diff --git a/src/downstream.c b/src/downstream.c
index 7c7e982..54c9cb3 100644
--- a/src/downstream.c
+++ b/src/downstream.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ void listenerOnMessage(void * msg, size_t msgSize)
                     if(ret < 0)
                     {
                         response = cJSON_CreateObject();
-                        cJSON_AddNumberToObject(response, "statusCode", 430);
+                        cJSON_AddNumberToObject(response, "statusCode", 403);
                         cJSON_AddStringToObject(response, "message", "Invalid partner_id");
                     } 
 
diff --git a/src/partners_check.c b/src/partners_check.c
index 9df498d..ae3e80e 100644
--- a/src/partners_check.c
+++ b/src/partners_check.c
@@ -39,85 +39,172 @@
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 /*                             External functions                             */
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+static void parse_partner_id(char *partnerId, partners_t **partnersList)
+{
+    char *token;
+    int i = 0, j = 0, count = 0;
+    ParodusPrint("********* %s ********\n",__FUNCTION__);
+    while(partnerId[i] != '\0')
+    {
+        if(partnerId[i] == ',')
+        {
+            count++;
+        }
+        i++;
+    }
+    ParodusPrint("count = %d\n", count+1);
+    *partnersList = (partners_t *)malloc(sizeof(partners_t)+ sizeof( char * ) * (count+1));
+    memset(*partnersList, 0, sizeof(partners_t));
+    (*partnersList)->count = count+1;
+    while ((token = strsep(&partnerId, ",")) != NULL)
+    {
+        ParodusPrint("token=%s\n", token);
+        (*partnersList)->partner_ids[j] = strdup(token);
+        ParodusPrint("(*partnersList)->partner_ids[%d] = %s\n",j,(*partnersList)->partner_ids[j]);
+        j++;
+    }
+}
+
 int validate_partner_id(wrp_msg_t *msg, partners_t **partnerIds)
 {
     int matchFlag = 0, i = 0, count = 0;
+    size_t j = 0;
+    partners_t *partnersList = NULL;
+    char *partnerId = NULL;
     ParodusPrint("********* %s ********\n",__FUNCTION__);
-    char *partnerId = get_parodus_cfg()->partner_id;
-    if(strlen(partnerId) <= 0)
+    char *temp = get_parodus_cfg()->partner_id;
+    ParodusPrint("temp = %s\n",temp);
+    if(temp[0] != '\0' && strlen(temp) > 0)
+    {
+        partnerId = strdup(temp);
+    }
+    ParodusPrint("partnerId = %s\n",partnerId);
+    if(partnerId != NULL)
+    {
+        parse_partner_id(partnerId, &partnersList);
+        ParodusPrint("partnersList->count = %lu\n", partnersList->count);
+        if(msg->msg_type == WRP_MSG_TYPE__EVENT)
+        {
+            if(msg->u.event.partner_ids != NULL)
+            {
+                count = (int) msg->u.event.partner_ids->count;
+                ParodusPrint("partner_ids count is %d\n",count);
+                for(i = 0; i < count; i++)
+                {
+                    for(j = 0; j<partnersList->count; j++)
+                    {
+                        ParodusPrint("partnersList->partner_ids[%lu] = %s\n",j, partnersList->partner_ids[j]);
+                        if(strcmp(partnersList->partner_ids[j], msg->u.event.partner_ids->partner_ids[i]) == 0)
+                        {
+                            ParodusInfo("partner_id match found\n");
+                            matchFlag = 1;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    /* Commandline input partner_ids matched with partner_ids from request */
+                    if(matchFlag == 1)
+                    {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                /* Commandline input partner_ids not matching with partner_ids from request, appending to request partner_ids*/
+                if(matchFlag != 1)
+                {
+                    (*partnerIds) = (partners_t *) malloc(sizeof(partners_t) + (sizeof(char *) * (count+partnersList->count)));
+                    (*partnerIds)->count = count+partnersList->count;
+                    for(i = 0; i < count; i++)
+                    {
+                        (*partnerIds)->partner_ids[i] = msg->u.event.partner_ids->partner_ids[i];
+                        ParodusPrint("(*partnerIds)->partner_ids[%d] : %s\n",i,(*partnerIds)->partner_ids[i]);
+                    }
+                    i = 0;
+                    for(j = count; j<(count+partnersList->count); j++)
+                    {
+                        (*partnerIds)->partner_ids[j] = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char) * 64);
+                        parStrncpy((*partnerIds)->partner_ids[j], partnersList->partner_ids[i], 64);
+                        ParodusPrint("(*partnerIds)->partner_ids[%lu] : %s\n",j,(*partnerIds)->partner_ids[j]);
+                        i++;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                ParodusPrint("partner_ids list is NULL\n");
+                (*partnerIds) = (partners_t *) malloc(sizeof(partners_t) + (sizeof(char *) * partnersList->count));
+                (*partnerIds)->count = partnersList->count;
+                i=0;
+                for(j = 0; j<partnersList->count; j++)
+                {
+                    (*partnerIds)->partner_ids[j] = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char) * 64);
+                    parStrncpy((*partnerIds)->partner_ids[j], partnersList->partner_ids[i], 64);
