diff --git a/src/api/apis/BoardGameGeekAPI.ts b/src/api/apis/BoardGameGeekAPI.ts
index 6480380..eb395ef 100644
--- a/src/api/apis/BoardGameGeekAPI.ts
+++ b/src/api/apis/BoardGameGeekAPI.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ export class BoardGameGeekAPI extends APIModel {
 		this.types = [MediaType.BoardGame];
 	}
 
+	processImageLink(boardgameElement: { querySelector: (arg0: string) => { (): any; new (): any; textContent: any } }) {
+		const imageContent = boardgameElement.querySelector('image')?.textContent;
+		return this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages && imageContent ? `![](${imageContent})` : imageContent ?? undefined;
+	}
+
 	async searchByTitle(title: string): Promise<MediaTypeModel[]> {
 		console.log(`MDB | api "${this.apiName}" queried by Title`);
 
@@ -75,7 +80,7 @@ export class BoardGameGeekAPI extends APIModel {
 		const boardgame = response.querySelector('boardgame')!;
 		const title = boardgame.querySelector('name[primary=true]')!.textContent!;
 		const year = boardgame.querySelector('yearpublished')?.textContent ?? '';
-		const image = boardgame.querySelector('image')?.textContent ?? undefined;
+		const image = this.processImageLink(boardgame);
 		const onlineRating = Number.parseFloat(boardgame.querySelector('statistics ratings average')?.textContent ?? '0');
 		const genres = Array.from(boardgame.querySelectorAll('boardgamecategory')).map(n => n!.textContent!);
 		const complexityRating = Number.parseFloat(boardgame.querySelector('averageweight')?.textContent ?? '0');
diff --git a/src/api/apis/MALAPI.ts b/src/api/apis/MALAPI.ts
index e3a91fa..8165dc9 100644
--- a/src/api/apis/MALAPI.ts
+++ b/src/api/apis/MALAPI.ts
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export class MALAPI extends APIModel {
 				url: result.url,
 				id: result.mal_id,
 
-				plot: result.synopsis,
+				plot: result.synopsis ? result.synopsis.replace('[Written by MAL Rewrite]', '').trim() : '',
 				genres: result.genres?.map((x: any) => x.name) ?? [],
 				director: [],
 				writer: [],
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class MALAPI extends APIModel {
 				duration: result.duration ?? 'unknown',
 				onlineRating: result.score ?? 0,
 				actors: [],
-				image: result.images?.jpg?.image_url ?? '',
+				image: this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages ? `![](${result.images?.jpg?.image_url})` ?? '' : result.images?.jpg?.image_url ?? '',
 
 				released: true,
 				premiere: this.plugin.dateFormatter.format(result.aired?.from, this.apiDateFormat) ?? 'unknown',
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export class MALAPI extends APIModel {
 				duration: result.duration ?? 'unknown',
 				onlineRating: result.score ?? 0,
 				actors: [],
-				image: result.images?.jpg?.image_url ?? '',
+				image: this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages ? `![](${result.images?.jpg?.image_url})` ?? '' : result.images?.jpg?.image_url ?? '',
 
 				released: true,
 				premiere: this.plugin.dateFormatter.format(result.aired?.from, this.apiDateFormat) ?? 'unknown',
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ export class MALAPI extends APIModel {
 				url: result.url,
 				id: result.mal_id,
 
+				plot: result.synopsis ? result.synopsis.replace('[Written by MAL Rewrite]', '').trim() : '',
 				genres: result.genres?.map((x: any) => x.name) ?? [],
 				writer: [],
 				studio: result.studios?.map((x: any) => x.name) ?? [],
@@ -181,7 +182,7 @@ export class MALAPI extends APIModel {
 				duration: result.duration ?? 'unknown',
 				onlineRating: result.score ?? 0,
 				streamingServices: result.streaming?.map((x: any) => x.name) ?? [],
-				image: result.images?.jpg?.image_url ?? '',
+				image: this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages ? `![](${result.images?.jpg?.image_url})` ?? '' : result.images?.jpg?.image_url ?? '',
 
