diff --git a/example/settings.toml b/example/settings.toml
index 79c5f46..9795164 100644
--- a/example/settings.toml
+++ b/example/settings.toml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ local_path_to_avatars="./avatars" # destination folder on pc
 [rss]
 enabled = true
 use_atom = false
+images_as_links = true # replace images with text-only links
 limit = 10 # include the most recent n posts
 title="Your Microblog Title Here"
 title_tagged = "#{__tagname__} on {__title__}"
diff --git a/src/microblog.py b/src/microblog.py
index 1bb197b..3cf724f 100644
--- a/src/microblog.py
+++ b/src/microblog.py
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         updated += writepage(tpl, tl, tc, cfg["page"], 
             paginate=True if new_posts is None else False)
         cfg["rss"]["accepted_images"] = cfg["post"]["accepted_images"]
-        cfg["rss"]["gallery_path"] = cfg["post"]["gallery"]["path_to_fullsize"]
+        cfg["rss"]["gallery"] = cfg["post"]["gallery"]
         if cfg["rss"]["enabled"]:
             # ensure output directory for feeds exists
             if not os.path.exists("feeds"):
diff --git a/src/rss.py b/src/rss.py
index 886d027..228776f 100644
--- a/src/rss.py
+++ b/src/rss.py
@@ -43,9 +43,10 @@ def _is_image_token(token: str, extensions):
 def enrich_msg(
     lines,
     accepted_images=[],
-    gallery_path="",
+    gallery_path=dict(),
     trailing_punctuation="",
     desc_len_limit=-1,
+    is_text_only = True
 ):
     content = []
     parser = My_Html_Parser([])
@@ -66,8 +67,16 @@ def enrich_msg(
                     words[i] = new_word
                 elif _is_image_token(core, accepted_images):
                     suffix = word[len(core):]
-                    abs_url = urljoin(gallery_path, core)
-                    anchor = f"<a href=\"{escape(abs_url)}\">{escape(abs_url)}</a>"
+                    abs_url = urljoin(gallery_path["full"], core)
+                    foo_url = urljoin(gallery_path["thumb"], core)
+
+                    href  = escape(abs_url)
+                    if is_text_only:
+                        atext = href
+                    else:
+                        atext = f"<img src=\"{foo_url}\">"
+                    anchor = f"<a href=\"{href}\">{atext}</a>"
+
                     new_word = anchor + suffix
                     words[i] = new_word
             words.insert(0,"<p>")
@@ -107,6 +116,17 @@ def write_feed(posts, filename, params, tagname=None):
     base_url = l
     TITLE_LEN_LIMIT = 60
     DESC_LEN_LIMIT = -1 if params["use_atom"] else 300
+
+    gpaths = dict()
+    img_path_full = urljoin(
+        params["url"], params["gallery"]["path_to_fullsize"] + "/"
+    )
+    gpaths["full"]  = img_path_full
+    img_path_thumb = urljoin(
+        params["url"], params["gallery"]["path_to_thumb"] + "/"
+    )
+    gpaths["thumb"] = img_path_thumb
+
     for post in posts:
         # len of post.message is number of lines
         msg = post.message
@@ -115,12 +135,11 @@ def write_feed(posts, filename, params, tagname=None):
         de = " ".join(
             enrich_msg(
                 msg,
-                gallery_path=urljoin(
-                    params["url"], params.get("gallery_path", "") + "/"
-                ),
+                gallery_path=gpaths,
                 accepted_images=params["accepted_images"],
                 trailing_punctuation=params["trailing_punctuation"],
                 desc_len_limit=DESC_LEN_LIMIT,
+                is_text_only = params["images_as_links"]
             )
         )
         li = base_url + ("#%i" % post.num)