diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3870b89e..41f731de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <groupId>com.rarchives.ripme</groupId>
   <artifactId>ripme</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.2.7</version>
+  <version>1.2.8</version>
   <name>ripme</name>
   <url>http://rip.rarchives.com</url>
   <properties>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/ImgurRipper.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/ImgurRipper.java
index 78d9bcd5..0d3cac1c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/ImgurRipper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ripper/rippers/ImgurRipper.java
@@ -212,11 +212,15 @@ public class ImgurRipper extends AlbumRipper {
                 int imagesLength = images.length();
                 for (int i = 0; i < imagesLength; i++) {
                     JSONObject image = images.getJSONObject(i);
+                    String ext = image.getString("ext");
+                    if (ext.equals(".gif") && Utils.getConfigBoolean("prefer.mp4", false)) {
+                    	ext = ".mp4";
+                    }
                     URL imageURL = new URL(
                             // CDN url is provided elsewhere in the document
                             "http://i.imgur.com/"
                                     + image.get("hash")
-                                    + image.get("ext"));
+                                    + ext);
                     ImgurImage imgurImage =  new ImgurImage(imageURL,
                             image.getString("title"),
                             image.getString("description"));
@@ -239,12 +243,16 @@ public class ImgurRipper extends AlbumRipper {
                 int imagesLength = images.length();
                 for (int i = 0; i < imagesLength; i++) {
                     JSONObject image = images.getJSONObject(i);
+                    String ext = image.getString("ext");
+                    if (ext.equals(".gif") && Utils.getConfigBoolean("prefer.mp4", false)) {
+                    	ext = ".mp4";
+                    }
                     URL imageURL = new URL(
                             "http://i.imgur.com/"
                                     + image.getString("hash")
-                                    + image.getString("ext"));
+                                    + ext);
                     ImgurImage imgurImage = new ImgurImage(imageURL);
-                    imgurImage.extension = image.getString("ext");
+                    imgurImage.extension = ext;
                     imgurAlbum.addImage(imgurImage);
                 }
                 return imgurAlbum;
@@ -280,6 +288,9 @@ public class ImgurRipper extends AlbumRipper {
                 logger.error("[!] Unable to find image in div: " + thumb.toString());
                 continue;
             }
+            if (image.endsWith(".gif") && Utils.getConfigBoolean("prefer.mp4", false)) {
+            	image = image.replace(".gif", ".mp4");
+            }
             ImgurImage imgurImage = new ImgurImage(new URL(image));
             imgurAlbum.addImage(imgurImage);
         }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
index 7b82137e..6faa14b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/MainWindow.java
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
     private static JCheckBox configSaveAlbumTitles;
     private static JCheckBox configClipboardAutorip;
     private static JCheckBox configSaveDescriptions;
+    private static JCheckBox configPreferMp4;
 
     private static TrayIcon trayIcon;
     private static MenuItem trayMenuMain;
@@ -210,6 +211,7 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
         Utils.setConfigBoolean("album_titles.save", configSaveAlbumTitles.isSelected());
         Utils.setConfigBoolean("clipboard.autorip", configClipboardAutorip.isSelected());
         Utils.setConfigBoolean("descriptions.save", configSaveDescriptions.isSelected());
+        Utils.setConfigBoolean("prefer.mp4", configPreferMp4.isSelected());
         saveHistory();
         Utils.saveConfig();
     }
@@ -462,6 +464,9 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
         configSaveDescriptions = new JCheckBox("Save descriptions", Utils.getConfigBoolean("descriptions.save", true));
         configSaveDescriptions.setHorizontalAlignment(JCheckBox.RIGHT);
         configSaveDescriptions.setHorizontalTextPosition(JCheckBox.LEFT);
+        configPreferMp4 = new JCheckBox("Prefer MP4 over GIF", Utils.getConfigBoolean("prefer.mp4", false));
+        configPreferMp4.setHorizontalAlignment(JCheckBox.RIGHT);
+        configPreferMp4.setHorizontalTextPosition(JCheckBox.LEFT);
         configSaveDirLabel = new JLabel();
         try {
             String workingDir = (Utils.shortenPath(Utils.getWorkingDirectory()));
@@ -489,6 +494,7 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
         gbc.gridy = 8; gbc.gridx = 0; configurationPanel.add(configClipboardAutorip, gbc);
                        gbc.gridx = 1; configurationPanel.add(configSaveAlbumTitles, gbc);
         gbc.gridy = 9; gbc.gridx = 0; configurationPanel.add(configSaveDescriptions, gbc);
+                       gbc.gridx = 1; configurationPanel.add(configPreferMp4, gbc);
         gbc.gridy =10; gbc.gridx = 0; configurationPanel.add(configSaveDirLabel, gbc);
                        gbc.gridx = 1; configurationPanel.add(configSaveDirButton, gbc);
 
@@ -750,6 +756,13 @@ public class MainWindow implements Runnable, RipStatusHandler {
                 Utils.configureLogger();
             }
         });
+        configPreferMp4.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
+            @Override
+            public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent arg0) {
+                Utils.setConfigBoolean("prefer.mp4", configPreferMp4.isSelected());
+                Utils.configureLogger();
+            }
+        });
         queueListModel.addListDataListener(new ListDataListener() {
             @Override
             public void intervalAdded(ListDataEvent arg0) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
index 1bc5ce28..5653b6c4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/rarchives/ripme/ui/UpdateUtils.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import com.rarchives.ripme.utils.Utils;
 public class UpdateUtils {
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(UpdateUtils.class);
-    private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.2.7";
+    private static final String DEFAULT_VERSION = "1.2.8";
     private static final String updateJsonURL = "http://rarchives.com/ripme.json";
     private static final String updateJarURL = "http://rarchives.com/ripme.jar";
     private static final String mainFileName = "ripme.jar";