diff --git a/apps/cards/ChangeLog b/apps/cards/ChangeLog
index 24c1bf8ff..84dc1e8c7 100644
--- a/apps/cards/ChangeLog
+++ b/apps/cards/ChangeLog
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 0.01: Simple app to display loyalty cards
 0.02: Hiding widgets while showing the code
+0.03: Added option to use max brightness when showing code
diff --git a/apps/cards/app.js b/apps/cards/app.js
index 33b4c9e15..4426c19fc 100644
--- a/apps/cards/app.js
+++ b/apps/cards/app.js
@@ -14,6 +14,22 @@
 Bangle.loadWidgets();
 Bangle.drawWidgets();
 
+// get brightness
+let brightness;
+
+function loadBrightness() {
+  try {
+      const d = require('Storage').readJSON("setting.json", 1) || {};
+      brightness = Object.assign({
+          'brightness': 0.1
+      }, d || {});
+      return d;
+  } catch(e){
+    console.log(e.toString());
+    return;
+  }
+}
+
 //may make it configurable in the future
 const WHITE=-1
 const BLACK=0
@@ -89,6 +105,9 @@ function printLinearCode(binary) {
 }
 
 function showCode(card) {
+  if(settings.fullBrightness) {
+    Bangle.setLCDBrightness(1);
+  }
   widget_utils.hide();
   E.showScroller();
   // keeping it on rising edge would come back twice..
@@ -129,6 +148,9 @@ function showCode(card) {
 }
 
 function showCard(card) {
+  if(settings.fullBrightness) {
+    Bangle.setLCDBrightness(brightness.brightness);
+  }
   var lines = [];
   var bodyFont = fontBig;
   if(!card) return;
@@ -208,4 +230,7 @@ function showList() {
     back : () => load()
   });
 }
+if(settings.fullBrightness) {
+  loadBrightness();
+}
 showList();
diff --git a/apps/cards/metadata.json b/apps/cards/metadata.json
index 810741d5f..74bfaa2b3 100644
--- a/apps/cards/metadata.json
+++ b/apps/cards/metadata.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "cards",
   "name": "Cards",
-  "version": "0.02",
+  "version": "0.03",
   "description": "Display loyalty cards",
   "icon": "app.png",
   "screenshots": [{"url":"screenshot_cards_overview.png"}, {"url":"screenshot_cards_card1.png"}, {"url":"screenshot_cards_card2.png"}, {"url":"screenshot_cards_barcode.png"}, {"url":"screenshot_cards_qrcode.png"}],
diff --git a/apps/cards/settings.js b/apps/cards/settings.js
index db0ab56de..451b02204 100644
--- a/apps/cards/settings.js
+++ b/apps/cards/settings.js
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@
         updateSettings();
       }
     },
+    /*LANG*/"Full Brightness" : {
+      value : !!settings.fullBrightness,
+      onchange: v => {
+        settings.fullBrightness = v;
+        updateSettings();
+      }
+    }
   };
   E.showMenu(mainmenu);
 })