diff --git a/lib/resources/js/controllers/index.js b/lib/resources/js/controllers/index.js
index 0c5ac8f..4f751af 100755
--- a/lib/resources/js/controllers/index.js
+++ b/lib/resources/js/controllers/index.js
@@ -123,19 +123,21 @@ angular.module('docular.controllers', [
             if(!documentationItem) {
                 $scope.isIndex = true;
             } else {
-                sourceService.fetchSourceFile(documentationItem.file).then(function (resp) {
-                    var fileType = fileType ? documentationItem.file.match(/[A-Za-z0-9]+$/) : null;
-                    if(fileType && fileType.length == 1) {
-                        fileType = fileType[0];
-                    } else {
-                        fileType = null;
-                    }
-                    $scope.source = {
-                        content: resp.data,
-                        fileType: fileType
-                    }
-                    console.log($scope.source);
-                });
+                if (documentationItem.showSource) {
+                    sourceService.fetchSourceFile(documentationItem.file).then(function (resp) {
+                        var fileType = fileType ? documentationItem.file.match(/[A-Za-z0-9]+$/) : null;
+                        if(fileType && fileType.length == 1) {
+                            fileType = fileType[0];
+                        } else {
+                            fileType = null;
+                        }
+                        $scope.source = {
+                            content: resp.data,
+                            fileType: fileType
+                        }
+                        console.log($scope.source);
+                    });
+                }
 
                 $scope.includeUrl = 'resources/plugins/' + documentationItem.handler + '/documentationPartial.html';
             }
diff --git a/lib/resources/templates/index_page.html b/lib/resources/templates/index_page.html
index e6ed8f9..2e04e5b 100755
--- a/lib/resources/templates/index_page.html
+++ b/lib/resources/templates/index_page.html
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ <h5 class="module-title">
                     </ul>
                 </div>
             </div>
-            <button ng-if="documentationItem && viewing!='source'" id='showSourceButton' ng-click="toggleSource()">Show Source</button>
+            <button ng-if="documentationItem && documentationItem.showSource && viewing!='source'" id='showSourceButton' ng-click="toggleSource()">Show Source</button>
             <button ng-if="documentationItem && viewing=='source'" id='hideSourceButton' ng-click="toggleSource()">Show Docs</button>
             <ng-include autoscroll="true" src="includeUrl" ng-if="documentationItem && viewing !='source'"> </ng-include>
             <source-viewer ng-if="viewing=='source'" source="source.content" file-type="{{source.fileType}}"></source-viewer>
diff --git a/lib/scripts/core/generator.js b/lib/scripts/core/generator.js
index daa2f85..5976334 100755
--- a/lib/scripts/core/generator.js
+++ b/lib/scripts/core/generator.js
@@ -125,11 +125,20 @@ var Generator = Group.extend({
             fs.writeFileSync(baseFolder + '/site.json', JSON.stringify(docs, null, 4));
             fs.writeFileSync(baseFolder + '/structure.json', JSON.stringify(structure, null, 4));
 
-            fse.ensureDirSync(baseFolder + '/sources/');
+            var bSourcesFolderCreated = false;
+
             for (var i = 0, l = docs.length; i < l; i++) {
-                if (docs[i].file) {
+                if (docs[i].file && docs[i].showSource) {
+                    
+                    //We only create the sources folder if it's needed by at least one file
+                    if (!bSourcesFolderCreated) {
+                        bSourcesFolderCreated = true;
+                        fse.ensureDirSync(baseFolder + '/sources/');
+                    }
+                    
                     fse.ensureFileSync(baseFolder + '/sources/' + docs[i].file);
                     fse.copySync(docs[i].file, baseFolder + '/sources/' + docs[i].file);
+                    
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/lib/scripts/core/group.js b/lib/scripts/core/group.js
index b7f75e1..a4f9320 100755
--- a/lib/scripts/core/group.js
+++ b/lib/scripts/core/group.js
@@ -75,18 +75,20 @@ var Group = Class.extend({
         return paths.reverse().join('/');
     },
 
-    setupGroups: function () {
+    setupGroups: function (parentConfig) {
+        // The root group isn't called with a parentConfig so we set default value of bShowSource at this point
+        var _parentConfig = parentConfig || {showSource : false};
         var groups = this.option('groups');
         var self = this;
         this._groups = [];
         if(!groups) { return; }
         for(var i = 0, l = groups.length; i < l; i++) {
-            var config = Group.normalizeConfig(groups[i]);
+            var config = Group.normalizeConfig(groups[i], _parentConfig);
             this.emit('ProcessGroupConfig', config);
             var group = new Group(config, {
                 registry: this.registry
             });
-            group.setupGroups();
+            group.setupGroups(config);
             this.events.forEach(function (evt) {
                 group.on(evt, function () {
                     self.emit.apply(self, [evt].concat(Array.prototype.slice.apply(arguments)));
@@ -193,6 +195,7 @@ var Group = Class.extend({
         var promises = [];
         var self = this;
         var files = this.option('files') || [];
+        var showSource = this.option('showSource');
         this.docs = [];
 
         files.forEach(function (fileName) {
@@ -207,6 +210,7 @@ var Group = Class.extend({
                 }
                 docPromise.then(function (docModel) {
                     docModel.setPath(paths);
+                    docModel.data.showSource = showSource;
                     self.docs.push(docModel);
                     docModel.groupId = self.internalGroupId;
                     self.files[fileName].docs.push(docModel);
@@ -222,12 +226,13 @@ var Group = Class.extend({
 
     buildRegistry: function () {
         this.docs.forEach(function (doc) {
-            this.registry.addItem(doc.id, doc);
+            this.registry.addItem(doc.id, doc);            
         }.bind(this));
+                
         return this.runRecursively('buildRegistry');
     }
 }, {
-    normalizeConfig: function (groupData) {
+    normalizeConfig: function (groupData, parentGroupData) {
         /*
          * Backwards compatibility
          */
@@ -237,6 +242,10 @@ var Group = Class.extend({
         if(!groupData.groupIcon) {
             groupData.groupIcon = 'code';
         }
+        // If we don't explicitly set showSource, we inherit from parent
+        if (typeof(groupData.showSource) !== 'boolean') {
+            groupData.showSource = parentGroupData.showSource;   
+        }
 
         return groupData;
     }