diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 255561b..54dc367 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Usage Example
 ```javascript
 $('#dropzone').filedrop({
 	fallback_id: 'upload_button',   // an identifier of a standard file input element, becomes the target of "click" events on the dropzone
+	fallback_dropzoneClick : true,  // if true, clicking dropzone triggers fallback file selection and the fallback element is made invisible.
 	url: 'upload.php',				// upload handler, handles each file separately, can also be a function taking the file and returning a url
 	paramname: 'userfile',			// POST parameter name used on serverside to reference file, can also be a function taking the filename and returning the paramname
 	withCredentials: true,			// make a cross-origin request with cookies
@@ -136,3 +137,4 @@ Contributions
 
 * [Reactor5](http://github.com/Reactor5/) (Brian Hicks)
 * [jpb0104](http://github.com/jpb0104)
+* [boughtonp](https://github.com/boughtonp) (Peter Boughton)
diff --git a/jquery.filedrop.js b/jquery.filedrop.js
index 719fdf4..1c05ec9 100644
--- a/jquery.filedrop.js
+++ b/jquery.filedrop.js
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 
   var default_opts = {
       fallback_id: '',
+      fallback_dropzoneClick : true,
       url: '',
       refresh: 1000,
       paramname: 'userfile',
@@ -70,18 +71,31 @@
         files_count = 0,
         files;
 
-    $('#' + opts.fallback_id).css({
-      display: 'none',
-      width: 0,
-      height: 0
-    });
+    if ( opts.fallback_dropzoneClick === true )
+    {
+      $('#' + opts.fallback_id).css({
+        display: 'none',
+        width: 0,
+        height: 0
+      });
+    }
 
     this.on('drop', drop).on('dragstart', opts.dragStart).on('dragenter', dragEnter).on('dragover', dragOver).on('dragleave', dragLeave);
     $(document).on('drop', docDrop).on('dragenter', docEnter).on('dragover', docOver).on('dragleave', docLeave);
 
-    this.on('click', function(e){
-      $('#' + opts.fallback_id).trigger(e);
-    });
+    if ( opts.fallback_dropzoneClick === true )
+    {
+      if ( this.find('#' + opts.fallback_id).length > 0 )
+      {
+        throw "Fallback element ["+opts.fallback_id+"] cannot be inside dropzone, unless option fallback_dropzoneClick is false";
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        this.on('click', function(e){
+          $('#' + opts.fallback_id).trigger(e);
+        });
+      }
+    }
 
     $('#' + opts.fallback_id).change(function(e) {
       opts.drop(e);
@@ -387,7 +401,7 @@
 
         // Allow url to be a method
         if (jQuery.isFunction(opts.url)) {
-            xhr.open(opts.requestType, opts.url(), true);
+            xhr.open(opts.requestType, opts.url(upload), true);
         } else {
             xhr.open(opts.requestType, opts.url, true);
         }