diff --git c/andromeda_slideshow.module w/andromeda_slideshow.module
index a62b0ab..493b402 100644
--- c/andromeda_slideshow.module
+++ w/andromeda_slideshow.module
@@ -202,14 +202,13 @@ function andromeda_slideshow_block_view($delta = '') {
   $theme = 'andromeda_slideshow_' . $type_name;
   $type = andromeda_slideshow_build_type($type_name);
   
-  //build image style
+  //build image style, tag and links
   $style_name = $slideshow->settings['image_style'];
   foreach ($images as $key => $image) {
+    $tag = theme('image_style', array('style_name' => $style_name, 'path' => $image->uri, 'title' => $image->caption));
+    $images[$key]->image_tag = $image->settings['link'] ? l($tag, $image->settings['link'], array('html' => true)) : $tag;
+
     $images[$key]->image = image_style_url($style_name, $image->uri);
-  }
-  
-  //build image links
-  foreach ($images as $key => $image) {
     if ($image->settings['link']) {
       $images[$key]->settings['link'] = url($image->settings['link']);
     }
diff --git c/modules/andromeda_slideshow_nivo_slider/nivo-slider.tpl.php w/modules/andromeda_slideshow_nivo_slider/nivo-slider.tpl.php
index 330859d..f9fca77 100644
--- c/modules/andromeda_slideshow_nivo_slider/nivo-slider.tpl.php
+++ w/modules/andromeda_slideshow_nivo_slider/nivo-slider.tpl.php
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 <div class="nivo-slider theme-pascal">
   <?php if ($images) : ?>
       <?php foreach ($images as $image) : ?>
-        <a href="<?php print $image->settings['link']; ?>">
-          <img src="<?php print $image->image; ?>" title="<?php print $image->caption; ?>"/>
-        </a>
+        <?php print $image->image_tag; ?>
       <?php endforeach; ?>
   <?php endif; ?>
 </div>
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