diff --git a/addons/optionsmenu/ACE_Settings.hpp b/addons/optionsmenu/ACE_Settings.hpp
index 9ebaf65095..0badbad660 100644
--- a/addons/optionsmenu/ACE_Settings.hpp
+++ b/addons/optionsmenu/ACE_Settings.hpp
@@ -6,4 +6,10 @@ class ACE_Settings {
         displayName = CSTRING(uiScaing);
         values[] = {"$str_medium", "$str_large", "$str_very_large"};
     };
+    class GVAR(showNewsOnMainMenu) {
+        value = 1;
+        typeName = "BOOL";
+        isClientSettable = 1;
+        displayName = CSTRING(showNewsOnMainMenu_name);
+    };
 };
diff --git a/addons/optionsmenu/gui/pauseMenu.hpp b/addons/optionsmenu/gui/pauseMenu.hpp
index faa6104ece..14edaec598 100644
--- a/addons/optionsmenu/gui/pauseMenu.hpp
+++ b/addons/optionsmenu/gui/pauseMenu.hpp
@@ -108,15 +108,14 @@ class RscDisplayMain: RscStandardDisplay {
         };
 
         class ACE_news: RscControlsGroupNoScrollbars {
-            idc = -1;
+            idc = 80086;
             x = "safezoneX + safezoneW - (31 * (((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40))";
             y = "safezoneY + (1 * ((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25))";
             w = "15 * (((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)";
-            h = "16.5 * ((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)";
-            class controls
-            {
+            h = "8.25 * ((((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)";
+            class controls {
                 class ACE_NewsTitle: RscText {
-                    text = "ACE News";
+                    text = CSTRING(aceNews);
                     colorBackground[] = {(162/255),(28/255),(28/255),0.8};
                     idc = -1;
                     x = "0 * 			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)";
@@ -124,29 +123,28 @@ class RscDisplayMain: RscStandardDisplay {
                     w = "15 * 			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)";
                     h = "1 * 			(			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)";
                 };
-                class ACE_VersionInfo: RscText
-                {
+                class ACE_VersionInfo: RscText {
                     idc = 68;
                     x = "0 * 			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)";
                     y = "1.1 * 			(			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)";
                     w = "15 * 			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)";
                     h = "1 * 			(			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)";
-                    colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0.4};
+                    colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0.666};
                 };
                 class ACE_NewsBackground: RscText {
                     idc = -1;
                     x = "0 * 			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)";
                     y = "2.2 * 			(			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)";
                     w = "15 * 			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)";
-                    h = "14 * 			(			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)";
-                    colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0.4};
+                    h = "5.75 * 			(			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)";
+                    colorBackground[] = {0,0,0,0.666};
                 };
                 class ACE_NewsText: RscHTML {
                     idc = 69;
                     x = "0 * 			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)";
                     y = "2.1 * 			(			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)";
                     w = "15 * 			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 40)";
-                    h = "14.2 * 			(			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)";
+                    h = "5.95 * 			(			(			((safezoneW / safezoneH) min 1.2) / 1.2) / 25)";
 
                     shadow = 0;
                     class H1 {
diff --git a/addons/optionsmenu/script_loadMainMenuBox.sqf b/addons/optionsmenu/script_loadMainMenuBox.sqf
index d631d6b04b..9c556e5128 100644
--- a/addons/optionsmenu/script_loadMainMenuBox.sqf
+++ b/addons/optionsmenu/script_loadMainMenuBox.sqf
@@ -18,8 +18,14 @@
 if (missionNamespace getVariable [QGVAR(newsLoaded), false]) exitWith {};
 GVAR(newsLoaded) = true;
 
-private ["_version"];
-_version = getText (configFile >> "CfgPatches" >> "ace_main" >> "versionStr");
+//Need to load from profileNamespace because ace_settings might not be init if world = empty
+if (profileNamespace getVariable [QGVAR(showNewsOnMainMenu), true]) then {
+    ((_this select 0) displayCtrl 80086) ctrlShow true;
 
-((_this select 0) displayCtrl 68) ctrlSetText format ["Installed Version: %1", _version];
-((_this select 0) displayCtrl 69) htmlLoad "http://ace3mod.com/version.html";
+    private ["_version"];
+    _version = getText (configFile >> "CfgPatches" >> "ace_main" >> "versionStr");
+    ((_this select 0) displayCtrl 68) ctrlSetText format ["Installed Version: %1", _version];
+    ((_this select 0) displayCtrl 69) htmlLoad "http://ace3mod.com/version.html";
+} else {
+    ((_this select 0) displayCtrl 80086) ctrlShow false;
+};
diff --git a/addons/optionsmenu/stringtable.xml b/addons/optionsmenu/stringtable.xml
index 9bdb914216..d8e51c8b64 100644
--- a/addons/optionsmenu/stringtable.xml
+++ b/addons/optionsmenu/stringtable.xml
@@ -315,5 +315,11 @@
             <English>Sends debug information to RPT and clipboard.</English>
             <Polish>Wysyła informacje o debugowaniu do RPT oraz schowka.</Polish>
         </Key>
+        <Key ID="STR_ACE_OptionsMenu_aceNews">
+            <English>ACE News</English>
+        </Key>
+        <Key ID="STR_ACE_OptionsMenu_showNewsOnMainMenu_name">
+            <English>Show News on Main Menu</English>
+        </Key>
     </Package>
 </Project>