diff --git a/docs/docs/configuration/client.rst b/docs/docs/configuration/client.rst
index b67622f..9f465db 100644
--- a/docs/docs/configuration/client.rst
+++ b/docs/docs/configuration/client.rst
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ preferably in the script tag which embeds the JS:
             data-isso-avatar="true"
             data-isso-avatar-bg="#f0f0f0"
             data-isso-avatar-fg="#9abf88 #5698c4 #e279a3 #9163b6 ..."
+            data-isso-vote="true"
             src="/prefix/js/embed.js"></script>
 
 Furthermore you can override the automatic title detection inside
@@ -88,6 +89,11 @@ scheme is based in `this color palette <http://colrd.com/palette/19308/>`_.
 Multiple colors must be separated by space. If you use less than eight colors
 and not a multiple of 2, the color distribution is not even.
 
+data-isso-vote
+--------------
+
+Enable or disable voting feature on the client side.
+
 data-isso-id
 ------------
 
diff --git a/isso/css/isso.css b/isso/css/isso.css
index eef6b81..b0ed6d1 100644
--- a/isso/css/isso.css
+++ b/isso/css/isso.css
@@ -127,10 +127,11 @@
     color: #111111 !important;
     text-shadow: #aaaaaa 0 0 1px !important;
 }
-.isso-comment > div.text-wrapper > .isso-comment-footer a.reply,
-.isso-comment > div.text-wrapper > .isso-comment-footer a.edit,
-.isso-comment > div.text-wrapper > .isso-comment-footer a.cancel,
-.isso-comment > div.text-wrapper > .isso-comment-footer a.delete {
+.isso-comment > div.text-wrapper > .isso-comment-footer > a {
+    position: relative;
+    top: .2em;
+}
+.isso-comment > div.text-wrapper > .isso-comment-footer > a + a {
     padding-left: 1em;
 }
 .isso-comment > div.text-wrapper > .isso-comment-footer .votes {
diff --git a/isso/js/app/config.js b/isso/js/app/config.js
index 043cdb4..bae5b77 100644
--- a/isso/js/app/config.js
+++ b/isso/js/app/config.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ define(function() {
         "avatar": true,
         "avatar-bg": "#f0f0f0",
         "avatar-fg": ["#9abf88", "#5698c4", "#e279a3", "#9163b6",
-                      "#be5168", "#f19670", "#e4bf80", "#447c69"].join(" ")
+                      "#be5168", "#f19670", "#e4bf80", "#447c69"].join(" "),
+        "vote": true
     };
 
     var js = document.getElementsByTagName("script");
diff --git a/isso/js/app/isso.js b/isso/js/app/isso.js
index 603f27e..ec97d63 100644
--- a/isso/js/app/isso.js
+++ b/isso/js/app/isso.js
@@ -151,31 +151,33 @@ define(["app/dom", "app/utils", "app/config", "app/api", "app/jade", "app/i18n",
             }
         );
 
-        // update vote counter, but hide if votes sum to 0
-        var votes = function(value) {
-            var span = $("span.votes", footer);
-            if (span === null && value !== 0) {
-                footer.prepend($.new("span.votes", value));
-            } else {
-                if (value === 0) {
-                    span.remove();
+        if (config.vote) {
+            // update vote counter, but hide if votes sum to 0
+            var votes = function (value) {
+                var span = $("span.votes", footer);
+                if (span === null && value !== 0) {
+                    footer.prepend($.new("span.votes", value));
                 } else {
-                    span.textContent = value;
+                    if (value === 0) {
+                        span.remove();
+                    } else {
+                        span.textContent = value;
+                    }
                 }
-            }
-        };
+            };
 
-        $("a.upvote", footer).on("click", function() {
-            api.like(comment.id).then(function(rv) {
-                votes(rv.likes - rv.dislikes);
+            $("a.upvote", footer).on("click", function () {
+                api.like(comment.id).then(function (rv) {
+                    votes(rv.likes - rv.dislikes);
+                });
             });
-        });
 
-        $("a.downvote", footer).on("click", function() {
-            api.dislike(comment.id).then(function(rv) {
-                votes(rv.likes - rv.dislikes);
+            $("a.downvote", footer).on("click", function () {
+                api.dislike(comment.id).then(function (rv) {
+                    votes(rv.likes - rv.dislikes);
+                });
             });
-        });
+        }
 
         $("a.edit", footer).toggle("click",
             function(toggler) {
diff --git a/isso/js/app/text/comment.jade b/isso/js/app/text/comment.jade
index cbbb245..faa6618 100644
--- a/isso/js/app/text/comment.jade
+++ b/isso/js/app/text/comment.jade
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@ div(class='isso-comment' id='isso-#{comment.id}')
                 != comment.text
 
         div(class='isso-comment-footer')
-            if comment.likes - comment.dislikes != 0
-                span(class='votes') #{comment.likes - comment.dislikes}
-            a(class='upvote' href='#')
-                i!= svg['arrow-up']
-            span(class='spacer') |
-            a(class='downvote' href='#')
-                i!= svg['arrow-down']
+            if conf.vote
+                if comment.likes - comment.dislikes != 0
+                    span(class='votes') #{comment.likes - comment.dislikes}
+                a(class='upvote' href='#')
+                    != svg['arrow-up']
+                span(class='spacer') |
+                a(class='downvote' href='#')
+                    != svg['arrow-down']
             a(class='reply' href='#') #{i18n('comment-reply')}
             a(class='edit' href='#') #{i18n('comment-edit')}
             a(class='delete' href='#') #{i18n('comment-delete')}