diff --git a/conf/configuration.go b/conf/configuration.go
index 88e1838fc..cf49606c9 100644
--- a/conf/configuration.go
+++ b/conf/configuration.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ type configOptions struct {
 	SearchFullString                bool
 	RecentlyAddedByModTime          bool
 	PreferSortTags                  bool
+	AppendSubtitle                  bool
 	IgnoredArticles                 string
 	IndexGroups                     string
 	FFmpegPath                      string
@@ -433,6 +434,7 @@ func init() {
 	viper.SetDefault("searchfullstring", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("recentlyaddedbymodtime", false)
 	viper.SetDefault("prefersorttags", false)
+	viper.SetDefault("appendsubtitle", true)
 	viper.SetDefault("ignoredarticles", "The El La Los Las Le Les Os As O A")
 	viper.SetDefault("indexgroups", "A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X-Z(XYZ) [Unknown]([)")
 	viper.SetDefault("ffmpegpath", "")
diff --git a/model/mediafile.go b/model/mediafile.go
index d9603f7d3..fda1c784b 100644
--- a/model/mediafile.go
+++ b/model/mediafile.go
@@ -93,10 +93,10 @@ type MediaFile struct {
 }
 
 func (mf MediaFile) FullTitle() string {
-	if mf.Tags[TagSubtitle] == nil {
-		return mf.Title
+	if conf.Server.AppendSubtitle && mf.Tags[TagSubtitle] != nil {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", mf.Title, mf.Tags[TagSubtitle][0])
 	}
-	return fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s)", mf.Title, mf.Tags[TagSubtitle][0])
+	return mf.Title
 }
 
 func (mf MediaFile) ContentType() string {