diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/player/player_view.js.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/player/player_view.js.coffee
index c9735ba..6edf6e0 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/player/player_view.js.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/player/player_view.js.coffee
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ class AsciiIo.PlayerView extends Backbone.View
   initialize: (options) ->
     @prepareSelfView()
     @createRendererView()
-    @createHudView()
+    @createHudView() if options.hud
     @fetchModel()
     @showLoadingIndicator()
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class AsciiIo.PlayerView extends Backbone.View
 
   createHudView: ->
     @hudView = new AsciiIo.HudView(cols: @options.cols)
-    @$el.append(@hudView.$el)
+    @$el.append @hudView.$el
 
   fetchModel: ->
     @model.fetch success: => @onModelFetched()
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class AsciiIo.PlayerView extends Backbone.View
 
   onModelReady: ->
     @hideLoadingIndicator()
-    @hudView.setDuration @model.get('duration')
+    @hudView.setDuration @model.get('duration') if @options.hud
     @createMovie()
     @bindEvents()
 
@@ -79,9 +79,12 @@ class AsciiIo.PlayerView extends Backbone.View
     @movie.on 'reset', => @vt.reset()
     @movie.on 'finished', => @vt.stopCursorBlink()
     @movie.on 'wakeup', => @vt.restartCursorBlink()
-    @movie.on 'paused', => @hudView.onPause()
-    @movie.on 'resumed', => @hudView.onResume()
-    @movie.on 'time', (time) => @hudView.updateTime(time)
+
+    if @options.hud
+      @movie.on 'paused', => @hudView.onPause()
+      @movie.on 'resumed', => @hudView.onResume()
+      @movie.on 'time', (time) => @hudView.updateTime(time)
+
     @movie.on 'started', => @$el.removeClass('not-started')
 
     @movie.on 'data', (data) =>
@@ -94,8 +97,9 @@ class AsciiIo.PlayerView extends Backbone.View
     @vt.on 'cursor:show', => @rendererView.showCursor true
     @vt.on 'cursor:hide', => @rendererView.showCursor false
 
-    @hudView.on 'play-click', => @movie.togglePlay()
-    @hudView.on 'seek-click', (percent) => @movie.seek(percent)
+    if @options.hud
+      @hudView.on 'play-click', => @movie.togglePlay()
+      @hudView.on 'seek-click', (percent) => @movie.seek(percent)
 
     if @options.benchmark
       @movie.on 'started', =>
diff --git a/app/helpers/asciicasts_helper.rb b/app/helpers/asciicasts_helper.rb
index 0e2dad8..122d710 100644
--- a/app/helpers/asciicasts_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/asciicasts_helper.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ module AsciicastsHelper
     speed = (options[:speed] || 1).to_f
     benchmark = !!params[:bm]
     auto_play = options.key?(:auto_play) ? !!options[:auto_play] : false
+    hud = options.key?(:hud) ? !!options[:hud] : true
 
     if custom_renderer = params[:renderer]
       renderer_class = "AsciiIo.Renderer.#{custom_renderer.capitalize}"
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ module AsciicastsHelper
       model: new AsciiIo.Asciicast({ id: #{asciicast.id} }),
       rendererClass: #{renderer_class},
       autoPlay: #{auto_play},
+      hud: #{hud},
       snapshot: "#{j asciicast.snapshot.to_s}"
     });
   });
diff --git a/app/views/asciicasts/_player.html.erb b/app/views/asciicasts/_player.html.erb
index 3230b84..5a15295 100644
--- a/app/views/asciicasts/_player.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/asciicasts/_player.html.erb
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
 <div class="player"></div>
-<%= player_script(asciicast, :speed => local_assigns[:speed]) %>
+<%= player_script(asciicast,
+  :speed => local_assigns[:speed],
+  :hud => local_assigns[:hud]
+) %>
diff --git a/app/views/asciicasts/show.html.erb b/app/views/asciicasts/show.html.erb
index 4e6f918..1401315 100644
--- a/app/views/asciicasts/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/asciicasts/show.html.erb
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   <div class="asciicast-wrapper">
     <%= render :partial => 'asciicasts/player', :locals => {
       :asciicast => @asciicast,
-      :speed => params[:speed]
+      :speed => params[:speed],
+      :hud => true
     } %>
 
   </div>
diff --git a/app/views/home/show.html.erb b/app/views/home/show.html.erb
index 7765fb7..b97899f 100644
--- a/app/views/home/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/home/show.html.erb
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@
       <% if @asciicast -%>
         <%= render :partial => 'asciicasts/player', :locals => {
           :asciicast => @asciicast,
-          :speed => 2.0
+          :speed => 2.0,
+          :hud => false
         } %>
       <% end -%>
     </div>