diff --git a/catalystwan/api/templates/cli_template.py b/catalystwan/api/templates/cli_template.py
index afaebb05..db0ff3f9 100644
--- a/catalystwan/api/templates/cli_template.py
+++ b/catalystwan/api/templates/cli_template.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import json
 import logging
 from difflib import Differ
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, List
 
 from attr import define  # type: ignore
 from ciscoconfparse import CiscoConfParse  # type: ignore
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ def compare_template(
         second: CiscoConfParse,
         full: bool = False,
         debug: bool = False,
+        ignored_lines: List[str] = [],
     ) -> str:
         """
 
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ def compare_template(
             second: Second template for comparison.
             full: Return a full comparison if True, otherwise only the lines that differ.
             debug: Adding debug to the logger. Defaults to False.
+            ignored_lines: List of configs statements to be excluded from comparison
 
         Returns:
             str: The compared templates.
@@ -162,8 +164,11 @@ def compare_template(
             auth-port 151
         exit
         """
-        first_n = list(map(lambda x: x + "\n", first.ioscfg))
-        second_n = list(map(lambda x: x + "\n", second.ioscfg))
+        for line in ignored_lines:
+            first.delete_lines(line)
+            second.delete_lines(line)
+        first_n = list(map(lambda x: x.strip() + "\n", first.ioscfg))
+        second_n = list(map(lambda x: x.strip() + "\n", second.ioscfg))
         compare = list(Differ().compare(first_n, second_n))
         if not full:
             compare = [x for x in compare if x[0] in ["?", "-", "+"]]
@@ -177,6 +182,7 @@ def compare_with_running(
         template: CiscoConfParse,
         device: Device,
         debug: bool = False,
+        ignored_lines: List[str] = [],
     ) -> str:
         """The comparison of the config with the one running on the machine.
 
@@ -185,6 +191,7 @@ def compare_with_running(
             device: The device on which to compare config.
             full: Return a full comparison if True, otherwise only the lines that differ.
             debug: Adding debug to the logger. Defaults to False.
+            ignored_lines: List of configs statements to be excluded from comparison
 
         Returns:
             str: The compared templates.
@@ -216,4 +223,4 @@ def compare_with_running(
         .
         """
         running_config = self.load_running(session, device)
-        return self.compare_template(running_config, template, debug)
+        return self.compare_template(running_config, template, debug=debug, ignored_lines=ignored_lines)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1331076a..e103b264 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "catalystwan"
-version = "0.34.1"
+version = "0.34.2"
 description = "Cisco Catalyst WAN SDK for Python"
 authors = ["kagorski <kagorski@cisco.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"