diff --git a/docs/NEWS b/docs/NEWS
index f42d116e..29875848 100644
--- a/docs/NEWS
+++ b/docs/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 Version 1.2 ()
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    * Show current captcha look in the plugin configuration menu
+      (garvinhicking)
+      
     * Add new category property to hide blog postings made into sub-
       categories from the frontend view, per category. Thanks to
       netmorix from the forums! (garvinhicking)
diff --git a/plugins/serendipity_event_spamblock/lang_en.inc.php b/plugins/serendipity_event_spamblock/lang_en.inc.php
index 4c86ff60..9622436b 100644
--- a/plugins/serendipity_event_spamblock/lang_en.inc.php
+++ b/plugins/serendipity_event_spamblock/lang_en.inc.php
@@ -121,3 +121,5 @@
 
 @define('PLUGIN_EVENT_SPAMBLOCK_HTACCESS', 'Block bad IPs via HTaccess?');
 @define('PLUGIN_EVENT_SPAMBLOCK_HTACCESS_DESC', 'Enabling this will add IPs that have sent spam to your blog to your .htaccess file. The .htaccess file will be regenerated regularly with the forbidden IPs of the last month.');
+
+@define('PLUGIN_EVENT_SPAMBLOCK_LOOK', 'This is how your captcha images currently look like. If you changed and saved settings above and want to refresh the look of your captcha, simply click on it to reload.');
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/serendipity_event_spamblock/serendipity_event_spamblock.php b/plugins/serendipity_event_spamblock/serendipity_event_spamblock.php
index c47d757d..225697a3 100644
--- a/plugins/serendipity_event_spamblock/serendipity_event_spamblock.php
+++ b/plugins/serendipity_event_spamblock/serendipity_event_spamblock.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ var $filter_defaults;
             'smarty'      => '2.6.7',
             'php'         => '4.1.0'
         ));
-        $propbag->add('version',       '1.65');
+        $propbag->add('version',       '1.66');
         $propbag->add('event_hooks',    array(
             'frontend_saveComment' => true,
             'external_plugin'      => true,
@@ -389,12 +389,12 @@ var $filter_defaults;
 
         $q = "SELECT ip FROM {$serendipity['dbPrefix']}spamblock_htaccess WHERE timestamp > " . (time() - 86400*2) . " GROUP BY ip";
         $rows = serendipity_db_query($q, false, 'assoc');
-        
+
         $deny = array();
         foreach($rows AS $row) {
             $deny[] = $row['ip'];
         }
-        
+
         $hta = $serendipity['serendipityPath'] . '.htaccess';
         if (file_exists($hta) && is_writable($hta)) {
             $htaccess = file_get_contents($hta);
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ var $filter_defaults;
             }
         }
     }
-    
+
     function &getBlacklist($where, $api_key = '', &$eventData, &$addData) {
         global $serendipity;
 
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ var $filter_defaults;
     // Their IPs will be constantly blocked.
     function IsHardcoreSpammer() {
         global $serendipity;
-        
+
         if (serendipity_db_bool($this->get_config('automagic_htaccess'))) {
             $this->htaccess_update($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
         }
@@ -630,6 +630,44 @@ var $filter_defaults;
         return false;
     }
 
