diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59d8d92..d847005 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ By contrast, this plugin handles the two most common scenarios I run into
 * displaying an existing DOM element
 * loading a page with AJAX
 
-and does so with as little HTML & CSS as possible -- and **no images.**
+and does so with as little HTML & CSS as possible.
 
 # Installation
 
@@ -78,6 +78,20 @@ However, when this occurs, you will probably want to at least re-center the moda
 
     $.fn.modal.resize()
     
+# Options
+
+These are the supported options and their default values:
+
+    $.fn.modal.defaults = {
+      overlay: "#000",        // Overlay color
+      opacity: 0.75,          // Overlay opacity
+      zIndex: 1,              // Overlay z-index.
+      escapeClose: true,      // Allows the user to close the modal by pressing `ESC`
+      clickClose: true,       // Allows the user to close the modal by clicking the overlay
+      showClose: true         // Shows a (X) icon/link in the top-right corner
+      modalClass: "modal",    // CSS class added to the element being displayed in the modal.
+    };
+    
 # Events
 
 The following events are triggered on the modal element at various points in the open/close cycle.  Hopefully the names are self-explanatory.
diff --git a/close.png b/close.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4de4396
Binary files /dev/null and b/close.png differ
diff --git a/examples/index.html b/examples/index.html
index 56b27ca..d146250 100644
--- a/examples/index.html
+++ b/examples/index.html
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
   <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8"> hljs.initHighlightingOnLoad(); </script>
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="highlight/github.css" type="text/css" media="screen" />
   <style type="text/css" media="screen">
-    body { font: normal 14px/21px "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; color: #777; padding: 30px 60px; }
+    html { background: #ddd; }
+    body { font: normal 14px/21px "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; color: #777; padding: 30px 60px; width: 740px; margin: 0 auto; background: #fff; }
     small { color: #aaa; }
     h1,h2,h3,h4 { color: #444; }
     a { color: #0086B3; font-weight: bold; }
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ <h1>jQuery Modal</h1>
     
 <hr />
 
-<h3>Example 1 (simplest): Open &amp; Close with links</h3>
+<h2>Example 1 (simplest): Open &amp; Close with links</h2>
 <ol>
   <li>Embed modal HTML in document <small>(and hide it)</small></li>
   <li>Create a link with <code>rel="modal:open"</code> and set the <code>href</code> attribute to the modal's DOM id.</li> 
@@ -142,6 +143,23 @@ <h2>Example 3: resizing</h2>
 <h2>Example 4: AJAX</h2>
 <p>This <a href="ajax.html" rel="modal:open">example</a> loads HTML with AJAX.</p>
   
+<hr />
+
+<h2>Example 5: the un-closable window</h2>
+<p>
+  This <a href="#ex5">example</a> demonstrates how to disable the default methods of closing the modal:
+  
+<pre><code> $("#sticky").modal({
+  escapeClose: false,
+  clickClose: false,
+  showClose: false
+});</code></pre>
+  
+  
+</p>
+<div id="ex5" class="modal">
+  <p>If you do this, be sure to provide the user with an alternate method of <a href="#" rel="modal:close">closing the window.</a></p>
+</div>
   
 <script type="text/javascript" charset="utf-8">
   $(function() {
@@ -163,6 +181,15 @@ <h2>Example 4: AJAX</h2>
       return false;
     });
     
+    $('a[href="#ex5"]').click(function() {
+      $($(this).attr('href')).modal({
+        escapeClose: false,
+        clickClose: false,
+        showClose: false
+      });
+      return false;
+    });
+    
   });
 </script>
 </body> 
diff --git a/jquery.modal.css b/jquery.modal.css
index f929917..79cd83d 100644
--- a/jquery.modal.css
+++ b/jquery.modal.css
@@ -9,4 +9,15 @@
   -webkit-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #000;
   -moz-box-shadow: 0 0 10px #000;
   box-shadow: 0 0 10px #000;
+}
+
+.modal a.close-modal {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: -12.5px;
+  right: -12.5px;
+  display: block;
+  width: 30px;
+  height: 30px;
+  text-indent: -9999px;
+  background: url(close.png) no-repeat 0 0;
 }
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diff --git a/jquery.modal.js b/jquery.modal.js
index 9583e80..cd8c38d 100644
--- a/jquery.modal.js
+++ b/jquery.modal.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
     A simple jQuery modal (http://github.com/kylefox/jquery-modal)
-    Version 0.2
+    Version 0.2.1
 */
 (function() {
 
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 
     function show() {
       center_modal(current_modal);
+      if(options.showClose) {
+        current_modal.elm.append('<a href="#close-modal" rel="modal:close" class="close-modal">Close</a>');
+      }
       $elm.addClass(options.modalClass).addClass('current').show();
       $elm.trigger($.fn.modal.OPEN, [current_modal]);
     }
@@ -58,7 +61,8 @@
     zIndex: 1,
     escapeClose: true,
     clickClose: true,
-    modalClass: "modal"
+    modalClass: "modal",
+    showClose: true
   };
 
