diff --git a/inc/config.php b/inc/config.php
index ef2ba4ac..66fae0f4 100644
--- a/inc/config.php
+++ b/inc/config.php
@@ -710,6 +710,9 @@
 	// 	)
 	// );
 
+	// Whether or not to put brackets around the whole board list
+	$config['boardlist_wrap_bracket'] = false;
+
 	// Automatically remove unnecessary whitespace when compiling HTML files from templates.
 	$config['minify_html'] = true;
 
diff --git a/inc/display.php b/inc/display.php
index 97b8c744..893b7ce5 100644
--- a/inc/display.php
+++ b/inc/display.php
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function createBoardlist($mod=false) {
 	if (!isset($config['boards'])) return array('top'=>'','bottom'=>'');
 	
 	$body = doBoardListPart($config['boards'], $mod?'?/':$config['root']);
-	if (!preg_match('/\] $/', $body))
+	if (!preg_match('/\] $/', $body) && $config['boardlist_wrap_bracket'])
 		$body = '[' . $body . ']';
 	
 	$body = trim($body);