diff --git a/exampleSite/config.toml b/exampleSite/config.toml
index 4513c4e..99e5024 100644
--- a/exampleSite/config.toml
+++ b/exampleSite/config.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ paginate = 5
   # Description/subtitle for homepage (can be Markdown)
   description = "A simple Hugo theme based on the Bootstrap v4 blog example."
 
+  # Show header (default: true)
+  #header_visible = true
+
   # Format dates with Go's time formatting
   date_format = "Mon Jan 02, 2006"
 
diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index ced209c..3d37029 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     {{ end }}
 
     {{ block "header" . }}
+    {{ if (ne ($.Param "header_visible") false) }}
     <header class="blog-header">
       <div class="container">
         <h1 class="blog-title"><a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}" rel="home">{{ .Site.Title | safeHTML }}</a></h1>
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@
       </div>
     </header>
     {{ end }}
+    {{ end }}
 
     {{ block "body" . }}
     <div class="container">