diff --git a/chrome/content/mailhops.js b/chrome/content/mailhops.js
index 95f02d7..1ddfe85 100644
--- a/chrome/content/mailhops.js
+++ b/chrome/content/mailhops.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ var mailHops =
       'api_http':'https://',
       'api_host':'api.mailhops.com',
       'debug':false,
+      'hide_compact':false,
       'bar_color': '#5E7A9B',
       'font_color': '#FFF',
       'font_size': '14px',
@@ -71,6 +72,8 @@ mailHops.loadPref = function(reload)
 
   mailHops.options.debug = mailHops.getCharPref('mail.mailHops.debug','false')=='true'?true:false;
 
+  mailHops.options.hide_compact = mailHops.getCharPref('mail.mailHops.hide_compact','false')=='true'?true:false;
+
   mailHops.options.api_host = mailHops.getCharPref('mail.mailHops.api_host','api.mailhops.com');
 
   mailHops.options.api_http = mailHops.getCharPref('mail.mailHops.api_http','https://');
@@ -135,14 +138,16 @@ mailHops.StreamListener =
 */
 mailHops.loadHeaderData = function() {
 
-  // CompactHeader toggle header logic
-  var compactHeadersView = document.getElementById('CompactHeader_collapsedHeaderView');
-  if(!!compactHeadersView){
-    if(compactHeadersView.collapsed===true){
-      mailHopsDisplay.toggleMailHopsBar(true);
-    } else if(compactHeadersView.collapsed===false){
-      mailHopsDisplay.toggleMailHopsBar(false);
-      return;
+  if(!!mailHops.options.hide_compact){
+    // CompactHeader toggle header logic
+    var compactHeadersView = document.getElementById('CompactHeader_collapsedHeaderView');
+    if(!!compactHeadersView){
+      if(compactHeadersView.collapsed===true){
+        mailHopsDisplay.toggleMailHopsBar(true);
+      } else if(compactHeadersView.collapsed===false){
+        mailHopsDisplay.toggleMailHopsBar(false);
+        return;
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/chrome/content/preferences.js b/chrome/content/preferences.js
index 88018c5..0f3305b 100644
--- a/chrome/content/preferences.js
+++ b/chrome/content/preferences.js
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ var mailHopPreferences = {
     else
       document.getElementById("mailhop.travel_time_junk").checked = true;
 
+    if(pref.getCharPref("mail.mailHops.hide_compact",'false')=='false')
+      document.getElementById("mailhop.hide_compact").checked = false;
+    else
+      document.getElementById("mailhop.hide_compact").checked = true;
+
     document.getElementById("mailhops-membership-link").addEventListener("click", function () {
       mailHopsUtils.launchExternalURL(this.getAttribute('data-account-url'));
     });
@@ -99,10 +104,6 @@ var mailHopPreferences = {
     document.getElementById("mailhop.font_size").addEventListener("input", function () {
       self.previewBar.style.fontSize = this.value;
     });
-    document.getElementById("randomColorHue").addEventListener("change", function () {
-      self.RandomColor(this.value);
-    });
-
   },
   savePreferences: function() {
     pref.setCharPref("mail.mailHops.lang", document.getElementById("mailhop.lang").selectedItem.value);
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ var mailHopPreferences = {
     pref.setCharPref("mail.mailHops.font_color", String(document.getElementById("mailhop.font_color").value));
     pref.setCharPref("mail.mailHops.font_size", String(document.getElementById("mailhop.font_size").value));
     pref.setCharPref("mail.mailHops.debug", String(document.getElementById("mailhop.debug").checked));
+    pref.setCharPref("mail.mailHops.hide_compact", String(document.getElementById("mailhop.hide_compact").checked));
 
     //API vars
     if(!this.valid_api_key)
@@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ var mailHopPreferences = {
      if(font.indexOf('rgb(')===0)
       document.getElementById("mailhop.font_color").value = this.rgb2hex(font);
      else
-      document.getElementById("mailhop.font_color").value = font;     
+      document.getElementById("mailhop.font_color").value = font;
    }
    if(size) document.getElementById("mailhop.font_size").value = size;
    this.previewBar.style.background = document.getElementById("mailhop.bar_color").value;
diff --git a/chrome/content/preferences.xul b/chrome/content/preferences.xul
index b1e04c5..d12a25f 100644
--- a/chrome/content/preferences.xul
+++ b/chrome/content/preferences.xul
@@ -560,6 +560,8 @@
 						</rows>
 					</grid>
 
+					<checkbox id="mailhop.hide_compact" label="Hide MailHops Bar when CompactHeaders" checked="false"/>
+
 				</groupbox>
 	    </tabpanel>