+    function example() {
+        echo '<div id="captchabox" style="margin: 10px; padding: 5px; border: 1px solid black">' . PLUGIN_EVENT_SPAMBLOCK_LOOK . '<br />';
+        $this->show_captcha();
+        echo '</div>';
+    }
+
+    function show_captcha($use_gd = false) {
+        global $serendipity;
+
+        if ($use_gd || (function_exists('imagettftext') && function_exists('imagejpeg'))) {
+            $max_char = 5;
+            $min_char = 3;
+            $use_gd   = true;
+        } else {
+            $max_char = $min_char = 5;
+            $use_gd   = false;
+        }
+
+        if ($use_gd) {
+            printf('<img src="%s" onclick="this.src=this.src + \'1\'" title="%s" alt="CAPTCHA" class="captcha" />',
+                $serendipity['baseURL'] . ($serendipity['rewrite'] == 'none' ? $serendipity['indexFile'] . '?/' : '') . 'plugin/captcha_' . md5(time()),
+                htmlspecialchars(PLUGIN_EVENT_SPAMBLOCK_CAPTCHAS_USERDESC2)
+            );
+        } else {
+            $bgcolors = explode(',', $this->get_config('captcha_color', '255,0,255'));
+            $hexval   = '#' . dechex(trim($bgcolors[0])) . dechex(trim($bgcolors[1])) . dechex(trim($bgcolors[2]));
+            $this->random_string($max_char, $min_char);
+            echo '<div class="serendipity_comment_captcha_image" style="background-color: ' . $hexval . '">';
+            for ($i = 1; $i <= $max_char; $i++) {
+                printf('<img src="%s" title="%s" alt="CAPTCHA ' . $i . '" class="captcha" />',
+                    $serendipity['baseURL'] . ($serendipity['rewrite'] == 'none' ? $serendipity['indexFile'] . '?/' : '') . 'plugin/captcha_' . $i . '_' . md5(time()),
+                    htmlspecialchars(PLUGIN_EVENT_SPAMBLOCK_CAPTCHAS_USERDESC2)
+                );
+            }
+            echo '</div>';
+        }
+    }
+
     function event_hook($event, &$bag, &$eventData, $addData = null) {
         global $serendipity;
 
@@ -704,7 +742,7 @@ var $filter_defaults;
                                 }
                             }
                         }
-                        
+
                         /*
                         if ($addData['type'] != 'NORMAL' && empty($addData['name'])) {
                             $eventData = array('allow_coments' => false);
@@ -1048,24 +1086,7 @@ var $filter_defaults;
                         echo '<div class="serendipity_commentDirection serendipity_comment_captcha">';
                         if (!isset($serendipity['POST']['preview']) || strtolower($serendipity['POST']['captcha'] != strtolower($_SESSION['spamblock']['captcha']))) {
                             echo '<br />' . PLUGIN_EVENT_SPAMBLOCK_CAPTCHAS_USERDESC . '<br />';
-                            if ($use_gd) {
-                                printf('<img src="%s" title="%s" alt="CAPTCHA" class="captcha" />',
-                                    $serendipity['baseURL'] . ($serendipity['rewrite'] == 'none' ? $serendipity['indexFile'] . '?/' : '') . 'plugin/captcha_' . md5(time()),
-                                    htmlspecialchars(PLUGIN_EVENT_SPAMBLOCK_CAPTCHAS_USERDESC2)
-                                );
-                            } else {
-                                $bgcolors = explode(',', $this->get_config('captcha_color', '255,0,255'));
-                                $hexval   = '#' . dechex(trim($bgcolors[0])) . dechex(trim($bgcolors[1])) . dechex(trim($bgcolors[2]));
-                                $this->random_string($max_char, $min_char);
-                                echo '<div class="serendipity_comment_captcha_image" style="background-color: ' . $hexval . '">';
-                                for ($i = 1; $i <= $max_char; $i++) {
-                                    printf('<img src="%s" title="%s" alt="CAPTCHA ' . $i . '" class="captcha" />',
-                                        $serendipity['baseURL'] . ($serendipity['rewrite'] == 'none' ? $serendipity['indexFile'] . '?/' : '') . 'plugin/captcha_' . $i . '_' . md5(time()),
-                                        htmlspecialchars(PLUGIN_EVENT_SPAMBLOCK_CAPTCHAS_USERDESC2)
-                                    );
-                                }
-                                echo '</div>';
-                            }
+                            $this->show_captcha($use_gd);
                             echo '<br />';
                             echo '<label for="captcha">'. PLUGIN_EVENT_SPAMBLOCK_CAPTCHAS_USERDESC3 . '</label><br /><input type="text" size="5" name="serendipity[captcha]" value="" id="captcha" />';
                         } elseif (isset($serendipity['POST']['captcha'])) {