diff --git a/css/zerobin.css b/css/zerobin.css
index 37f3b5cb..ce4d781f 100644
--- a/css/zerobin.css
+++ b/css/zerobin.css
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ button img {
 	top: 2px;
 }
 
-#expiration, #language, #opendisc { 
+#expiration, #language, #burnafterreadingoption, #opendisc { 
 	background-color: #414d5a; 
 	padding: 6px 8px;
 	margin: 0 5px 0 0;
diff --git a/js/zerobin.js b/js/zerobin.js
index 45c1d573..a55fd1ec 100644
--- a/js/zerobin.js
+++ b/js/zerobin.js
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ function send_data() {
     var cipherdata = zeroCipher(randomkey, $('textarea#message').val());
     var data_to_send = { data:           cipherdata,
                          expire:         $('select#pasteExpiration').val(),
+                         burnafterreading: $('input#burnafterreading').is(':checked') ? 1 : 0,
                          opendiscussion: $('input#opendiscussion').is(':checked') ? 1 : 0
                        };
     $.post(scriptLocation(), data_to_send, 'json')
@@ -384,6 +385,7 @@ function stateNewPaste() {
     $('div#remainingtime').addClass('hidden');
     $('div#language').addClass('hidden'); // $('#language').removeClass('hidden');
     $('input#password').addClass('hidden'); //$('#password').removeClass('hidden');
+    $('div#burnafterreadingoption').removeClass('hidden');
     $('div#opendisc').removeClass('hidden');
     $('button#newbutton').removeClass('hidden');
     $('div#pasteresult').addClass('hidden');
@@ -412,6 +414,7 @@ function stateExistingPaste() {
     $('div#expiration').addClass('hidden');
     $('div#language').addClass('hidden');
     $('input#password').addClass('hidden');
+    $('div#burnafterreadingoption').addClass('hidden');
     $('div#opendisc').addClass('hidden');
     $('button#newbutton').removeClass('hidden');
     $('div#pasteresult').addClass('hidden');
@@ -523,9 +526,11 @@ $(function() {
     // hide "no javascript" message
     $('#noscript').hide();
 
-    $('select#pasteExpiration').change(function() {
-        if ($(this).val() == 'burn') {
+    // If "burn after reading" is checked, disable discussion.
+    $('input#burnafterreading').change(function() {
+        if ($(this).is(':checked') ) { 
             $('div#opendisc').addClass('buttondisabled');
+            $('input#opendiscussion').attr({checked: false});
             $('input#opendiscussion').attr('disabled',true);
         }
         else {
diff --git a/lib/zerobin.php b/lib/zerobin.php
index 2d2923ff..3c260cfe 100644
--- a/lib/zerobin.php
+++ b/lib/zerobin.php
@@ -191,15 +191,24 @@ class zerobin
         // Read expiration date
         if (!empty($_POST['expire']))
         {
-            if ($_POST['expire'] == 'burn') {
-                $meta['burnafterreading'] = true;
-            } elseif (array_key_exists($_POST['expire'], $this->_conf['expire_options'])) {
-                $expire = $this->_conf['expire_options'][$_POST['expire']];
+            if (array_key_exists($_POST['expire'], $this->_conf['expire_options'])) {
+                $expire = $this->_conf['expire_options'][$_POST['expire']];
             } else {
                 $expire = $this->_conf['expire_options'][$this->_conf['expire']['default']];
             }
             if ($expire > 0) $meta['expire_date'] = time() + $expire;
         }
+        
+        // Destroy the paste when it is read.
+        if (!empty($_POST['burnafterreading']))
+        {
+            $burnafterreading = $_POST['burnafterreading'];
+            if ($burnafterreading != '0')
+            {
+                if ($burnafterreading != '1') $error = true;
+                $meta['burnafterreading'] = true;
+            }
+        }
 
