diff --git a/_bibliography/papers.bib b/_bibliography/papers.bib
index 961f2fbb2e0cf..97bc49ea54666 100644
--- a/_bibliography/papers.bib
+++ b/_bibliography/papers.bib
@@ -54,9 +54,8 @@ @article{PhysRev.47.777
   altmetric={248277},
   dimensions={true},
   google_scholar_id={qyhmnyLat1gC},
+  video={https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/aqz-KE-bpKQ},
   additional_info={. *More Information* can be [found here](https://github.com/alshedivat/al-folio/)},
-  acceptance={9/123},
-  acceptance_rate={7\%},
   selected={true}
 }
 
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 94b9cc9849f90..f3c8113bc2521 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -410,6 +410,7 @@ enable_navbar_social: false # enables displaying social links in the navbar on t
 enable_project_categories: true # enables categorization of projects into multiple categories
 enable_medium_zoom: true # enables image zoom feature (as on medium.com)
 enable_progressbar: true # enables a horizontal progress bar linked to the vertical scroll position
+enable_video_embedding: false # enables video embedding for bibtex entries. If false, the button opens the video link in a new window.
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Library versions
diff --git a/_layouts/bib.liquid b/_layouts/bib.liquid
index c4d724cbea34e..3443f3ad4665c 100644
--- a/_layouts/bib.liquid
+++ b/_layouts/bib.liquid
@@ -199,8 +199,10 @@
           <a href="{{ entry.supp | prepend: '/assets/pdf/' | relative_url }}" class="btn btn-sm z-depth-0" role="button">Supp</a>
         {% endif %}
       {% endif %}
-      {% if entry.video %}
+      {% if entry.video and site.enable_video_embedding %}
         <a class="abstract btn btn-sm z-depth-0" role="button">Video</a>
+      {% elsif entry.video %}
+        <a href="{{ entry.video }}" class="btn btn-sm z-depth-0" role="button">Video</a>
       {% endif %}
       {% if entry.blog %}
         <a href="{{ entry.blog }}" class="btn btn-sm z-depth-0" role="button">Blog</a>
@@ -307,7 +309,7 @@
       </div>
     {% endif %}
 
-    {% if entry.video %}
+    {% if entry.video and site.enable_video_embedding %}
       <!-- Hidden video block -->
       <div class="abstract hidden">
         <div style="text-align: center;">{% include video.liquid path=entry.video class="img-fluid rounded z-depth-1" controls=true %}</div>