diff --git a/classes/WhatDidTheySayAdmin.inc b/classes/WhatDidTheySayAdmin.inc
index 83fcfab..5ffe141 100644
--- a/classes/WhatDidTheySayAdmin.inc
+++ b/classes/WhatDidTheySayAdmin.inc
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ class WhatDidTheySayAdmin {
       'home' => true,
       'single' => false
     ),
-    'transcript_effects' => false
+    'transcript_effects' => false,
+    'allow_html' => false
   );
   
   var $capabilities = array();
@@ -514,12 +515,32 @@ class WhatDidTheySayAdmin {
     if (isset($info['module'])) {
       $method_name = "handle_update_" . str_replace("-", "_", $info['module']);
       if (method_exists($this, $method_name)) {
+        $info = $this->_clean_child($info);
+      
         $result = $this->{$method_name}($info);
         if (!empty($result)) { $this->notices[] = $result; }
       }
     }
   }
 
+  function _clean_child($node) {
+    if (is_array($node)) {
+      $new_nodes = array();
+      foreach ($node as $key => $n) {
+        $new_nodes[$key] = $this->_clean_child($n);
+      }
+      return $new_nodes;
+    } else {
+      $options = get_option('what-did-they-say-options');
+
+      $node = (string)$node;
+      foreach (array('script', 'style', 'link') as $tag) { $node = preg_replace("#<${tag}.*/${tag}>#", '', $node); }
+      if (!$options['allow_html']) { $node = strip_tags($node); }
+      
+      return $node;
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Handle updates to queued transcripts.
    * @param array $info The part of the $_POST array for What Did They Say?!?
diff --git a/classes/partials/_default-styles.inc b/classes/partials/_default-styles.inc
index b43046e..5cc777e 100644
--- a/classes/partials/_default-styles.inc
+++ b/classes/partials/_default-styles.inc
@@ -36,6 +36,14 @@
         <?php _e('Turn transcript line breaks into HTML new lines (nl2br())', 'what-did-they-say') ?>
       </label>
 
+      <label>
+        <input type="checkbox"
+               name="wdts[allow_html]"
+               value="yes"
+               <?php echo ($options['allow_html'] ? 'checked="checked"' : '') ?> />
+        <?php _e('Allow HTML in transcripts. If disabled, only short codes are allowed. Script and style tags are always filtered out.', 'what-did-they-say') ?>
+      </label>
+
       <p>By default, transcripts should be hidden on these types of pages:</p>
 
       <div style="margin: 0 2em">
diff --git a/js/toggle-transcript.js b/js/toggle-transcript.js
index 8239614..fde0526 100644
--- a/js/toggle-transcript.js
+++ b/js/toggle-transcript.js
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ $$('.wdts-transcript-container').each(function(d) {
 
     if (opener && closer) {
       opener.observe('click', function(e) {
+        Event.stop(e);
         opener.hide(); closer.show();
         if (WhatDidTheySay.use_transcript_effects) {
           new Effect.BlindDown(bundle, { duration: 0.25 });
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ $$('.wdts-transcript-container').each(function(d) {
       });
 
       closer.observe('click', function(e) {
+        Event.stop(e);
         closer.hide(); opener.show();
         if (WhatDidTheySay.use_transcript_effects) {
           new Effect.BlindUp(bundle, { duration: 0.25 });