diff --git a/page.tpl.php b/page.tpl.php
index bbba186a7212fde8e6e712437edf5b8a405655f9..25c0d25f4b92a7af89972da9c157495a4e4ee0a8 100644
--- a/page.tpl.php
+++ b/page.tpl.php
@@ -156,12 +156,13 @@
   
   <?php if ($page['footer']): ?>
     <?php print render($page['footer']); ?>
-  <?php endif; ?>     
-  
-    <div id="footer">
-  <p>This site is powered by <a href="http://drupal.org/">Drupal</a>. Theme: <a href="http://drupal.org/project/simpleclean">Simple Clean</a> by <a href="http://drupal.org/user/765764">acke</a> @ <a href="http://www.happiness.se/">happiness</a>.</p>
-    <?php // Feel free to remove credits if you want your site even cleaner ;) /acke ?>    
-    </div>
+  <?php endif; ?>
+
+    <?php if (theme_get_setting('simpleclean_appreciation')): ?>
+      <div id="footer">
+          <p>This site is powered by <a href="http://drupal.org/">Drupal</a>. Theme: <a href="http://drupal.org/project/simpleclean">Simple Clean</a> by <a href="http://drupal.org/user/765764">acke</a> @ <a href="http://www.happiness.se/">happiness</a>.</p>
+      </div>
+    <?php endif; ?>
   </div>
     
   <div class="clear"></div>
diff --git a/simpleclean.info b/simpleclean.info
index 02571d92bd4453feb78a89931f5081d2d21b7a9b..9b3f21273587963c004056fb81b94fe3619bd8ee 100644
--- a/simpleclean.info
+++ b/simpleclean.info
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ features[] = node_user_picture
 
 ; SETTINGS
 settings[simpleclean_mission] = ''
+settings[simpleclean_appreciation] = 1
diff --git a/theme-settings.php b/theme-settings.php
index d3740a2d219d1a4a798f367007236b384a2a823d..c0ad19cd53b0d1fde9355d63f11de7385d9b746a 100644
--- a/theme-settings.php
+++ b/theme-settings.php
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 <?php
 /**
-* @file
-* Implementation of THEMEHOOK_settings() function.
-*
-* @param $saved_settings
-*   array An array of saved settings for this theme.
-* @return
-*   array A form array.
-*/
+ * @file Simple Clean theme settings.
+ */
 
+/**
+ * Implements hook_form_system_theme_settings_alter().
+ *
+ * @param $form
+ * @param $form_state
+ */
 function simpleclean_form_system_theme_settings_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
   $form['simpleclean_mission'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
@@ -18,4 +18,21 @@ function simpleclean_form_system_theme_settings_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
     '#description' => t('Specify the text for the mission statement visable on frontpage. Leave it empty if you dont want a mission statement or if you want to use blocks instead.'),
     '#weight' => -2,
   );
+
+  $form['additional_settings'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'fieldset',
+    '#title' => t('Additional settings')
+  );
+
+  $form['additional_settings']['simpleclean_appreciation'] = array(
+    '#type' => 'checkbox',
+    '#title' => t('Say Thanks to !author_profile @ !author_company_site for the !theme_page theme.',
+      array(
+        '!theme_page'           => l('Simple Clean', 'http://drupal.org/project/simpleclean', array('attributes' => array('target' => '_blank'))),
+        '!author_profile'       => l('acke', 'http://drupal.org/user/765764', array('attributes' => array('target' => '_blank'))),
+        '!author_company_site'  => l('happiness', 'http://www.happiness.se/', array('attributes' => array('target' => '_blank')))
+      )),
+    '#default_value' => theme_get_setting('simpleclean_appreciation'),
+    '#description' => t('Please demonstrate your appreciation for the developer by including credits into the footer of the site.')
+  );
 }