diff --git a/Sources/hyper-focus/action_handler.swift b/Sources/hyper-focus/action_handler.swift
index 3a26058..5a5326c 100644
--- a/Sources/hyper-focus/action_handler.swift
+++ b/Sources/hyper-focus/action_handler.swift
@@ -208,8 +208,7 @@ enum ActionHandler {
     }
 
     static func blockTab(_ activeTab: BrowserTab?) {
-        // TODO: allow redirect to be configured
-        let redirectUrl: String? = "about:blank"
+        let redirectUrl = scheduleManager!.configuration.blocked_redirect_url ?? "about:blank"
 
         // TODO: I don't know how to more elegantly unwrap the enum here...
         switch activeTab {
diff --git a/Sources/hyper-focus/hyper_focus.swift b/Sources/hyper-focus/hyper_focus.swift
index ea247f4..4711af3 100644
--- a/Sources/hyper-focus/hyper_focus.swift
+++ b/Sources/hyper-focus/hyper_focus.swift
@@ -39,9 +39,11 @@ struct Configuration: Codable {
 
     var initial_wake: String?
     var wake: String?
+    var blocked_redirect_url: String?
     var schedule: [ScheduleItem]
 }
 
+var scheduleManager: ScheduleManager?
 var systemObserver: SystemObserver?
 var sleepWatcher: SleepWatcher?
 var apiServer: ApiServer?
@@ -67,10 +69,11 @@ public enum focus_app {
             return
         }
 
-        let scheduleManager = ScheduleManager()
-        systemObserver = SystemObserver(scheduleManager: scheduleManager)
-        sleepWatcher = SleepWatcher(scheduleManager: scheduleManager)
-        apiServer = ApiServer(scheduleManager: scheduleManager)
+        // NOTE this is hte main entrypoint of the application
+        scheduleManager = ScheduleManager()
+        systemObserver = SystemObserver(scheduleManager: scheduleManager!)
+        sleepWatcher = SleepWatcher(scheduleManager: scheduleManager!)
+        apiServer = ApiServer(scheduleManager: scheduleManager!)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Sources/hyper-focus/schedule_manager.swift b/Sources/hyper-focus/schedule_manager.swift
index 470e770..5876dfe 100644
--- a/Sources/hyper-focus/schedule_manager.swift
+++ b/Sources/hyper-focus/schedule_manager.swift
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class ScheduleManager {
     var overrideSchedule: Configuration.ScheduleItem?
     var plannedSchedule: Configuration.ScheduleItem?
 
-    let BLANK_SCHEDULE = Configuration.ScheduleItem()
+    let BLANK_PAUSE_SCHEDULE = Configuration.ScheduleItem()
 
     init(_ config: Configuration? = nil) {
         configuration = config ?? ConfigurationLoader.loadConfiguration()
@@ -128,9 +128,10 @@ class ScheduleManager {
     }
 
     func getSchedule() -> Configuration.ScheduleItem? {
-        // TODO: weird to have this check vs in the check poller, but we need a conditional to return BLANK_SCHEDULE
+        // TODO: weird to have this check vs in the check poller, but we need a conditional to return BLANK_PAUSE_SCHEDULE
         if endPause != nil, Date() < endPause! {
-            return BLANK_SCHEDULE
+            // if we are in a pause, return a blank schedule
+            return BLANK_PAUSE_SCHEDULE
         } else {
             endPause = nil
         }
diff --git a/schema.json b/schema.json
index fcae74c..6f1ce59 100644
--- a/schema.json
+++ b/schema.json
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
     "wake": {
       "type": "string"
     },
+    "blocked_redirect_url": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
     "schedule": {
       "type": "array",
       "items": {