diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index aacefc6..8657d4f 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "obsidian-sample-plugin",
-	"version": "1.0.0",
+	"version": "1.1.2",
 	"lockfileVersion": 2,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "obsidian-sample-plugin",
-			"version": "1.0.0",
+			"version": "1.1.2",
 			"license": "MIT",
 			"devDependencies": {
 				"@codemirror/language": "^6.8.0",
diff --git a/src/copy-code-widget.ts b/src/copy-code-widget.ts
index 3d66d49..17f9c06 100644
--- a/src/copy-code-widget.ts
+++ b/src/copy-code-widget.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ import { EditorView, WidgetType } from "@codemirror/view";
 import { Notice } from "obsidian";
 
 export class CopyWidget extends WidgetType {
-    constructor() {
-        super();
-    }
+  showOnHover: boolean;
+  constructor(showOnHover: boolean) { 
+    super();
+    this.showOnHover = showOnHover;
+  }
 
   toDOM(view: EditorView): HTMLElement {
-    const icon = createSpan({cls: "copy-to-clipboard-icon", text: "\xa0📋"})
-
+    const icon = createSpan({cls:  "copy-to-clipboard-icon", text: "\xa0📋"})
+    icon.toggleClass("show-on-hover", this.showOnHover)
     icon.onclick = (event) => {
         const element = (event.target as HTMLElement)
         let previousElement = element.previousElementSibling
diff --git a/src/copy-inline-code-view-plugin.ts b/src/copy-inline-code-view-plugin.ts
index 6c8a281..819ff42 100644
--- a/src/copy-inline-code-view-plugin.ts
+++ b/src/copy-inline-code-view-plugin.ts
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ import {
 } from "@codemirror/view";
 import { CopyWidget } from "./copy-code-widget";
 
+
 class CopyInlineCodeViewPlugin implements PluginValue {
   decorations: DecorationSet;
+  showOnHover: boolean;
 
-  constructor(view: EditorView) {
+  constructor(view:EditorView, showOnHover: boolean) {
+    this.showOnHover = showOnHover;
     this.decorations = this.buildDecorations(view);
   }
 
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ class CopyInlineCodeViewPlugin implements PluginValue {
 
   buildDecorations(view: EditorView): DecorationSet {
     const builder = new RangeSetBuilder<Decoration>();
-
+    const showOnHover = this.showOnHover
     for (const { from, to } of view.visibleRanges) {
       syntaxTree(view.state).iterate({
         from,
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ class CopyInlineCodeViewPlugin implements PluginValue {
               node.to + 1,
               node.to + 1,
               Decoration.widget({
-                widget: new CopyWidget(),
+                widget: new CopyWidget(showOnHover),
               })
             );
           }
@@ -51,11 +54,11 @@ class CopyInlineCodeViewPlugin implements PluginValue {
   }
 }
 
-const pluginSpec: PluginSpec<CopyInlineCodeViewPlugin> = {
-  decorations: (value: CopyInlineCodeViewPlugin) => value.decorations,
+export const createCopyPlugin = (showOnHover: boolean) => {
+  return ViewPlugin.define(
+    (view: EditorView) => new CopyInlineCodeViewPlugin(view, showOnHover),
+    {
+      decorations: (p) => p.decorations,
+    }
+  );
 };
-
-export const copyPlugin = ViewPlugin.fromClass(
-  CopyInlineCodeViewPlugin,
-  pluginSpec
-);
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 7207006..bdccb70 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,36 @@
+import { CopyInlineCodePluginTab } from "./settings";
 import { Notice, Plugin } from 'obsidian';
-import { copyPlugin as copyInlineCodePlugin } from './copy-inline-code-view-plugin';
+import { createCopyPlugin } from './copy-inline-code-view-plugin';
+
+
+interface CopyInlineCodePluginSettings {
+  showOnHover: boolean;
+}
+
+const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: Partial<CopyInlineCodePluginSettings> = {
+  showOnHover: false,
+};
 
 export default class CopyInlineCodePlugin extends Plugin {
+  settings: CopyInlineCodePluginSettings;
 
-	async onload() {
-		this.registerEditorExtension([copyInlineCodePlugin]);
+  async onload() {
+    await this.loadSettings();
+    this.addSettingTab(new CopyInlineCodePluginTab(this.app, this));
+    this.copyInlineCodeLogic();
+    
+  }
+
+  async loadSettings() {
+    this.settings = Object.assign({}, DEFAULT_SETTINGS, await this.loadData());
+  }
+
+  async saveSettings() {
+    await this.saveData(this.settings);
+  }
+
+  async copyInlineCodeLogic() {
+    this.registerEditorExtension([createCopyPlugin(this.settings.showOnHover)]);
 		this.registerMarkdownPostProcessor((element, context) => {
 			const inlineCodes = element.querySelectorAll("*:not(pre) > code");
 			
@@ -14,7 +40,8 @@ export default class CopyInlineCodePlugin extends Plugin {
 				}
 
 				const icon = createSpan({cls: "copy-to-clipboard-icon", text: "\xa0📋"})
-				const textToCopy = code.textContent
+        icon.toggleClass("show-on-hover", this.settings.showOnHover)
+        const textToCopy = code.textContent
 
 				icon.onclick = (event) => {			
 					if(textToCopy) {
@@ -27,5 +54,6 @@ export default class CopyInlineCodePlugin extends Plugin {
 				code.appendChild(icon)
 			})
 		})
-	}
+  }
 }
+
diff --git a/src/settings.ts b/src/settings.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dae4036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/settings.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import CopyInlineCodePlugin from "./main";
+import { App, PluginSettingTab, Setting } from "obsidian";
+
+export class CopyInlineCodePluginTab extends PluginSettingTab {
+  plugin: CopyInlineCodePlugin;
+
+  constructor(app: App, plugin: CopyInlineCodePlugin) {
+    super(app, plugin);
+    this.plugin = plugin;
+  }
+
+
+  display(): void {
+    const { containerEl } = this;
+
+    containerEl.empty();
+    containerEl.createEl('p', {
+        cls: 'tasks-setting-important',
+        text: 'Changing any settings requires a restart of obsidian.',
+    });
+    
+    new Setting(containerEl)
+      .setName("Show on hover")
+      .setDesc("Copy icon only visible on hover (restart obsidian after change)")
+      .addToggle((component) => {
+          component
+          .setValue(this.plugin.settings.showOnHover)
+          .onChange(async (value) => {
+            this.plugin.settings.showOnHover = value;
+            await this.plugin.saveSettings();
+          })
+        });
+  }
+}
diff --git a/styles.css b/styles.css
index d238688..57b7ed1 100644
--- a/styles.css
+++ b/styles.css
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
 .copy-to-clipboard-icon {
     cursor: pointer
 }
+
+.show-on-hover {
+    cursor: pointer;
+    opacity: 0;
+}
+
+/* Source Mode */
+.cm-line:hover .show-on-hover {
+    opacity: 1.0;
+}
+/* Reading Mode */
+code:hover .show-on-hover {
+    opacity: 1.0;
+}
+
+.tasks-setting-important {
+	color: red;
+	font-weight: bold;
+}