diff --git a/src/filter-test.c b/src/filter-test.c
index 89ec780..f0ebcdb 100644
--- a/src/filter-test.c
+++ b/src/filter-test.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   char stats[4096];
   size_t read = 0, matched = 0;
   FILE *file = NULL;
+  uint32_t ftag;
+  short int score;
 
   if (argc < 3)
     usage();
@@ -67,9 +69,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 
   while (fgets(line, sizeof(line), file) != NULL) {
     read++;
-    if (f2b_filter_match(filter, line, match, sizeof(match))) {
+    if ((ftag = f2b_filter_match(filter, line, match, sizeof(match), &score)) > 0) {
       matched++;
-      fprintf(stdout, "+ %s\n", match);
+      fprintf(stdout, "+ %s (score: %d, tag: %08X)\n", match, score, ftag);
       continue;
     } else {
       fprintf(stdout, "- (no-match): %s", line);
diff --git a/src/filter.c b/src/filter.c
index b4b9c3d..1a8aba3 100644
--- a/src/filter.c
+++ b/src/filter.c
@@ -193,13 +193,12 @@ f2b_filter_append(f2b_filter_t *filter, const char *pattern) {
   return filter->append(filter->cfg, pattern);
 }
 
-bool
-f2b_filter_match(f2b_filter_t *filter, const char *line, char *buf, size_t buf_size) {
+uint32_t
+f2b_filter_match(f2b_filter_t *filter, const char *line, char *buf, size_t bufsize, short int *score) {
   assert(filter != NULL);
   assert(line   != NULL);
-  assert(buf    != NULL);
 
-  return filter->match(filter->cfg, line, buf, buf_size);
+  return filter->match(filter->cfg, line, buf, bufsize, score);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/filter.h b/src/filter.h
index 3506477..f279177 100644
--- a/src/filter.h
+++ b/src/filter.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ typedef struct f2b_filter_t {
   /** dlsym pointer to handler of @a stats command */
   bool  (*stats)   (void *cfg, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
   /** dlsym pointer to handler of @a match command */
-  bool  (*match)   (void *cfg, const char *line, char *buf, size_t buf_size);
+  uint32_t (*match)(void *cfg, const char *line, char *buf, size_t bufsize, short int *score);
   /** dlsym pointer to handler of @a destroy command */
   void  (*destroy) (void *cfg);
   /* config variables */
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ bool f2b_filter_append(f2b_filter_t *f, const char *pattern);
  * @param line Line of data
  * @param buf Match buffer
  * @param bufsize Size of match buffer
- * @returns false if no match and true otherwise with filling @a buf with matched token
+ * @param score Pointer to score
+ * @returns >0 on match 0 otherwise, fills @a buf with extracted host string and @a score with match score
  */
-bool f2b_filter_match (f2b_filter_t *f, const char *line, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
+uint32_t f2b_filter_match (f2b_filter_t *f, const char *line, char *buf, size_t bufsize, short int *score);
 
 /* handlers for csocket commands processing */
 /** handler of 'jail $JAIL filter reload' cmd */
diff --git a/src/filters/filter.h b/src/filters/filter.h
index 10f98a6..f371f05 100644
--- a/src/filters/filter.h
+++ b/src/filters/filter.h
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ extern bool    stats(cfg_t *cfg, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
  * @param bufsize Size of buffer above
  * @returns false if no match or true otherwise with filling @a buf
  */
-extern bool    match(cfg_t *cfg, const char *line, char *buf, size_t bufsize);
+extern uint32_t match(cfg_t *cfg, const char *line, char *buf, size_t bufsize, short int *score);
 /**
  * @brief Destroy all added patterns and free it's resources
  * @param cfg Module handler
diff --git a/src/filters/pcre.c b/src/filters/pcre.c
index 74d44a3..346ad1f 100644
--- a/src/filters/pcre.c
+++ b/src/filters/pcre.c
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ append(cfg_t *cfg, const char *pattern) {
   return true;
 }
 
-bool
-match(cfg_t *cfg, const char *line, char *buf, size_t buf_size) {
+uint32_t
+match(cfg_t *cfg, const char *line, char *buf, size_t buf_size, short int *score) {
   enum { OVECSIZE = 30 };
   int ovector[OVECSIZE];
   int flags = 0;
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ match(cfg_t *cfg, const char *line, char *buf, size_t buf_size) {
     if (rc < 0 && rc == PCRE_ERROR_NOMATCH)
       continue;
     if (rc < 0) {
-      log_msg(cfg, error, "matched failed with error: %d", rc);
+      log_msg(cfg, error, "pcre match failed with error: %d", rc);
       continue;
     }
     /* matched */
@@ -167,10 +167,11 @@ match(cfg_t *cfg, const char *line, char *buf, size_t buf_size) {
       log_msg(cfg, error, "can't copy matched string: %d", rc);
       continue;
     }
-    return true;
+    *score = r->score;
+    return r->ftag;
   }
 
-  return false;
+  return 0;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/filters/preg.c b/src/filters/preg.c
index b496c76..f0f8e22 100644
--- a/src/filters/preg.c
+++ b/src/filters/preg.c
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ append(cfg_t *cfg, const char *pattern) {
   return false;
 }
 
-bool
-match(cfg_t *cfg, const char *line, char *buf, size_t buf_size) {
+uint32_t
+match(cfg_t *cfg, const char *line, char *buf, size_t buf_size, short int *score) {
   size_t match_len = 0;
   regmatch_t match[2];
 
@@ -131,10 +131,11 @@ match(cfg_t *cfg, const char *line, char *buf, size_t buf_size) {
     memcpy(buf, &line[match[1].rm_so], match_len);
     buf[match_len] = '\0';
     buf[buf_size - 1]  = '\0';
-    return true;
+    *score = cfg->defscore;
+    return r->ftag;
   }
 
-  return false;
+  return 0;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/t/t_filters.c b/t/t_filters.c
index d9df4db..4247cfb 100644
--- a/t/t_filters.c
+++ b/t/t_filters.c
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ int main() {
   cfg_t *filter = NULL;
   char matchbuf[IPADDR_MAX] = "";
   bool result = false;
+  short int score;
   int flags;
+  uint32_t ftag;
 
   UNUSED(result);
 
@@ -36,17 +38,17 @@ int main() {
   flags = state(filter);
   assert(flags & MOD_IS_READY);
 
-  result = match(filter, "host", matchbuf, sizeof(matchbuf));
-  assert(result == false);
+  ftag = match(filter, "host", matchbuf, sizeof(matchbuf), &score);
+  assert(ftag == 0);
 
-  result = match(filter, "host with marker <HOST>", matchbuf, sizeof(matchbuf));
-  assert(result == false);
+  ftag = match(filter, "host with marker <HOST>", matchbuf, sizeof(matchbuf), &score);
+  assert(ftag == 0);
 
-  result = match(filter, "host with marker 1.2.3.4", matchbuf, sizeof(matchbuf));
-  assert(result == true);
+  ftag = match(filter, "host with marker 1.2.3.4", matchbuf, sizeof(matchbuf), &score);
+  assert(ftag > 0);
 
-  result = match(filter, "host with marker example.com", matchbuf, sizeof(matchbuf));
-  assert(result == false);
+  ftag = match(filter, "host with marker example.com", matchbuf, sizeof(matchbuf), &score);
+  assert(ftag == 0);
 
   destroy(filter);