diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3d9e85e..652d2b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 * [About](#about)
 * [Usage](#usage)
-  * [Live Example](https://jsfiddle.net/j4dc86ky/)
+  * [Live Example](https://jsfiddle.net/e4nyhsL6/)
 * [Caveats](#caveats)
 * [Roadmap](#roadmap)
 * [Contributing](#contributing)
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ You can pass to the `$.toast` function an object with the settings for your toas
 | type          | Determines the style of the toast based on Bootstrap styles | 'info'   | 'info', 'success', 'warning', 'error'
 | delay         | Determines how long the Toast shoud be shown for.  The default, -1, will show the toast until the user clicks close. | -1 | omit or set to -1 to disable auto close, or timeout value in milliseconds
 | img           | Shows an image before the title | N/A | { src: '', class: '', title: '', alt: '' }
+| pause_on_hover| true/false respectively to pause on hover | false | true/false  |
 
 **Note:** If content is omitted, the toast will not have a `.toast-body` and can be used as a small snack which will be shown below in the examples. By default toasts will be positioned in the top right corner and will in the future (hopefully) have other position options.
 
diff --git a/dist/toast.min.js b/dist/toast.min.js
index 01827d5..52b5720 100644
--- a/dist/toast.min.js
+++ b/dist/toast.min.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 /**
  * @author Script47 (https://github.com/Script47/Toast)
  * @description Toast - A Bootstrap 4.2+ jQuery plugin for the toast component
- * @version 0.6.0
+ * @version 0.7.0
  **/
-(function(b){b.toast=function(a){b("#toast-container").length||(b("body").prepend('<div id="toast-container" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"></div>'),b("#toast-container").append('<div id="toast-wrapper"></div>'),b("body").on("hidden.bs.toast",".toast",function(){b(this).remove()}));var d="",e="",f="text-muted",g="",l=a.title||"Notice!",m=a.subtitle||"",h=a.content||"",k=a.delay||-1,c=a.img;switch(a.type||"info"){case "info":d="bg-info";g=f=e="text-white";break;case "success":d="bg-success";
-g=f=e="text-white";break;case "warning":case "warn":d="bg-warning";g=f=e="text-white";break;case "error":case "danger":d="bg-danger",g=f=e="text-white"}a='<div class="toast" role="alert" aria-live="assertive" aria-atomic="true" '+(-1===k?'data-autohide="false"':'data-delay="'+k+'"')+">"+('<div class="toast-header '+d+" "+e+'">');"undefined"!==typeof c&&(a+='<img src="'+c.src+'" class="'+(c["class"]||"")+' mr-2" alt="'+(c.alt||"Image")+'" '+("undefined"!==typeof c.title?'data-toggle="tooltip" title="'+
-c.title+'"':"")+">");a=a+('<strong class="mr-auto">'+l+"</strong>")+('<small class="'+f+'">'+m+"</small>");a+='<button type="button" class="ml-2 mb-1 close" data-dismiss="toast" aria-label="Close">';a+='<span aria-hidden="true" class="'+g+'">&times;</span>';a+="</button>";a+="</div>";""!==h&&(a+='<div class="toast-body">',a+=h,a+="</div>");a+="</div>";b("#toast-wrapper").append(a);b("#toast-wrapper .toast:last").toast("show")}})(jQuery);
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+(function(b){b.toast=function(c){b("#toast-container").length||(b("body").prepend('<div id="toast-container" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"></div>'),b("#toast-container").append('<div id="toast-wrapper"></div>'),b("body").on("hidden.bs.toast",".toast",function(){b(this).remove()}));var h="toast-"+(b(".toast").length+1),a="",e=a="",f="text-muted",g="",q=c.title||"Notice!",r=c.subtitle||"",p=c.content||"",k=c.delay||-1,d=c.img,l=c.pause_on_hover||!1,m=!1,n="";switch(c.type||"info"){case "info":a=
+"bg-info";g=f=e="text-white";break;case "success":a="bg-success";g=f=e="text-white";break;case "warning":case "warn":a="bg-warning";g=f=e="text-white";break;case "error":case "danger":a="bg-danger",g=f=e="text-white"}!1!==l?(c=Math.floor(Date.now()/1E3)+k/1E3,n='data-autohide="false"',l='data-hide-timestamp="'+c+'"'):n=-1===k?'data-autohide="false"':'data-delay="'+k+'"';a='<div id="'+h+'" class="toast" role="alert" aria-live="assertive" aria-atomic="true" '+n+" "+l+">"+('<div class="toast-header '+
+a+" "+e+'">');"undefined"!==typeof d&&(a+='<img src="'+d.src+'" class="'+(d["class"]||"")+' mr-2" alt="'+(d.alt||"Image")+'" '+("undefined"!==typeof d.title?'data-toggle="tooltip" title="'+d.title+'"':"")+">");a=a+('<strong class="mr-auto">'+q+"</strong>")+('<small class="'+f+'">'+r+"</small>");a+='<button type="button" class="ml-2 mb-1 close" data-dismiss="toast" aria-label="Close">';a+='<span aria-hidden="true" class="'+g+'">&times;</span>';a+="</button>";a+="</div>";""!==p&&(a+='<div class="toast-body">',
+a+=p,a+="</div>");a+="</div>";b("#toast-wrapper").append(a);b("#toast-wrapper .toast:last").toast("show");!1!==l&&(setTimeout(function(){m||b("#"+h).toast("hide")},k),b(document).on("mouseover","#"+h,function(){m=!0}),b(document).on("mouseleave","#"+h,function(){var a=Math.floor(Date.now()/1E3),c=parseInt(b(this).data("hide-timestamp"));m=!1;a>=c&&b(this).toast("hide")}))}})(jQuery);
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diff --git a/example/index.html b/example/index.html
index bc32cfb..fe04110 100644
--- a/example/index.html
+++ b/example/index.html
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
     <body>
         <button class="btn-block btn-primary" onclick="show_random_toast();">Show Random Toast</button>
         <br>
+        <button class="btn-block btn-primary" onclick="show_random_toast(true);">Pause on Hover</button>
+        <br>
         <button class="btn-block btn-primary" onclick="show_image_toast();">Show Image Toast</button>
         <br>
         <button class="btn-block btn-primary" onclick="show_random_snack();">Show Random Snack</button>
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@
                     'error': 'It all went wrong.'
                 };
 
