diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2f065d0..d0e74db 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ toc: true
 ---
 ```
 
+Or set `enable_by_default: true` in `_config.yml` to enable for all posts.
+
+```yml
+toc:
+  enable_by_default: true
+```
+
+With this option, setting `toc: false` in a post's frontmatter to disable the TOC on that post.
+
 ## Usage
 
 There are three Liquid filters, which can be applied to HTML content,
diff --git a/lib/jekyll-toc.rb b/lib/jekyll-toc.rb
index 6a7d70c..5436d07 100644
--- a/lib/jekyll-toc.rb
+++ b/lib/jekyll-toc.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ module Jekyll
   # Jekyll Table of Contents filter plugin
   module TableOfContentsFilter
     def toc_only(html)
-      return html unless toc_enabled?
+      return '' unless toc_enabled?
 
       ::Jekyll::TableOfContents::Parser.new(html, toc_config).build_toc
     end
@@ -36,7 +36,14 @@ def toc(html)
     private
 
     def toc_enabled?
-      @context.registers[:page]['toc'] == true
+      enabled_site_wide = @context.registers[:site].config['toc']['enable_by_default'] == true
+      enabled_on_page = @context.registers[:page]['toc']
+
+      if enabled_on_page == nil
+        return enabled_site_wide
+      else
+        return page_specific
+      end
     end
 
     def toc_config