 				released: true,
 				airedFrom: this.plugin.dateFormatter.format(result.aired?.from, this.apiDateFormat) ?? 'unknown',
diff --git a/src/api/apis/MALAPIManga.ts b/src/api/apis/MALAPIManga.ts
index 7cea003..e91cda5 100644
--- a/src/api/apis/MALAPIManga.ts
+++ b/src/api/apis/MALAPIManga.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export class MALAPIManga extends APIModel {
 					chapters: result.chapters,
 					volumes: result.volumes,
 					onlineRating: result.score ?? 0,
-					image: result.images?.jpg?.image_url ?? '',
+					image: this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages ? `![](${result.images?.jpg?.image_url})` ?? '' : result.images?.jpg?.image_url ?? '',
 
 					released: true,
 					publishedFrom: new Date(result.published?.from).toLocaleDateString() ?? 'unknown',
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export class MALAPIManga extends APIModel {
 			chapters: result.chapters,
 			volumes: result.volumes,
 			onlineRating: result.score ?? 0,
-			image: result.images?.jpg?.image_url ?? '',
+			image: this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages ? `![](${result.images?.jpg?.image_url})` ?? '' : result.images?.jpg?.image_url ?? '',
 
 			released: true,
 			publishedFrom: new Date(result.published?.from).toLocaleDateString() ?? 'unknown',
diff --git a/src/api/apis/MobyGamesAPI.ts b/src/api/apis/MobyGamesAPI.ts
index adbefb2..3d5e4a4 100644
--- a/src/api/apis/MobyGamesAPI.ts
+++ b/src/api/apis/MobyGamesAPI.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ export class MobyGamesAPI extends APIModel {
 			publishers: [],
 			genres: result.genres?.map((x: any) => x.genre_name) ?? [],
 			onlineRating: result.moby_score,
-			image: result.sample_cover.image ?? '',
+			image: this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages ? `![](${result.sample_cover.image ?? ''})` ?? '' : result.sample_cover.image ?? '',
 
 			released: true,
 			releaseDate: result.platforms[0].first_release_date ?? 'unknown',
diff --git a/src/api/apis/MusicBrainzAPI.ts b/src/api/apis/MusicBrainzAPI.ts
index b927f37..53102e3 100644
--- a/src/api/apis/MusicBrainzAPI.ts
+++ b/src/api/apis/MusicBrainzAPI.ts
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ export class MusicBrainzAPI extends APIModel {
 					dataSource: this.apiName,
 					url: 'https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/' + result.id,
 					id: result.id,
-					image: 'https://coverartarchive.org/release-group/' + result.id + '/front',
+					image: this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages
+						? `![](${'https://coverartarchive.org/release-group/' + result.id + '/front'})`
+						: 'https://coverartarchive.org/release-group/' + result.id + '/front',
 
 					artists: result['artist-credit'].map((a: any) => a.name),
 					subType: result['primary-type'],
@@ -89,7 +91,9 @@ export class MusicBrainzAPI extends APIModel {
 			dataSource: this.apiName,
 			url: 'https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/' + result.id,
 			id: result.id,
-			image: 'https://coverartarchive.org/release-group/' + result.id + '/front',
+			image: this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages
+				? `![](${'https://coverartarchive.org/release-group/' + result.id + '/front'})`
+				: 'https://coverartarchive.org/release-group/' + result.id + '/front',
 
 			artists: result['artist-credit'].map((a: any) => a.name),
 			genres: result.genres.map((g: any) => g.name),
diff --git a/src/api/apis/OMDbAPI.ts b/src/api/apis/OMDbAPI.ts
index 13308f6..c4fd55a 100644
--- a/src/api/apis/OMDbAPI.ts
+++ b/src/api/apis/OMDbAPI.ts
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ export class OMDbAPI extends APIModel {
 				duration: result.Runtime ?? 'unknown',
 				onlineRating: Number.parseFloat(result.imdbRating ?? 0),
 				actors: result.Actors?.split(', ') ?? [],
-				image: result.Poster ?? '',
+				image: this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages ? (result.Poster ? `![](${result.Poster})` : '') : result.Poster ? result.Poster : '',
 
