diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c0dcfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+.idea
+config.json
+life.md
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config.example.json b/config.example.json
index 83ce44a..927988d 100644
--- a/config.example.json
+++ b/config.example.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"customStylesheetURL": null,
 	"yearLength": 120,
-	"hideAge": false
+	"hideAge": false,
+	"hideTags": false
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index b868c72..76f602a 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ <h1 id="title">Life</h1>
 		config: {
 			yearLength: 120, // 120px per year
 			hideAge: false, // Hide age from year axis
+			hideTags: false,
 			customStylesheetURL: null // Custom stylesheet
 		},
 		start: function(){
@@ -161,10 +162,15 @@ <h1 id="title">Life</h1>
 			list.forEach(function(l){
 				var matches = l.match(/\-\s+([\d\/\-\~]+)\s(.*)/i);
 				var time = matches[1];
-				var text = matches[2];
+				var tags = [];
+				var text = matches[2].replace(/#(\w+)/gi, function (hashtag, cleantag) {
+					tags.push('tag-' + cleantag);
+					return (life.config.hideTags ? '' : hashtag);
+				});
 				data.push({
 					time: life.parseTime(time),
-					text: text
+					text: text,
+					tags: tags
 				});
 			});
 			return data;
@@ -258,7 +264,7 @@ <h1 id="title">Life</h1>
 				d.text = d.text.replace(link[0], "<a href='" + link[2] + "'" + link_attr + ">" + link[1] + "</a>");
 			}
 			
-			return '<div class="event" style="margin-left: ' + offset.toFixed(2) + 'px">'
+			return '<div class="event ' + d.tags.join(' ') + '" style="margin-left: ' + offset.toFixed(2) + 'px">'
 				+ '<div class="time" style="width: ' + width.toFixed(2) + 'px"></div>'
 				+ '<b>' + d.time.title + '</b> ' + d.text + '&nbsp;&nbsp;'
 				+ '</div>';