diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aeea23a..e741b5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Code largely based off of [https://github.com/bontibon/kjv.git](https://github.c
       -l      list books
       -W      no line wrap
       -h      show help
+      -F      no footnotes
 
       Reference types:
           <Book>
diff --git a/bibel.awk b/bibel.awk
index 54c0d71..b2e9b6f 100644
--- a/bibel.awk
+++ b/bibel.awk
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ function printintroductionpar(verse,    word_count, characters_printed) {
 }
 
 function printannotation(annotation,    word_count, characters_printed) {
+	if ( ENVIRON["BIBEL_NOFOOTNOTES"] != "" && ENVIRON["BIBEL_NOFOOTNOTES"] != "0"){
+		return
+	}
+	else{
 	if (ENVIRON["BIBEL_NOLINEWRAP"] != "" && ENVIRON["BIBEL_NOLINEWRAP"] != "0") {
 		printf("\t\t%s\n", annotation)
 		return
@@ -227,6 +231,7 @@ function printannotation(annotation,    word_count, characters_printed) {
 	printf("\n")
 	}
 	printf("\n")
+	}
 }
 
 function processline() {
diff --git a/bibel.sh b/bibel.sh
index 69c0830..6667f2d 100755
--- a/bibel.sh
+++ b/bibel.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ show_help() {
 	echo "  -l      list books"
 	echo "  -W      no line wrap"
 	echo "  -h      show help"
+	echo "  -F      no footnotes"
 	echo
 	echo "  Reference types:"
 	echo "      <Book>"
@@ -64,6 +65,9 @@ while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
 	elif [ "$1" = "-W" ]; then
 		export BIBEL_NOLINEWRAP=1
 		shift
+	elif [ "$1" = "-F" ]; then
+		export BIBEL_NOFOOTNOTES=1
+		shift
 	elif [ "$1" = "-h" ] || [ "$isFlag" -eq 1 ]; then
 		show_help
 	else