diff --git a/htdocs/application/models/pastes.php b/htdocs/application/models/pastes.php
index 845145a..2a3936f 100644
--- a/htdocs/application/models/pastes.php
+++ b/htdocs/application/models/pastes.php
@@ -104,11 +104,20 @@ class Pastes extends CI_Model
 			}
 		}
 		while ($n == 0);
+		$burn = false;
 		
-		if ($this->input->post('expire') == 0) 
+		if ($this->input->post('expire') == '0') 
 		{
 			$data['expire'] = 0;
 		}
+		else 
+		if ($this->input->post('expire') == 'burn') 
+		{
+			$burn = true;
+			$data['toexpire'] = 1;
+			$data['expire'] = 0;
+			$data['private'] = 1;
+		}
 		else
 		{
 			$format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s';
@@ -128,7 +137,16 @@ class Pastes extends CI_Model
 		}
 		$data['ip_address'] = $this->input->ip_address();
 		$this->db->insert('pastes', $data);
-		return 'view/' . $data['pid'];
+		
+		if ($burn) 
+		{
+			echo 'copy this URL, it will become invalid on visit: ' . site_url('view/' . $data['pid']);
+			exit;
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			return 'view/' . $data['pid'];
+		}
 	}
 	private 
 	function _get_url($pid) 
@@ -235,6 +253,8 @@ class Pastes extends CI_Model
 			$data['lang'] = $this->languages->code_to_description($row['lang']);
 			$data['paste'] = $this->process->syntax(htmlspecialchars_decode($row['raw']) , $row['lang']);
 			$data['created'] = $row['created'];
+			$data['expire'] = $row['expire'];
+			$data['toexpire'] = $row['toexpire'];
 			$data['url'] = $this->_get_url($row['pid']);
 			$data['raw'] = $row['raw'];
 			$data['hits'] = $row['hits'];
@@ -358,6 +378,13 @@ class Pastes extends CI_Model
 		{
 			$this->calculate_hits($pid, $data['hits']);
 		}
+
+		//burn if necessary
+		
+		if ($data['expire'] == 0 and $data['toexpire'] == 1) 
+		{
+			$this->delete_paste($data['pid']);
+		}
 		return $data;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/htdocs/themes/bootstrap/views/defaults/paste_form.php b/htdocs/themes/bootstrap/views/defaults/paste_form.php
index 6b401c4..2a9f058 100644
--- a/htdocs/themes/bootstrap/views/defaults/paste_form.php
+++ b/htdocs/themes/bootstrap/views/defaults/paste_form.php
@@ -92,7 +92,9 @@
 						</label>
 						<?php 
 							$expire_extra = 'id="expire" class="select" tabindex="7"';
+                            $default_expiration = '10080'; // 1 week
 							$options = array(
+                                        "burn" => lang('burn_on_reading'),
                                         "5" => lang('exp_5min'),
                                         "60" => lang('exp_1h'),
                                         "1440" => lang('exp_1d'),
@@ -102,8 +104,9 @@
 									);
                             if(! config_item('disable_keep_forever')) {
                                 $options['0'] = lang('exp_forever');
+                                $default_expiration = '0'; // forever
                             }
-						echo form_dropdown('expire', $options, $expire_set, $expire_extra); ?>
+						echo form_dropdown('expire', $options, $default_expiration, $expire_extra); ?>
 					</div>
 				</div>
 			</div>
diff --git a/htdocs/themes/default/views/defaults/paste_form.php b/htdocs/themes/default/views/defaults/paste_form.php
index 27ad339..0c33b1a 100644
--- a/htdocs/themes/default/views/defaults/paste_form.php
+++ b/htdocs/themes/default/views/defaults/paste_form.php
@@ -90,7 +90,9 @@
 				</label>
 				<?php 
 					$expire_extra = 'id="expire" class="select" tabindex="7"';
+                    $default_expiration = '10080'; // 1 week
 					$options = array(
+									"burn" => lang('burn_on_reading'),
 									"5" => lang('exp_5min'),
 									"60" => lang('exp_1h'),
 									"1440" => lang('exp_1d'),
@@ -100,8 +102,9 @@
 								);
                     if(! config_item('disable_keep_forever')) {
                         $options['0'] = lang('exp_forever');
+                        $default_expiration = '0'; // forever
                     }
-				echo form_dropdown('expire', $options, $expire_set, $expire_extra); ?>
+				echo form_dropdown('expire', $options, $default_expiration, $expire_extra); ?>
 			</div>
 		</div>