diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd1cb46..8033d67 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@
   - eg: `{{< image src="/img/hello.png" alt="Hello Friend" position="center" style="border-radius: 8px;" >}}`
 - **`figure`** (same as `image`, plus few optional props: **`caption`**, **`captionPosition`** (left | **center** is default | right), **`captionStyle`**)
   - eg: `{{< figure src="/img/hello.png" alt="Hello Friend" position="center" style="border-radius: 8px;" caption="Hello Friend!" captionPosition="right" captionStyle="color: red;" >}}`
-- **`code`** (prop required: **`language`**; props optional: **`title`**, **`id`**, **`expand`** (default "△"), **`collapse`** (default "▽"))
+- **`code`** (prop required: **`language`**; props optional: **`title`**, **`id`**, **`expand`** (default "△"), **`collapse`** (default "▽"), **`isCollapsed`**)
   - eg:
-  ```css
-  {{< code language="CSS" title="Really cool snippet" id="1" expand="Show" collapse="Hide" >}}
+  ```go
+  {{< code language="CSS" title="Really cool snippet" id="1" expand="Show" collapse="Hide" isCollapsed="true" >}}
   pre {
     background: #1a1a1d;
     padding: 20px;
diff --git a/layouts/shortcodes/code.html b/layouts/shortcodes/code.html
index a7b68d5..cb11b37 100644
--- a/layouts/shortcodes/code.html
+++ b/layouts/shortcodes/code.html
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 {{ if .Get "language" }}
   <div class="collapsable-code">
-    <input id="{{ .Get "id" | default $id }}" type="checkbox" />
+    <input id="{{ .Get "id" | default $id }}" type="checkbox" {{ if ( eq ( .Get "isCollapsed" ) "true" ) -}} checked {{- end }} />
     <label for="{{ .Get "id" | default $id }}">
       <span class="collapsable-code__language">{{ .Get "language" }}</span>
       {{ if .Get "title" }}<span class="collapsable-code__title">{{ .Get "title" | markdownify }}</span>{{ end }}