diff --git a/layouts/blog/single.html b/layouts/blog/single.html
index 36eb813..24c986b 100644
--- a/layouts/blog/single.html
+++ b/layouts/blog/single.html
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@
         </h2>
         <div class="post-data">
         {{ if .Params.date }}{{ .Date.Format (.Site.Params.dateFormat | default "Jan 02, 2006") }}{{ end }}
-        {{ if .Site.Params.showReadingTime }} | {{ i18n "blog_readingTime" .ReadingTime }} {{ end }}
+        {{ if .Site.Params.showReadingTime | default true }} 
+            {{ if .Params.date }} | {{ end }}
+            {{ i18n "blog_readingTime" .ReadingTime }}
+        {{ end }}
         </div>
         {{ if or .Site.Params.share.twitter .Site.Params.share.facebook .Site.Params.share.pinterest .Site.Params.share.googlePlus }}
         <div class="blog-share">