         // Read open discussion flag.
         if ($this->_conf['main']['opendiscussion'] && !empty($_POST['opendiscussion']))
@@ -320,16 +329,16 @@ class zerobin
         $this->_return_message(1, 'Server error.');
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Delete an existing paste
-     *
-     * @access private
+    /**
+     * Delete an existing paste
+     *
+     * @access private
      * @param  string $dataid
      * @param  string $deletetoken
-     * @return void
-     */
-    private function _delete($dataid, $deletetoken)
-    {
+     * @return void
+     */
+    private function _delete($dataid, $deletetoken)
+    {
         // Is this a valid paste identifier?
         if (preg_match('\A[a-f\d]{16}\z', $dataid))
         {
@@ -428,12 +437,12 @@ class zerobin
     private function _view()
     {
         // set headers to disable caching
-        $time = gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s \G\M\T');
-        header('Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate');
-        header('Pragma: no-cache');
-        header('Expires: ' . $time);
-        header('Last-Modified: ' . $time);
-        header('Vary: Accept');
+        $time = gmdate('D, d M Y H:i:s \G\M\T');
+        header('Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate');
+        header('Pragma: no-cache');
+        header('Expires: ' . $time);
+        header('Last-Modified: ' . $time);
+        header('Vary: Accept');
 
         // label all the expiration options
         $expire = array();
diff --git a/tpl/page.html b/tpl/page.html
index b8295d49..bfb5eb37 100644
--- a/tpl/page.html
+++ b/tpl/page.html
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 			<h3>{$VERSION}</h3>
 			<div id="noscript" class="nonworking">Javascript is required for ZeroBin to work.<br />Sorry for the inconvenience.</div>
 			<div id="oldienotice" class="nonworking">ZeroBin requires a modern browser to work.</div>
-	    <div id="ienotice">Still using Internet Explorer ?  Do yourself a favor, switch to a modern browser: 
+			<div id="ienotice">Still using Internet Explorer ?  Do yourself a favor, switch to a modern browser: 
 				<a href="http://www.mozilla.org/firefox/">Firefox</a>, 
 				<a href="http://www.opera.com/">Opera</a>, 
 				<a href="http://www.google.com/chrome">Chrome</a>, 
@@ -49,10 +49,10 @@
 					<button id="newbutton" onclick="window.location.href=scriptLocation();return false;" class="hidden"><img src="img/icon_new.png#" width="11" height="15" alt="" />New</button>
 					<button id="sendbutton" onclick="send_data();return false;" class="hidden"><img src="img/icon_send.png#" width="18" height="15" alt="" />Send</button>
 					<button id="clonebutton" onclick="clonePaste();return false;" class="hidden"><img src="img/icon_clone.png#" width="15" height="17" alt="" />Clone</button>
-					<div id="expiration" class="hidden">Expire: 
+					<div id="expiration" class="hidden">Expires: 
 						<select id="pasteExpiration" name="pasteExpiration">
-							<option value="burn"{if="$BURNAFTERREADINGSELECTED"} selected="selected"{/if}>Burn after reading</option>{loop="EXPIRE"}
-							<option value="{$key}"{if="!$BURNAFTERREADINGSELECTED && $key == $EXPIREDEFAULT"} selected="selected"{/if}>{$value}</option>{/loop}
+{loop="EXPIRE"}
+							<option value="{$key}"{if="$key == $EXPIREDEFAULT"} selected="selected"{/if}>{$value}</option>{/loop}
 						</select>
 					</div>
 					<div id="remainingtime" class="hidden"></div>
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@
 							<option value="python">Python</option>
 						</select>
 					</div>
+					<div id="burnafterreadingoption" class="button" style="display:none;">
+						<input type="checkbox" id="burnafterreading" name="burnafterreading" {if="$BURNAFTERREADINGSELECTED"} checked="checked"{/if} />
+						<label for="burnafterreading">Burn after reading</label>
+					</div>
 					<input id="password" value="Optional password..." class="hidden" />
 					<div id="opendisc" class="button hidden">
 						<input type="checkbox" id="opendiscussion" name="opendiscussion" {if="!$OPENDISCUSSION"} disabled="disabled"{/if} />