diff --git a/inc/processJsonPost.js b/inc/processJsonPost.js
index b3cd784..d57711d 100644
--- a/inc/processJsonPost.js
+++ b/inc/processJsonPost.js
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ async function processJsonPost(json, parsed, user_preferences) {
                       post.media_metadata[id].p.length - 1
                     ].u
                   ),
+                  caption: post.gallery_data.items[i].caption || false,
                 };
               }
               obj.gallery_items.push(item);
diff --git a/routes/preferences.js b/routes/preferences.js
index 9d7169b..e36c28b 100644
--- a/routes/preferences.js
+++ b/routes/preferences.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ function resetPreferences(res) {
   res.clearCookie('domain_instagram');
   res.clearCookie('videos_muted');
   res.clearCookie('prefer_frontpage');
+  res.clearCookie('show_large_gallery_images');
 }
 
 preferenceRoutes.get('/preferences', (req, res, next) => {
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ preferenceRoutes.post('/saveprefs', (req, res, next) => {
   let domain_instagram = req.body.domain_instagram;
   let videos_muted = req.body.videos_muted;
   let prefer_frontpage = req.body.prefer_frontpage;
+  let show_large_gallery_images = req.body.show_large_gallery_images;
 
   res.cookie('theme', theme, {
     maxAge: 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
@@ -174,6 +176,12 @@ preferenceRoutes.post('/saveprefs', (req, res, next) => {
     httpOnly: true,
   });
 
+  if (show_large_gallery_images === 'on') show_large_gallery_images = 'true';
+  res.cookie('show_large_gallery_images', show_large_gallery_images, {
+    maxAge: 365 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000,
+    httpOnly: true,
+  });
+
   return res.redirect('/preferences');
 });
 
diff --git a/static/css/styles.css b/static/css/styles.css
index 4a0c7a4..971c2fc 100644
--- a/static/css/styles.css
+++ b/static/css/styles.css
@@ -1647,6 +1647,36 @@ body.homepage.clean .sublinks a {
   }
 }
 
+/* Large gallery items */
+.gallery .item.large {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  margin-bottom: 1rem;
+  position: relative;
+  margin-right: 0.3rem;
+}
+
+.gallery .item.large img {
+  max-height: 90vh;
+  position: relative;
+}
+
+.gallery .item.large .caption {
+  position: absolute;
+  width: calc(100% - 0.6rem);
+  color: white;
+  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7);
+  padding: 0.3rem;
+  bottom: 0;
+}
+
+@media only screen and (max-width: 768px) {
+  .gallery .item.large img {
+    max-height: unset;
+    max-width: 100%;
+  }
+}
+
 /* Fix spoiler texts not showing without JS */
 .md .md-spoiler-text:not(.revealed):active,.md .md-spoiler-text:not(.revealed):focus,.md .md-spoiler-text:not(.revealed):hover {
   color: black;
diff --git a/views/post.pug b/views/post.pug
index cd607bc..cd419e1 100644
--- a/views/post.pug
+++ b/views/post.pug
@@ -137,12 +137,19 @@ html
               if post.gallery
                 .gallery
                   each item in post.gallery_items
-                    .item
-                      div
+                    if user_preferences.show_large_gallery_images == 'true'
+                      .item.large
                         a(href="" + item.large + "", target="_blank")
-                          img(src=""+ item.thumbnail +"", alt="")
-                      a(href="" + item.source + "", target="_blank", class="source-link")
-                        small source
+                          img(src="" + item.large + "", title="" + item.caption + "")
+                        if item.caption
+                          span.caption !{item.caption}
+                    else
+                      .item
+                        div
+                          a(href="" + item.large + "", target="_blank")
+                            img(src=""+ item.thumbnail +"", alt="")
+                        a(href="" + item.source + "", target="_blank", class="source-link")
+                          small source
               if post.images
                 .image
                   a(href="" + post.images.source + "")
diff --git a/views/preferences.pug b/views/preferences.pug
index 8a0d220..08c935b 100644
--- a/views/preferences.pug
+++ b/views/preferences.pug
@@ -126,6 +126,12 @@ html
                 input(type="checkbox", name="videos_muted", id="videos_muted", checked="checked")
               else
                 input(type="checkbox", name="videos_muted", id="videos_muted")
+          .setting
+            label(for="show_large_gallery_images") Show large gallery images with captions: 
+            if (user_preferences.show_large_gallery_images == 'true')
+              input(type="checkbox", name="show_large_gallery_images", id="show_large_gallery_images", checked="checked")
+            else
+              input(type="checkbox", name="show_large_gallery_images", id="show_large_gallery_images")
           small(class="notice") Preferences are stored client-side using cookies without any personal information.
           br
           input(type="submit", value="Save preferences")