-            function show_random_toast() {
+            function show_random_toast(pause_on_hover = false) {
                 let type = TYPES[Math.floor(Math.random() * TYPES.length)],
                     title = TITLES[type],
                     content = CONTENT[type];
@@ -53,6 +55,7 @@
                     subtitle: '11 mins ago',
                     content: content,
                     type: type,
+                    pause_on_hover: pause_on_hover,
                     delay: 5000
                 });
             }
diff --git a/js/toast.js b/js/toast.js
index 1567b94..32ac38c 100644
--- a/js/toast.js
+++ b/js/toast.js
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /**
  * @author Script47 (https://github.com/Script47/Toast)
  * @description Toast - A Bootstrap 4.2+ jQuery plugin for the toast component
- * @version 0.6.0
+ * @version 0.7.0
  **/
 (function ($) {
-    const TOAST_CONTAINER_HTML = '<div id="toast-container" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"></div>';
-    const TOAST_WRAPPER_HTML = '<div id="toast-wrapper"></div>';
+    var TOAST_CONTAINER_HTML = '<div id="toast-container" aria-live="polite" aria-atomic="true"></div>';
+    var TOAST_WRAPPER_HTML = '<div id="toast-wrapper"></div>';
 
     $.toast = function (opts) {
         if (!$('#toast-container').length) {
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
             });
         }
 
-        let bg_header_class = '',
+        var id = 'toast-' + ($('.toast').length + 1),
+            html = '',
+            bg_header_class = '',
             fg_header_class = '',
             fg_subtitle_class = 'text-muted',
             fg_dismiss_class = '',
@@ -26,7 +28,10 @@
             content = opts.content || '',
             type = opts.type || 'info',
             delay = opts.delay || -1,
-            img = opts.img;
+            img = opts.img,
+            pause_on_hover = opts.pause_on_hover || false,
+            pause = false,
+            delay_or_autohide = '';
 
         switch (type) {
             case 'info':
@@ -60,15 +65,20 @@
                 break;
         }
 
-        let delay_or_autohide = '';
+        if (pause_on_hover !== false) {
+            var hide_timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000) + (delay / 1000);
 
-        if (delay === -1) {
             delay_or_autohide = 'data-autohide="false"';
+            pause_on_hover = 'data-hide-timestamp="' + hide_timestamp + '"';
         } else {
-            delay_or_autohide = 'data-delay="' + delay + '"';
+            if (delay === -1) {
+                delay_or_autohide = 'data-autohide="false"';
+            } else {
+                delay_or_autohide = 'data-delay="' + delay + '"';
+            }
         }
 
-        let html = '<div class="toast" role="alert" aria-live="assertive" aria-atomic="true" ' + delay_or_autohide + '>';
+        html = '<div id="' + id + '" class="toast" role="alert" aria-live="assertive" aria-atomic="true" ' + delay_or_autohide + ' ' + pause_on_hover + '>';
         html += '<div class="toast-header ' + bg_header_class + ' ' + fg_header_class + '">';
 
         if (typeof img !== 'undefined') {
@@ -92,5 +102,28 @@
 
         $('#toast-wrapper').append(html);
         $('#toast-wrapper .toast:last').toast('show');
+
+        if (pause_on_hover !== false) {
+            setTimeout(function () {
+                if (!pause) {
+                    $('#' + id).toast('hide');
+                }
+            }, delay);
+
+            $(document).on('mouseover', '#' + id, function () {
+                pause = true;
+            });
+
+            $(document).on('mouseleave', '#' + id, function () {
+                var current = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000),
+                    future = parseInt($(this).data('hide-timestamp'));
+
+                pause = false;
+
+                if (current >= future) {
+                    $(this).toast('hide');
+                }
+            });
+        }
     }
 }(jQuery));
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f00d02b..d12bbd8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "bs4-toast",
-  "version": "0.6.0",
+  "version": "0.7.0",
   "description": "Toast - A Bootstrap 4.2+ jQuery plugin for the toast component",
   "main": "dist/toast.min.js",
   "repository": {