diff --git a/js/forced-anon.js b/js/forced-anon.js
index 11327ec9..26d0cb4f 100644
--- a/js/forced-anon.js
+++ b/js/forced-anon.js
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 if (active_page == 'ukko' || active_page == 'thread' || active_page == 'index' || (window.Options && Options.get_tab('general')))
 $(document).ready(function() {
 	var force_anon = function() {
-		if($(this).children('a.capcode').length == 0) {
+		if ($(this).children('a.capcode').length == 0) {
 			var id = $(this).parent().children('a.post_no:eq(1)').text();
 			
-			if($(this).children('a.email').length != 0)
+			if ($(this).children('a.email').length != 0)
 				var p = $(this).children('a.email');
 			else
 				var p = $(this);
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 			old_info[id] = {'name': p.children('span.name').text(), 'trip': p.children('span.trip').text()};
 			
 			p.children('span.name').text('Anonymous');
-			if(p.children('span.trip').length != 0)
+			if (p.children('span.trip').length != 0)
 				p.children('span.trip').text('');
 		}
 	};
@@ -40,44 +40,60 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 	
 	var disable_fa = function() {
 		$('p.intro label').each(function() {
-			if($(this).children('a.capcode').length == 0) {
+			if ($(this).children('a.capcode').length == 0) {
 				var id = $(this).parent().children('a.post_no:eq(1)').text();
 				
 				if(old_info[id]) {
-					if($(this).children('a.email').length != 0)
+					if ($(this).children('a.email').length != 0)
 						var p = $(this).children('a.email');
 					else
 						var p = $(this);
 					
 					p.children('span.name').text(old_info[id]['name']);
-					if(p.children('span.trip').length != 0)
+					if (p.children('span.trip').length != 0)
 						p.children('span.trip').text(old_info[id]['trip']);
 				}
 			}
 		});
 	};
 	
+	var toggle_id = function() {
+		if (localStorage.hideids == 'true'){
+			$(this).addClass('hidden');
+		} else {
+			$(this).removeClass('hidden');
+		}
+	};
+	
 	old_info = {};
 	forced_anon = localStorage['forcedanon'] ? true : false;
 
-	var selector, event;
-        if (window.Options && Options.get_tab('general')) {
-                selector = '#forced-anon';
-                event = 'change';
-                Options.extend_tab("general", "<label id='forced-anon'><input type='checkbox' />"+_('Forced anonymity')+"</label>");
-        }
-        else {
-                selector = '#forced-anon';
-                event = 'click';
+	if (window.Options && Options.get_tab('general')) {
+		var s1 = '#hide-ids', s2 = '#forced-anon', e = 'change';
+		Options.extend_tab("general", "<label id='hide-ids'><input type='checkbox' /> "+_('Hide IDs')+"</label>");
+		Options.extend_tab("general", "<label id='forced-anon'><input type='checkbox' /> "+_('Forced anonymity')+"</label>");
+	}
+	else {
+		var s1 = '#hide-ids', s2 = '#forced-anon', e = 'click';
+		$('hr:first').before('<div id="hide-ids" style="text-align:right"><a class="unimportant" href="javascript:void(0)">Hide IDs</a></div>');
 		$('hr:first').before('<div id="forced-anon" style="text-align:right"><a class="unimportant" href="javascript:void(0)">-</a></div>');
 		$('div#forced-anon a').text(_('Forced anonymity')+' (' + (forced_anon ? _('enabled') : _('disabled')) + ')');
-        }
+	}
 	
+	$(s1).on(e, function(e) {
+		if (!localStorage.hideids || localStorage.hideids == 'false') {
+			localStorage.hideids = 'true';
+			if (window.Options && Options.get_tab('general')) e.target.checked = true;
+		} else {
+			localStorage.hideids = 'false';
+			if (window.Options && Options.get_tab('general')) e.target.checked = false;
+		}
+		$('.poster_id').each(toggle_id);
+	});
 	
-	$(selector).on(event, function() {
+	$(s2).on(e, function() {
 		forced_anon = !forced_anon;
-		
-		if(forced_anon) {
+		if (forced_anon) {
 			$('div#forced-anon a').text(_('Forced anonymity')+' ('+_('enabled')+')');
 			localStorage.forcedanon = true;
 			enable_fa();
@@ -86,21 +102,27 @@ $(document).ready(function() {
 			delete localStorage.forcedanon;
 			disable_fa();
 		}
-		
 		return false;
 	});
 	
+	// initial option setup on script load
+	if (localStorage.hideids == 'true'){
+		if (window.Options && Options.get_tab('general')) $('#hide-ids>input').prop('checked',true);
+		$('.poster_id').each(toggle_id);
+	}
+	
 	if(forced_anon) {
 		enable_fa();
-
-                if (window.Options && Options.get_tab('general')) {
-                        $('#toggle-locked-threads>input').prop('checked', true);
-                }
+		if (window.Options && Options.get_tab('general')) {
+			$('#toggle-locked-threads>input').prop('checked', true);
+		}
 	}
 	
 	$(document).on('new_post', function(e, post) {
-		if(forced_anon)
+		if (forced_anon)
 			$(post).find('p.intro label').each(force_anon);
+		if (localStorage.hideids == 'true') 
+			$(post).find('.poster_id').each(toggle_id);
 	});
 });
 
diff --git a/stylesheets/style.css b/stylesheets/style.css
index bb7c2634..e54faf93 100644
--- a/stylesheets/style.css
+++ b/stylesheets/style.css
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ body {
   padding-right: 4px;
 }
 
+.hidden {
+  display:none;
+}
+
 a,a:visited {
   text-decoration: underline;
   color: #34345C;
@@ -905,6 +909,10 @@ pre {
   cursor: pointer;
 }
 
+.poster_id::before {
+  content: " ID: ";
+}
+
 pre {
 /* Better code tags */
   max-width:inherit;
diff --git a/templates/post/poster_id.html b/templates/post/poster_id.html
index 4efc56ff..51f0624f 100644
--- a/templates/post/poster_id.html
+++ b/templates/post/poster_id.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {% if config.poster_ids %}
 	{% if post.thread %}
-		 ID: <span class="poster_id">{{ post.ip|poster_id(post.thread) }}</span>
+		 <span class="poster_id">{{ post.ip|poster_id(post.thread) }}</span>
 	{% else %}
-		 ID: <span class="poster_id">{{ post.ip|poster_id(post.id) }}</span>
+		 <span class="poster_id">{{ post.ip|poster_id(post.id) }}</span>
 	{% endif %}
 {% endif %}