diff --git a/apps.json b/apps.json
index 1455a2b13..822af47f2 100644
--- a/apps.json
+++ b/apps.json
@@ -1,25 +1,35 @@
 ---
+# =================================================================
+#    ALL THE INFORMATION INSIDE APPS.JSON HAS NOW BEEN MOVED
+# 
+#  You'll find it inside a file called apps/yourapp/metadata.json
+# 
+#  Otherwise nothing has changed. GitHub Pages will automatically
+#  create apps.json as your site is hosted, or if you're hosting
+#  yourself you can run bin/create_apps_json.sh
+# 
+# =================================================================
+
+# Uncomment the following line if you only want explicitly listed
+# apps to be available on your site
+
+# restricted: ["boot", "launch", "antonclk", "health", "setting", "about", "widbat", "widbt", "widlock", "widid"]
 ---
-{% comment %}
-=================================================================
-   ALL THE INFORMATION INSIDE APPS.JSON HAS NOW BEEN MOVED
-
- You'll find it inside a file called apps/yourapp/metadata.json
-
- Otherwise nothing has changed. GitHub Pages will automatically
- create apps.json as your site is hosted, or if you're hosting
- yourself you can run bin/create_apps_json.sh
-
-=================================================================
-{% endcomment %}
-{%- assign apps = site.static_files | where: "name", "metadata.json" -%}
+{%- if page.restricted == nil -%}
+    {%- assign apps = site.static_files | where: "name", "metadata.json" | map: "path" -%}
+{%- else -%}
+    {%- capture temp -%}
+    {%- for app in page.restricted %} /apps/{{app}}/metadata.json {%- endfor -%}
+    {%- endcapture -%}
+    {%- assign apps = temp | strip | split: " " -%}
+{%- endif -%}
 
 [
 
-{%- include_relative {{ apps.first.path }} -%}
+{%- include_relative {{ apps.first }} -%}
 
 {%- for app in apps offset:1 -%}
-,{%- include_relative {{ app.path }} -%}
+,{%- include_relative {{ app }} -%}
 {%- endfor -%}
 
 ]
diff --git a/bin/firmwaremaker.js b/bin/firmwaremaker.js
index 4bc2a70b2..9f7758ee5 100755
--- a/bin/firmwaremaker.js
+++ b/bin/firmwaremaker.js
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ var SETTINGS = {
 var path = require('path');
 var ROOTDIR = path.join(__dirname, '..');
 var APPDIR = ROOTDIR+'/apps';
-var APPJSON = ROOTDIR+'/apps.json';
 var OUTFILE = ROOTDIR+'/firmware.js';
 var DEVICE = "BANGLEJS";
 var APPS = [ // IDs of apps to install
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ global.Const = {
 };
 
 var AppInfo = require(ROOTDIR+"/core/js/appinfo.js");
-var appjson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(APPJSON).toString());
 var appfiles = [];
 
 function fileGetter(url) {
@@ -58,8 +56,11 @@ function fileGetter(url) {
 }
 
 Promise.all(APPS.map(appid => {
-  var app = appjson.find(app=>app.id==appid);
-  if (app===undefined) throw new Error(`App ${appid} not found`);
+  try {
+    var app = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(APPDIR + "/" + appid + "metadata.json").toString());
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error(`App ${appid} not found`);
+  }
   return AppInfo.getFiles(app, {
     fileGetter : fileGetter,
     settings : SETTINGS,
diff --git a/bin/firmwaremaker_c.js b/bin/firmwaremaker_c.js
index 14ced9ef8..e7042d2c3 100755
--- a/bin/firmwaremaker_c.js
+++ b/bin/firmwaremaker_c.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ var DEVICE = process.argv[2];
 var path = require('path');
 var ROOTDIR = path.join(__dirname, '..');
 var APPDIR = ROOTDIR+'/apps';
-var APPJSON = ROOTDIR+'/apps.json';
 var MINIFY = true;
 var OUTFILE, APPS;
 
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ function atob(input) {
   }
 
 var AppInfo = require(ROOTDIR+"/core/js/appinfo.js");
-var appjson = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(APPJSON).toString());
 var appfiles = [];
 
 function fileGetter(url) {
@@ -134,8 +132,11 @@ function evaluateFile(file) {
 }
 
 Promise.all(APPS.map(appid => {
-  var app = appjson.find(app=>app.id==appid);
-  if (app===undefined) throw new Error(`App ${appid} not found`);
+  try {
+    var app = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(APPDIR + "/" + appid + "metadata.json").toString());
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error(`App ${appid} not found`);
+  }
   return AppInfo.getFiles(app, {
     fileGetter : fileGetter,
     settings : SETTINGS,