diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1b1b84b..8255b2c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ syntax: glob
 *~
 *.db
 
+.idea/
+
 build/*
 Stegano.egg-info/*
 dist/*
diff --git a/stegano/slsb.py b/stegano/slsb.py
index ae2b42b..99a8bbb 100755
--- a/stegano/slsb.py
+++ b/stegano/slsb.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ try:
 except NameError:
    pass
 
-def hide(input_image_file, message):
+def hide(input_image_file, message, auto_convert_rgb=False):
     """
     Hide a message (string) in an image with the
     LSB (Least Significant Bit) technique.
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ def hide(input_image_file, message):
     img = Image.open(input_image_file)
 
     if img.mode != 'RGB':
-        print('The mode of the image is not RGB. Mode is {}'.format(img.mode))
-        answer = input('Convert the image to RGB ? [Y / n]\n') or 'Y'
-        if answer.lower() == 'n':
-            raise Exception('Not a RGB image.')
-        else:
-            img = img.convert('RGB')
+        if not auto_convert_rgb:
+            print('The mode of the image is not RGB. Mode is {}'.format(img.mode))
+            answer = input('Convert the image to RGB ? [Y / n]\n') or 'Y'
+            if answer.lower() == 'n':
+                raise Exception('Not a RGB image.')
+        img = img.convert('RGB')
 
     encoded = img.copy()
     width, height = img.size
diff --git a/stegano/slsbset.py b/stegano/slsbset.py
index 3daa128..b559896 100644
--- a/stegano/slsbset.py
+++ b/stegano/slsbset.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ try:
 except NameError:
    pass
 
-def hide(input_image_file, message, generator_function):
+def hide(input_image_file, message, generator_function, auto_convert_rgb=False):
     """
     Hide a message (string) in an image with the
     LSB (Least Significant Bit) technique.
@@ -45,11 +45,12 @@ def hide(input_image_file, message, generator_function):
 
     if img.mode != 'RGB':
         print('The mode of the image is not RGB. Mode is {}'.format(img.mode))
-        answer = input('Convert the image to RGB ? [Y / n]\n') or 'Y'
-        if answer.lower() == 'n':
-            raise Exception('Not a RGB image.')
-        else:
-            img = img.convert('RGB')
+        if not auto_convert_rgb:
+            answer = input('Convert the image to RGB ? [Y / n]\n') or 'Y'
+            if answer.lower() == 'n':
+                raise Exception('Not a RGB image.')
+
+        img = img.convert('RGB')
 
     img_list = list(img.getdata())
     width, height = img.size