+                    ParodusPrint("(*partnerIds)->partner_ids[%lu] : %s\n",j,(*partnerIds)->partner_ids[j]);
+                    i++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        else if(msg->msg_type == WRP_MSG_TYPE__REQ)
+        {
+            if(msg->u.req.partner_ids != NULL)
+            {
+                count = (int) msg->u.req.partner_ids->count;
+                ParodusPrint("partner_ids count is %d\n",count);
+                for(i = 0; i < count; i++)
+                {
+                    for(j = 0; j<partnersList->count; j++)
+                    {
+                        ParodusPrint("partnersList->partner_ids[%lu] = %s\n",j, partnersList->partner_ids[j]);
+                        if(strcmp(partnersList->partner_ids[j], msg->u.req.partner_ids->partner_ids[i]) == 0)
+                        {
+                            ParodusInfo("partner_id match found\n");
+                            matchFlag = 1;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                /* Commandline input partner_ids not matching with partner_ids from request, ignoring request*/
+                if(matchFlag != 1)
+                {
+                    ParodusError("Invalid partner_id %s\n",temp);
+                    if(partnersList != NULL)
+                    {
+                        for(j=0; j<partnersList->count; j++)
+                        {
+                            if(partnersList->partner_ids[j] != NULL)
+                            {
+                                free(partnersList->partner_ids[j]);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        free(partnersList);
+                    }
+                    free(partnerId);
+                    return -1;
+                }
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                ParodusPrint("partner_ids list is NULL\n");
+            }
+        }
+        if(partnersList != NULL)
+        {
+            for(j=0; j<partnersList->count; j++)
+            {
+                if(partnersList->partner_ids[j] != NULL)
+                {
+                    free(partnersList->partner_ids[j]);
+                }
+            }
+            free(partnersList);
+        }
+        free(partnerId);
+    }
+    else
     {
         ParodusPrint("partner_id is not available to validate\n");
         return 0;
     }
-    
-    if(msg->msg_type == WRP_MSG_TYPE__EVENT)
-    {
-        if(msg->u.event.partner_ids != NULL)
-        {
-            count = (int) msg->u.event.partner_ids->count;
-            ParodusPrint("partner_ids count is %d\n",count);
-            for(i = 0; i < count; i++)
-            {
-                if(strcmp(partnerId, msg->u.event.partner_ids->partner_ids[i]) == 0)
-                {
-                    ParodusInfo("partner_id match found\n");
-                    matchFlag = 1;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-            
-            if(matchFlag != 1)
-            {
-                (*partnerIds) = (partners_t *) malloc(sizeof(partners_t) + (sizeof(char *) * (count+1)));
-                (*partnerIds)->count = count+1;
-                for(i = 0; i < count; i++)
-                {
-                    (*partnerIds)->partner_ids[i] = msg->u.event.partner_ids->partner_ids[i];
-                    ParodusPrint("(*partnerIds)->partner_ids[%d] : %s\n",i,(*partnerIds)->partner_ids[i]);
-                }
-                (*partnerIds)->partner_ids[count] = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char) * 64);
-                parStrncpy((*partnerIds)->partner_ids[count], partnerId, 64);
-                ParodusPrint("(*partnerIds)->partner_ids[%d] : %s\n",count,(*partnerIds)->partner_ids[count]);
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            ParodusPrint("partner_ids list is NULL\n");
-            (*partnerIds) = (partners_t *) malloc(sizeof(partners_t) + (sizeof(char *) * 1));
-            (*partnerIds)->count = 1;
-            (*partnerIds)->partner_ids[0] = (char *) malloc(sizeof(char) * 64);
-            parStrncpy((*partnerIds)->partner_ids[0], partnerId, 64);
-            ParodusPrint("(*partnerIds)->partner_ids[0] : %s\n",(*partnerIds)->partner_ids[0]);
-        }
-    }
-    else if(msg->msg_type == WRP_MSG_TYPE__REQ)
-    {
-        if(msg->u.req.partner_ids != NULL)
-        {
-            count = (int) msg->u.req.partner_ids->count;
-            ParodusPrint("partner_ids count is %d\n",count);
-            for(i = 0; i < count; i++)
-            {
-                if(strcmp(partnerId, msg->u.req.partner_ids->partner_ids[i]) == 0)
-                {
-                    ParodusInfo("partner_id match found\n");
-                    matchFlag = 1;
-                    break;
-                }
-            }
-
-            if(matchFlag != 1)
-            {
-                ParodusError("Invalid partner_id %s\n",partnerId);
-                return -1;
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            ParodusPrint("partner_ids list is NULL\n");
-        }
-    }
-    
     return 1;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test_partners_check.c b/tests/test_partners_check.c
index a3ad973..8332a30 100755
--- a/tests/test_partners_check.c
+++ b/tests/test_partners_check.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ParodusCfg *get_parodus_cfg(void)
 
