diff --git a/Apps.Contentful/Actions/EntryActions.cs b/Apps.Contentful/Actions/EntryActions.cs
index 64fda3e..b8de9cb 100644
--- a/Apps.Contentful/Actions/EntryActions.cs
+++ b/Apps.Contentful/Actions/EntryActions.cs
@@ -318,7 +318,10 @@ public async Task<DownloadContentOutput> GetEntryLocalizableFieldsAsHtmlFile(
             entryIdentifier.ContentId,
             input.MaxDepth, 0, errors);
 
-        var htmlConverter = new EntryToHtmlConverter(InvocationContext, entryIdentifier.Environment);
+        var htmlConverter = new EntryToHtmlConverter(
+            InvocationContext,
+            entryIdentifier.Environment,
+            input.IncludeReferencedAssets ?? true);
 
         FileReference file;
         string fileNameFirstPart = entryIdentifier.ContentId;
diff --git a/Apps.Contentful/Apps.Contentful.csproj b/Apps.Contentful/Apps.Contentful.csproj
index 8c4f621..4ce9523 100644
--- a/Apps.Contentful/Apps.Contentful.csproj
+++ b/Apps.Contentful/Apps.Contentful.csproj
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
         <Product>Contentful</Product>
         <Description>The headless content management system</Description>
-        <Version>1.8.12</Version>
+        <Version>1.8.13</Version>
         <AssemblyName>Apps.Contentful</AssemblyName>
     </PropertyGroup>
 
diff --git a/Apps.Contentful/HtmlHelpers/EntryToHtmlConverter.cs b/Apps.Contentful/HtmlHelpers/EntryToHtmlConverter.cs
index d52d5c6..0344e66 100644
--- a/Apps.Contentful/HtmlHelpers/EntryToHtmlConverter.cs
+++ b/Apps.Contentful/HtmlHelpers/EntryToHtmlConverter.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
 
 namespace Apps.Contentful.HtmlHelpers;
 
-public class EntryToHtmlConverter(InvocationContext invocationContext, string? environment)
+public class EntryToHtmlConverter(
+    InvocationContext invocationContext,
+    string? environment,
+    bool includeReferencedAssets = true)
 {
     public string ToHtml(List<EntryContentDto> entriesContent, string locale, string defaultLocale, string spaceId, string entryTitle, string entryAdminUrl, User updatedBy)
     {
@@ -260,6 +263,18 @@ private string ConvertCustomFieldToHtml(JToken quoteToken)
 
         if (linkType == "Asset")
         {
+            if (!includeReferencedAssets)
+            {
+                var assetAttributes = new Dictionary<string, string>
+                {
+                    { "data-contentful-link-type", linkType! },
+                    { "data-contentful-link-id", linkId! },
+                    { "data-contentful-localized", field.Localized.ToString() }
+                };
+
+                return WrapFieldInDiv(doc, entryId, field, additionalAttributes: assetAttributes);
+            }
+
             var client = new ContentfulClient(invocationContext.AuthenticationCredentialsProviders, environment);
             ManagementAsset? asset = null;
 
@@ -542,4 +557,4 @@ private void AddBlackbirdMeta(HtmlDocument htmlDoc, HtmlNode headNode, string na
 
         return (htmlDoc, bodyNode);
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Apps.Contentful/Models/Requests/GetEntryAsHtmlRequest.cs b/Apps.Contentful/Models/Requests/GetEntryAsHtmlRequest.cs
index d6514d6..d8a885a 100644
--- a/Apps.Contentful/Models/Requests/GetEntryAsHtmlRequest.cs
+++ b/Apps.Contentful/Models/Requests/GetEntryAsHtmlRequest.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ public class GetEntryAsHtmlRequest
     [Display("Include embedded block entries", Description = "Recursively include content of entries that are referenced as embedded block entries in 'Rich text' fields")]
     public bool? GetEmbeddedBlockContent { get; set; }
 
+    [Display("Include referenced assets", Description = "Include asset content referenced from entry fields")]
+    public bool? IncludeReferencedAssets { get; set; } = true;
+
     [Display("Exclude field IDs", Description = "All field IDs in this collection will be omitted from the exported content")]
     public IEnumerable<string>? IgnoredFieldIds { get; set; }
     
@@ -33,4 +36,4 @@ public class GetEntryAsHtmlRequest
     
     [Display("Exclude tags for referenced entries"), DataSource(typeof(ListEntriesTagDataHandler))]
     public IEnumerable<string>? ExcludeTags { get; set; }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}