diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d58c3c..4e992ba 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ services:
       - UFW_MANAGED=true
       - UFW_FROM=192.168.0.0/24
       - UFW_DENY_OUTGOING=true
-      - UFW_TO=192.168.1.2;192.168.2.0/24
+      - UFW_TO=192.168.1.0/24;192.168.2.2:9000;192.168.2.3:8000/udp;192.168.3.0/24:tcp
     ports:
       - 80:80
 ```
@@ -207,8 +207,10 @@ To                         Action      From
 172.17.0.2 80/tcp          ALLOW FWD   192.168.0.0/24     <= this entry allows only 192.168.1.0/24 to access nginx server 
 192.168.0.0/24             ALLOW FWD   172.17.0.2 80/tcp  <= this entry enables nginx server to reply back
 
-192.168.1.2                ALLOW FWD   172.17.0.2         <= this entry allow outgoing traffic to 192.168.1.2 ip for all tcp and udp ports
-192.168.2.0/24             ALLOW FWD   172.17.0.2         <= this entry allow outgoing traffic to 192.168.2.0/24 subnet for all tcp and udp ports
+192.168.1.0/24             ALLOW FWD   172.17.0.2         <= this entry allow outgoing traffic to 192.168.1.0/24 subnet for all tcp and udp ports
+192.168.2.2 8000/udp       ALLOW FWD   172.17.0.2         <= this entry allow outgoing traffic to 192.168.2.2 ip on 8000 port for udp protocol
+192.168.2.3 9000           ALLOW FWD   172.17.0.2         <= this entry allow outgoing traffic to 192.168.2.3 ip on 9000 port for tcp and udp protocols
+192.168.3.0/24/tcp         ALLOW FWD   172.17.0.2/tcp     <= this entry allow outgoing traffic to 192.168.3.0/24 subnet for all tcp ports
 
 Anywhere                   DENY FWD    172.17.0.2         <= this entry block any other outgoing requests
 ```
diff --git a/src/ufw-docker-automated.py b/src/ufw-docker-automated.py
index 2e7e049..5c681a1 100644
--- a/src/ufw-docker-automated.py
+++ b/src/ufw-docker-automated.py
@@ -1,10 +1,52 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
-import subprocess
+import re
 import docker
+import subprocess
 from ipaddress import ip_network
 
 client = docker.from_env()
 
+# implementation of a get method ontop __builtins__.list class
+class _list(__builtins__.list):
+    def get(self, index, default=None):
+        try:
+            return self[index] if self[index] else default
+        except IndexError:
+            return default
+
+def to_string_port(port):
+    if port.get(0) and port.get(1):
+        return f"on port {int(port.get(0))}/{port.get(1)}"
+    elif port.get(0):
+        return f"on port {int(port.get(0))}"
+    elif port.get(1):
+        return f"on proto {port.get(1)}"
+    else:
+        return ""
+
+def validate_port(port):
+    if not port:
+        return {}
+    r = re.compile(r'^(\d+)?((/|^)(tcp|udp))?$')
+    if r.match(port) is None:
+        raise ValueError(f"'{port}' does not appear to be a valid port and protocol (examples: '80/tcp' or 'udp')")
+    if port in ['tcp', 'udp']:
+        return {'protocol': port, 'to_string_port': to_string_port(_list([None, port]))}
+    port_and_protocol_split = _list(port.split('/'))
+    if not (1 <= int(port_and_protocol_split.get(0)) <= 65535):
+        raise ValueError(f"'{port}' does not appear to be a valid port number")
+    return {'port': int(port_and_protocol_split.get(0)), 'protocol': port_and_protocol_split.get(1), 'to_string_port': to_string_port(port_and_protocol_split)}
+
+def parse_ufw_to(label):
+    output = []
+    for item in label.split(';'):
+        item_list = _list(item.split(':'))
+        if len(item_list) == 2 or len(item_list) == 1:
+            output += [{
+                **{'ipnet': ip_network(item_list.get(0))}, 
+                **validate_port(port=item_list.get(1))
+            }]
+    return output
 
 def manage_ufw():
     for event in client.events(decode=True):
@@ -51,7 +93,7 @@ def manage_ufw():
 
                 if ufw_deny_outgoing == 'True' and 'UFW_TO' in container.labels:
                     try:
-                        ufw_to = [ip_network(ipnet) for ipnet in container.labels.get('UFW_TO').split(';') if ipnet]
+                        ufw_to = parse_ufw_to(container.labels.get('UFW_TO'))
                     except ValueError as e:
                         print(f"ufw-docker-automated: Invalid UFW label: UFW_TO={container.labels.get('UFW_TO')} exception={e}")
                         ufw_to = None
@@ -83,8 +125,12 @@ def manage_ufw():
                     if ufw_to:
                         for destination in ufw_to:
                             # Allow outgoing requests from the container to whitelisted IPs or Subnets
-                            print(f"ufw-docker-automated: Adding UFW rule: allow outgoing from container {container.name} to {destination}")
-                            subprocess.run([f"ufw route allow from {container_ip} to {destination}"],
+                            print(f"ufw-docker-automated: Adding UFW rule: allow outgoing from container {container.name} to {destination.get('ipnet')} {destination.get('to_string_port', '')}")
+                            destination_port = f"port {destination.get('port')}" if destination.get('port') else ""
+                            destination_protocol = f"proto {destination.get('protocol')}" if destination.get('protocol') else ""
+                            subprocess.run([f"ufw route allow {destination_protocol} \
+                                                from {container_ip} \
+                                                to {destination.get('ipnet')} {destination_port}"],
                                         stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True,
                                         shell=True)
                     # Deny any other outgoing requests