   // Event constants:
diff --git a/jquery.modal.min.js b/jquery.modal.min.js
index ea007df..16b31b5 100644
--- a/jquery.modal.min.js
+++ b/jquery.modal.min.js
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 /*
     A simple jQuery modal (http://github.com/kylefox/jquery-modal)
-    Version 0.2
+    Version 0.2.1
 */
 (function(){var current_modal=null;$.fn.modal=function(options){var $elm=$(this);if($elm.attr('href')){$elm.click(open_modal_from_link);return;}
 options=$.extend({},$.fn.modal.defaults,options);function block(){current_modal.blocker=$('<div class="jquery-modal blocker"></div>').css({top:0,right:0,bottom:0,left:0,width:"100%",height:"100%",position:"fixed",zIndex:options.zIndex,background:options.overlay,opacity:options.opacity});if(options.escapeClose){$(document).keydown(function(event){if(event.which==27){$.fn.modal.close();}});}
 if(options.clickClose){current_modal.blocker.click($.fn.modal.close);}
 $('body').append(current_modal.blocker);$elm.trigger($.fn.modal.BLOCK,[current_modal]);}
-function show(){center_modal(current_modal);$elm.addClass(options.modalClass).addClass('current').show();$elm.trigger($.fn.modal.OPEN,[current_modal]);}
-current_modal={elm:$elm,options:options};$elm.trigger($.fn.modal.BEFORE_BLOCK,[current_modal]);block();$elm.trigger($.fn.modal.BEFORE_OPEN,[current_modal]);show();};$.fn.modal.defaults={overlay:"#000",opacity:0.75,zIndex:1,escapeClose:true,clickClose:true,modalClass:"modal"};$.fn.modal.BEFORE_BLOCK='modal:before-block';$.fn.modal.BLOCK='modal:block';$.fn.modal.BEFORE_OPEN='modal:before-open';$.fn.modal.OPEN='modal:open';$.fn.modal.BEFORE_CLOSE='modal:before-close';$.fn.modal.CLOSE='modal:close';$.fn.modal.close=function(event){if(event){event.preventDefault();}
+function show(){center_modal(current_modal);if(options.showClose){current_modal.elm.append('<a href="#close-modal" rel="modal:close" class="close-modal">Close</a>');}
+$elm.addClass(options.modalClass).addClass('current').show();$elm.trigger($.fn.modal.OPEN,[current_modal]);}
+current_modal={elm:$elm,options:options};$elm.trigger($.fn.modal.BEFORE_BLOCK,[current_modal]);block();$elm.trigger($.fn.modal.BEFORE_OPEN,[current_modal]);show();};$.fn.modal.defaults={overlay:"#000",opacity:0.75,zIndex:1,escapeClose:true,clickClose:true,modalClass:"modal",showClose:true};$.fn.modal.BEFORE_BLOCK='modal:before-block';$.fn.modal.BLOCK='modal:block';$.fn.modal.BEFORE_OPEN='modal:before-open';$.fn.modal.OPEN='modal:open';$.fn.modal.BEFORE_CLOSE='modal:before-close';$.fn.modal.CLOSE='modal:close';$.fn.modal.close=function(event){if(event){event.preventDefault();}
 if(!current_modal){return;}
 current_modal.elm.trigger($.fn.modal.BEFORE_CLOSE,[current_modal]);current_modal.blocker.remove();current_modal.elm.hide();current_modal.elm.trigger($.fn.modal.CLOSE,[current_modal]);current_modal=null;};$.fn.modal.resize=function(){center_modal(current_modal);};function open_modal_from_link(event){event.preventDefault();var target=$(this).attr('href');if(target.match(/^#/)){$(target).modal();}else{$.get(target,{},function(html){$(html).appendTo('body').bind('modal:close',function(event,modal){modal.elm.remove();}).modal();});}}
 function center_modal(modal){modal.elm.css({position:'fixed',top:"50%",left:"50%",marginTop:-(modal.elm.height()/2),marginLeft:-(modal.elm.outerWidth()/2),zIndex:modal.options.zIndex+1});};$('a[rel="modal:open"]').live('click',open_modal_from_link);$('a[rel="modal:close"]').live('click',$.fn.modal.close);})();
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diff --git a/jquery.modal.pack.js b/jquery.modal.pack.js
index 342c6d6..ce789c3 100644
--- a/jquery.modal.pack.js
+++ b/jquery.modal.pack.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
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     A simple jQuery modal (http://github.com/kylefox/jquery-modal)
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+    Version 0.2.1
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