diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index b065f5f..34d3c8a 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ <h2 class="attireTitleType2">Api and options</h2>
                 bindToItems: true, // set click event handler to trigger lightbox on provided $items
                 closeOnOverlayClick: true,
                 closeOnEscapeKey: true,
+                closeOnImageClick: false,
                 nextOnImageClick: true,
                 showCaptions: true,
 
diff --git a/src/simpleLightbox.js b/src/simpleLightbox.js
index cf0b88f..0379b06 100644
--- a/src/simpleLightbox.js
+++ b/src/simpleLightbox.js
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@
         bindToItems: true, // set click event handler to trigger lightbox on provided $items
         closeOnOverlayClick: true,
         closeOnEscapeKey: true,
+        closeOnImageClick: false,
         nextOnImageClick: true,
         showCaptions: true,
 
@@ -433,9 +434,12 @@
 
                     matches($target, '.next') ? self.next() : self.prev();
 
-                } else if (self.options.nextOnImageClick && self.items.length > 1 && matches($target, '.slbImage')) {
-
-                    self.next();
+                } else if (self.items.length > 1 && matches($target, '.slbImage')) {
+                    if (self.options.nextOnImageClick) {
+                        self.next();
+                    } else if (self.options.closeOnImageClick) {
+                        self.close();
+                    }
 
                 }