe
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+        df : pd.DataFrame
+            The dataframe to sort
+        sort_by : str
+            The column to sort by
+        preferred(optional) : str
+            the preferred value is if i want the column to be sorted with a preferred value at the start of the dataframe
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+        pd.DataFrame
+            The sorted dataframe
+    """
+
+    try:
+        df = df.sort_values(by=sort_by)
+
+        if preferred:
+            df['priority'] = (df[sort_by] == preferred).astype(int)
+            df = df.sort_values(by=['priority', sort_by], ascending=[False, True]).drop(columns='priority')
+
+    except Exception as err:
+        print_colors('[-] Sorting failed',is_error=True)
+
+    return df
+
 def remove_duplications(df):
     """
     Remove url and name duplications from the dataframe
@@ -370,9 +402,10 @@ def remove_duplications(df):
         pd.DataFrame
             The dataframe after all duplications were removed
     """
+
     try:
-        df = df.drop_duplicates(subset='Name')
-        df = df.drop_duplicates(subset='URL')
+        df = df.drop_duplicates(subset='Name', keep='first')
+        df = df.drop_duplicates(subset='URL', keep='first')
 
     except Exception as err:
         print_colors('[-] Removing duplication failed',is_error=True)
@@ -704,10 +737,8 @@ def get_official_participants():
     """
 
     try:
-        current_instance = get_current_instance()
-
         with open(conf.OFFICIAL_PARTICIPANTS_FILE, 'r') as file:
-            return [line.strip() for line in file if current_instance not in line]
+            return [line.strip() for line in file if conf.LOCAL_INSTANCE not in line]
 
     except Exception as err:
         print_colors('[-] Couldn\'t read official webring participants file',is_error=True )