diff --git a/server/country.settings.json b/server/country.settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2a0d5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/country.settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+[
+    {
+        "name": "Thailand",
+        "short": "tha",
+        "permissions": 1
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Malaysia",
+        "short": "mys",
+        "permissions": 2
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Australia",
+        "short": "aus",
+        "permissions": 4
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Alpha3",
+        "short": "alpha-3",
+        "permissions": 8
+    },
+    {
+        "ignore": true,
+        "name": "New Country in full name",
+        "short": "Short name",
+        "permissions": "use number after 128, do not use 16 and 128"
+    }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/data/data.go b/server/data/data.go
index eef8028..682b279 100644
--- a/server/data/data.go
+++ b/server/data/data.go
@@ -186,9 +186,42 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
+func LoadCountrySettings() []helpers.CountryName {
+	res := make([]helpers.CountryName, 0)
+
+	// read file country.settings.json
+	content, err := os.Open("country.settings.json")
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Errorf("country.settings.json not found")
+	}
+
+	// read content to json
+	var countrySettings []map[string]interface{}
+	err = json.NewDecoder(content).Decode(&countrySettings)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Errorf("error in country.settings")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for _, v := range countrySettings {
+		if ignore, ok := v["ignore"].(bool); ok {
+			if ignore {
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+		res = append(res, helpers.CountryName{
+			CountryID:   v["short"].(string),
+			CountryName: v["name"].(string),
+		})
+	}
+
+	return res
+}
+
 func NewData(taoLogger *logger.TaoLogger, redisClient *RedisCli) *Data {
 
-	allRecipeFiles := helpers.ScanRecipeFiles(countries)
+	allRecipeFiles := helpers.ScanRecipeFiles(LoadCountrySettings())
 
 	defaultFile := "coffeethai02_600.json"