diff --git a/colorbox.admin.inc b/colorbox.admin.inc
index f8e9751851017ea7c9807612f97bb0726244ecad..7c39a8833a1005b859844b1547c2246a950749c0 100644
--- a/colorbox.admin.inc
+++ b/colorbox.admin.inc
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function colorbox_admin_settings() {
     '#type' => 'select',
     '#title' => t('Opacity'),
     '#options' => drupal_map_assoc(array('0', '0.10', '0.15', '0.20', '0.25', '0.30', '0.35', '0.40', '0.45', '0.50', '0.55', '0.60', '0.65', '0.70', '0.75', '0.80', '0.85', '0.90', '0.95', '1')),
-    '#default_value' => variable_get('colorbox_opacity', '0.90'),
+    '#default_value' => variable_get('colorbox_opacity', '0.85'),
     '#description' => t('The overlay opacity level. Range: 0 to 1.'),
   );
   $form['colorbox_custom_settings']['colorbox_text_current'] = array(
diff --git a/colorbox.module b/colorbox.module
index 2937378d5c468b8871768a697381069620ed7a52..c273f7243537e9bb72126a193b80f98fb970efe6 100644
--- a/colorbox.module
+++ b/colorbox.module
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ function _colorbox_doheader() {
     $js_settings = array(
       'transition' => variable_get('colorbox_transition_type', 'elastic'),
       'speed' => variable_get('colorbox_transition_speed', 350),
-      'opacity' => variable_get('colorbox_opacity', '0.9'),
+      'opacity' => variable_get('colorbox_opacity', '0.85'),
       'slideshow' => variable_get('colorbox_slideshow', 0) ? TRUE : FALSE,
       'slideshowAuto' => variable_get('colorbox_slideshowauto', 1) ? TRUE : FALSE,
       'slideshowSpeed' => variable_get('colorbox_slideshowspeed', 2500),
@@ -190,19 +190,11 @@ function _colorbox_doheader() {
   }
   else {
     $js_settings = array(
-      'transition' => 'elastic',
-      'speed' => 350,
       'opacity' => '0.85',
-      'slideshow' => FALSE,
-      'slideshowAuto' => FALSE,
-      'slideshowSpeed' => 2500,
-      'slideshowStart' => '',
-      'slideshowStop' => '',
       'current' => t('{current} of {total}'),
       'previous' => t('« Prev'),
       'next' => t('Next »'),
       'close' => t('Close'),
-      'overlayClose' => TRUE,
       'maxWidth' => '100%',
       'maxHeight' => '100%',
     );
diff --git a/js/colorbox_load.js b/js/colorbox_load.js
index d2300ab60c1258caa8760f50cee873c4a4eb0580..d1cf9aa18e48bdbc769b572f77d9c6b231553a69 100644
--- a/js/colorbox_load.js
+++ b/js/colorbox_load.js
@@ -5,40 +5,27 @@ Drupal.behaviors.initColorboxLoad = {
     if (!$.isFunction($.colorbox)) {
       return;
     }
-    $.urlParam = function(name, url){
-      var results = new RegExp('[\\?&]' + name + '=([^&#]*)').exec(url);
-      if (!results) { return ''; }
-      return results[1] || '';
-    };
-    $('a, area, input', context).filter('.colorbox-load').once('init-colorbox-load-processed').colorbox({
-      transition:settings.colorbox.transition,
-      speed:settings.colorbox.speed,
-      opacity:settings.colorbox.opacity,
-      slideshow:settings.colorbox.slideshow,
-      slideshowAuto:settings.colorbox.slideshowAuto,
-      slideshowSpeed:settings.colorbox.slideshowSpeed,
-      slideshowStart:settings.colorbox.slideshowStart,
-      slideshowStop:settings.colorbox.slideshowStop,
-      current:settings.colorbox.current,
-      previous:settings.colorbox.previous,
-      next:settings.colorbox.next,
-      close:settings.colorbox.close,
-      overlayClose:settings.colorbox.overlayClose,
-      maxWidth:settings.colorbox.maxWidth,
-      maxHeight:settings.colorbox.maxHeight,
-      innerWidth:function(){
-        return $.urlParam('width', $(this).attr('href'));
-      },
-      innerHeight:function(){
-        return $.urlParam('height', $(this).attr('href'));
-      },
-      iframe:function(){
-        return $.urlParam('iframe', $(this).attr('href'));
-      },
-      slideshow:function(){
-        return $.urlParam('slideshow', $(this).attr('href'));
+    $.urlParams = function (url) {
+      var p = [],
+          e,
+          a = /\+/g,  // Regex for replacing addition symbol with a space
+          r = /([^&=]+)=?([^&]*)/g,
+          d = function (s) { return decodeURIComponent(s.replace(a, ' ')); },
+          q = url.split('?');
+      while (e = r.exec(q[1])) {
+        if (e[1] == 'width') { e[1] = 'innerWidth'; }
+        if (e[1] == 'height') { e[1] = 'innerHeight'; }
+        p[d(e[1])] = d(e[2]);
       }
-    });
+      return p;
+    };
+    $('a, area, input', context)
+      .filter('.colorbox-load')
+      .once('init-colorbox-load-processed', function () {
+        var params = $.urlParams($(this).attr('href'));
+        $.extend(settings.colorbox, params);
+      })
+      .colorbox(settings.colorbox);
   }
 };