 void test_validate_partner_id_for_req()
 {
-    static partners_t partner_ids = {1,{"comcast"}};
+    static partners_t partner_ids = {3,{"shaw","","comcast"}};
     wrp_msg_t *msg = (wrp_msg_t*) malloc(sizeof(wrp_msg_t));
     memset(msg, 0, sizeof(wrp_msg_t));
     msg->msg_type = WRP_MSG_TYPE__REQ;
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void test_validate_partner_id_for_req()
     
     ParodusCfg cfg;
     memset(&cfg, 0, sizeof(ParodusCfg));
-    parStrncpy(cfg.partner_id, "comcast", sizeof(cfg.partner_id));
+    parStrncpy(cfg.partner_id, "shaw,bar,comcast", sizeof(cfg.partner_id));
     
     will_return(get_parodus_cfg, (intptr_t)&cfg);
     expect_function_call(get_parodus_cfg);
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void test_validate_partner_id_for_req_listNULL()
     
     ParodusCfg cfg;
     memset(&cfg, 0, sizeof(ParodusCfg));
-    parStrncpy(cfg.partner_id, "comcast", sizeof(cfg.partner_id));
+    parStrncpy(cfg.partner_id, "*,comcast", sizeof(cfg.partner_id));
     
     will_return(get_parodus_cfg, (intptr_t)&cfg);
     expect_function_call(get_parodus_cfg);
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void err_validate_partner_id_for_req()
     
     ParodusCfg cfg;
     memset(&cfg, 0, sizeof(ParodusCfg));
-    parStrncpy(cfg.partner_id, "comcast", sizeof(cfg.partner_id));
+    parStrncpy(cfg.partner_id, "*,,comcast", sizeof(cfg.partner_id));
     
     will_return(get_parodus_cfg, (intptr_t)&cfg);
     expect_function_call(get_parodus_cfg);
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ void err_validate_partner_id_for_req()
 
 void test_validate_partner_id_for_event()
 {
-    static partners_t partner_ids = {1,{"comcast"}};
+    static partners_t partner_ids = {4,{"shaw","","*","comcast"}};
     wrp_msg_t *msg = (wrp_msg_t*) malloc(sizeof(wrp_msg_t));
     memset(msg, 0, sizeof(wrp_msg_t));
     msg->msg_type = WRP_MSG_TYPE__EVENT;
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void test_validate_partner_id_for_event()
     
     ParodusCfg cfg;
     memset(&cfg, 0, sizeof(ParodusCfg));
-    parStrncpy(cfg.partner_id, "comcast", sizeof(cfg.partner_id));
+    parStrncpy(cfg.partner_id, "abc,*,comcast", sizeof(cfg.partner_id));
     
     will_return(get_parodus_cfg, (intptr_t)&cfg);
     expect_function_call(get_parodus_cfg);