diff --git a/common/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/common/config/MapConfig.java b/common/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/common/config/MapConfig.java
index 4463d4b2..7497c641 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/common/config/MapConfig.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/common/config/MapConfig.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public class MapConfig implements MapSettings {
     private String voidColor = "#000000";
 
     private float ambientLight = 0;
+    private float skyLight = 1;
 
     private int removeCavesBelowY = 55;
     private int caveDetectionOceanFloor = 10000;
diff --git a/common/src/main/resources/de/bluecolored/bluemap/config/maps/map.conf b/common/src/main/resources/de/bluecolored/bluemap/config/maps/map.conf
index 993eac9e..176fd79e 100644
--- a/common/src/main/resources/de/bluecolored/bluemap/config/maps/map.conf
+++ b/common/src/main/resources/de/bluecolored/bluemap/config/maps/map.conf
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ sky-color: "${sky-color}"
 # Default is "#000000"
 void-color: "${void-color}"
 
+# Defines the initial sky-light-strength the map will be set to when it is opened.
+# 0 is no sky-light, 1 is fully lighted.
+# You can change this at any time.
+# Default is 1
+sky-light: 1
+
 # Defines the ambient light-strength that every block is receiving, regardless of the sunlight/blocklight.
 # 0 is no ambient light, 1 is fully lighted.
 # You can change this at any time.
diff --git a/common/webapp/src/js/MapViewer.js b/common/webapp/src/js/MapViewer.js
index 868b4563..db2e6fe7 100644
--- a/common/webapp/src/js/MapViewer.js
+++ b/common/webapp/src/js/MapViewer.js
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ export class MapViewer {
 					this.data.uniforms.skyColor.value = map.data.skyColor;
 					this.data.uniforms.voidColor.value = map.data.voidColor;
 					this.data.uniforms.ambientLight.value = map.data.ambientLight;
+					this.data.uniforms.sunlightStrength.value = map.data.skyLight;
 					this.data.uniforms.hiresTileMap.value.map = map.hiresTileManager.tileMap.texture;
 					this.data.uniforms.hiresTileMap.value.scale.set(map.data.hires.tileSize.x, map.data.hires.tileSize.z);
 					this.data.uniforms.hiresTileMap.value.translate.set(map.data.hires.translate.x, map.data.hires.translate.z);
diff --git a/common/webapp/src/js/map/Map.js b/common/webapp/src/js/map/Map.js
index 7aa48b26..33ab9d49 100644
--- a/common/webapp/src/js/map/Map.js
+++ b/common/webapp/src/js/map/Map.js
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ export class Map {
 			skyColor: new Color(),
 			voidColor: new Color(0, 0, 0),
 			ambientLight: 0,
+			skyLight: 1,
 			hires: {
 				tileSize: {x: 32, z: 32},
 				scale: {x: 1, z: 1},
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ export class Map {
 				}
 
 				this.data.ambientLight = worldSettings.ambientLight ? worldSettings.ambientLight : this.data.ambientLight;
+				this.data.skyLight = worldSettings.skyLight ? worldSettings.skyLight : this.data.skyLight;
 
 				if (worldSettings.hires === undefined) worldSettings.hires = {};
 				if (worldSettings.lowres === undefined) worldSettings.lowres = {};
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/map/MapSettings.java b/core/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/map/MapSettings.java
index bc76e7ff..ca41539e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/map/MapSettings.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/map/MapSettings.java
@@ -50,4 +50,6 @@ public interface MapSettings extends RenderSettings {
 
     int getLodFactor();
 
+    float getSkyLight();
+
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/map/MapSettingsSerializer.java b/core/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/map/MapSettingsSerializer.java
index 630d5134..edecd22e 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/map/MapSettingsSerializer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/bluecolored/bluemap/core/map/MapSettingsSerializer.java
@@ -79,8 +79,9 @@ public JsonElement serialize(BmMap map, Type typeOfSrc, JsonSerializationContext
         Color voidColor = new Color().parse(map.getMapSettings().getVoidColor());
         root.add("voidColor", context.serialize(voidColor));
 
-        // ambientLight
+        // light
         root.addProperty("ambientLight", map.getMapSettings().getAmbientLight());
+        root.addProperty("skyLight", map.getMapSettings().getSkyLight());
 
         return root;
     }