 				released: true,
 				streamingServices: [],
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ export class OMDbAPI extends APIModel {
 				duration: result.Runtime ?? 'unknown',
 				onlineRating: Number.parseFloat(result.imdbRating ?? 0),
 				actors: result.Actors?.split(', ') ?? [],
-				image: result.Poster ?? '',
+				image: this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages ? (result.Poster ? `![](${result.Poster})` : '') : result.Poster ? result.Poster : '',
 
 				released: true,
 				streamingServices: [],
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ export class OMDbAPI extends APIModel {
 				publishers: [],
 				genres: result.Genre?.split(', ') ?? [],
 				onlineRating: Number.parseFloat(result.imdbRating ?? 0),
-				image: result.Poster ?? '',
+				image: this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages ? (result.Poster ? `![](${result.Poster})` : '') : result.Poster ? result.Poster : '',
 
 				released: true,
 				releaseDate: this.plugin.dateFormatter.format(result.Released, this.apiDateFormat) ?? 'unknown',
diff --git a/src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts b/src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts
index 725db0e..d41f7c5 100644
--- a/src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts
+++ b/src/api/apis/OpenLibraryAPI.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ export class OpenLibraryAPI extends APIModel {
 			plot: result.description ?? 'unknown',
 			pages: result.number_of_pages_median ?? 'unknown',
 			onlineRating: Number.parseFloat(Number(result.ratings_average ?? 0).toFixed(2)),
-			image: `https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/OLID/` + result.cover_edition_key + `-L.jpg`,
+			image: this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages
+				? `![](${`https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/OLID/` + result.cover_edition_key + `-L.jpg`}`
+				: `https://covers.openlibrary.org/b/OLID/` + result.cover_edition_key + `-L.jpg`,
 
 			released: true,
 
diff --git a/src/api/apis/SteamAPI.ts b/src/api/apis/SteamAPI.ts
index 45182e0..bc76393 100644
--- a/src/api/apis/SteamAPI.ts
+++ b/src/api/apis/SteamAPI.ts
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export class SteamAPI extends APIModel {
 			publishers: result['publishers'],
 			genres: result.genres?.map((x: any) => x.description) ?? [],
 			onlineRating: Number.parseFloat(result.metacritic?.score ?? 0),
-			image: result.header_image ?? '',
+			image: this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages ? `![](${result.header_image ?? ''})` : result.header_image ?? '',
 
 			released: !result.release_date?.comming_soon,
 			releaseDate: this.plugin.dateFormatter.format(result.release_date?.date, this.apiDateFormat) ?? 'unknown',
diff --git a/src/settings/Settings.ts b/src/settings/Settings.ts
index 5d91d47..5e72ea1 100644
--- a/src/settings/Settings.ts
+++ b/src/settings/Settings.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export interface MediaDbPluginSettings {
 	openNoteInNewTab: boolean;
 	useDefaultFrontMatter: boolean;
 	enableTemplaterIntegration: boolean;
+	generateEmbedLinksForImages: boolean;
 	apiToggle: {
 		OMDbAPI: {
 			movie: boolean;
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ const DEFAULT_SETTINGS: MediaDbPluginSettings = {
 	openNoteInNewTab: true,
 	useDefaultFrontMatter: true,
 	enableTemplaterIntegration: false,
+	generateEmbedLinksForImages: false,
 	apiToggle: {
 		OMDbAPI: {
 			movie: true,
@@ -279,6 +281,15 @@ export class MediaDbSettingTab extends PluginSettingTab {
 					void this.plugin.saveSettings();
 				});
 			});
+		new Setting(containerEl)
+			.setName('Embed image links in YAML')
+			.setDesc('Save image links as markdown embeds in the frontmatter, for easier handling with e.g. Dataview.')
+			.addToggle(cb => {
+				cb.setValue(this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages).onChange(data => {
+					this.plugin.settings.generateEmbedLinksForImages = data;
+					void this.plugin.saveSettings();
+				});
+			});
 
 		containerEl.createEl('h3', { text: 'APIs Per Media Type' });
 		containerEl.createEl('h5', { text: 'Movies' });