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diff --git a/lib/reddit_enhancement_suite.user.js b/lib/reddit_enhancement_suite.user.js
index 63409e5..ed514e8 100644
--- a/lib/reddit_enhancement_suite.user.js
+++ b/lib/reddit_enhancement_suite.user.js
@@ -8386,6 +8386,11 @@ modules['showImages'] = {
 			value: true,
 			description: 'Mark links visited when you view images (does eat some resources).'
 		},
+		preserveThumbnailLink: {
+			type: 'boolean',
+			value: false,
+			description: 'Preserve the original link when clicking on the thumbnail. (Enabling this may prevent the link from turning purple when you click on the thumbnail)'
+		},
 		ignoreDuplicates: {
 			type: 'boolean',
 			value: true,
@@ -8741,6 +8746,11 @@ modules['showImages'] = {
 			});
 		}
 
+		//So the link gets colored when clicking the thumbnail
+		if (!modules['showImages'].options['preserveThumbnailLink'].value) {
+			$(elem).closest('.thing').find('.thumbnail').attr('href', elem.href);
+		}
+
 		//This should not be reached in the case of duplicates
 		elem.name = 'img'+this.imagesRevealed[href];
 		this.imageList.push(elem);