diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 8251079c..025c0910 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 		<meta charset="utf-8">
 		
 		<title>reveal.js</title>
+
+		<meta name="description" content="An easy to use CSS 3D slideshow tool for quickly creating good looking HTML presentations.">
+		<meta name="author" content="Hakim El Hattab">
 		
 		<link href='http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:400,700,400italic,700italic' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'>
 		
@@ -219,6 +222,9 @@
 				// Display a presentation progress bar
 				progress: true,
 
+				// If true; each slide will be pushed to the browser history
+				history: false,
+
 				// Apply a 3D roll to links on hover
 				rollingLinks: true,
 
@@ -226,11 +232,11 @@
 				theme: query.theme || 'default', // default/neon
 
 				// Transition style
-				transition: query.transition || 'default' // default/cube/page/concave/linear(2d),
+				transition: query.transition || 'default' // default/cube/page/concave/linear(2d)
 			});
 
 			hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad();
 		</script>
-		
+
 	</body>
 </html>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/reveal.js b/js/reveal.js
index 5f99770e..72756c15 100644
--- a/js/reveal.js
+++ b/js/reveal.js
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
  *   - Slides were moved one level deeper, into #reveal .slides
  *   - Controls and progress bar were moved into #reveal
  * - All CSS is now much more explicit, rooted at #reveal, to prevent conflicts
+ * - Config option for disabling updates to URL, defaults to true
  * 
  * 	
  * @author Hakim El Hattab | http://hakim.se
@@ -86,13 +87,15 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 		indexh = 0,
 		indexv = 0,
 
-		// Configurations options, including;
-		// > {Boolean} controls
-		// > {Boolean} progress
-		// > {String} theme
-		// > {String} transition
-		// > {Boolean} rollingLinks
-		config = {},
+		// Configurations options, can be overridden at initialization time 
+		config = {
+			controls: false,
+			progress: false,
+			history: false,
+			transition: 'default',
+			theme: 'default',
+			rollingLinks: true
+		},
 
 		// Cached references to DOM elements
 		dom = {},
@@ -127,15 +130,8 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 		dom.controlsUp.addEventListener('click', preventAndForward( navigateUp ), false);
 		dom.controlsDown.addEventListener('click', preventAndForward( navigateDown ), false);
 
-		// Fall back on default options
-		config.rollingLinks = options.rollingLinks === undefined ? true : options.rollingLinks;
-		config.controls = options.controls === undefined ? false : options.controls;
-		config.progress = options.progress === undefined ? false : options.progress;
-		config.transition = options.transition === undefined ? 'default' : options.transition;
-		config.theme = options.theme === undefined ? 'default' : options.theme;
-
-		// Transition alias
-		if( config.transition === 'box' ) config.transition = 'cube';
+		// Copy options over to our config object
+		extend( config, options );
 
 		// Fall back on the 2D transform theme 'linear'
 		if( supports3DTransforms === false ) {
@@ -167,6 +163,16 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 		readURL();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Extend object a with the properties of object b. 
+	 * If there's a conflict, object b takes precedence.
+	 */
+	function extend( a, b ) {
+		for( var i in b ) {
+			a[ i ] = b[ i ];
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Prevents an events defaults behavior calls the 
 	 * specified delegate.
@@ -529,14 +535,16 @@ var Reveal = (function(){
 	 * state. 
 	 */
 	function writeURL() {
-		var url = '/';
-		
-		// Only include the minimum possible number of components in
-		// the URL
-		if( indexh > 0 || indexv > 0 ) url += indexh;
-		if( indexv > 0 ) url += '/' + indexv;
-		
-		window.location.hash = url;
+		if( config.history ) {
+			var url = '/';
+			
+			// Only include the minimum possible number of components in
+			// the URL
+			if( indexh > 0 || indexv > 0 ) url += indexh;
+			if( indexv > 0 ) url += '/' + indexv;
+			
+			window.location.hash = url;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**