diff --git a/ptbposter/ptbposter-doc-1.pdf b/ptbposter/ptbposter-doc-1.pdf
index 2a5f9a56de71b1a6e20e7d85deba439a85cbaa7d..fa8331e8a8553c0116cd241a05983c92b80138c8 100644
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diff --git a/ptbposter/ptbposter-doc-1.tex b/ptbposter/ptbposter-doc-1.tex
index 65b2e207a3090606d71e2809944c12573989bdde..a883762f3ebfc11533600831fb14d419b6710d31 100644
--- a/ptbposter/ptbposter-doc-1.tex
+++ b/ptbposter/ptbposter-doc-1.tex
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ zu entnehmen.
   \item \textbf{centerTitle}: Den Titel zentriert setzen.
   \item \textbf{raggedTitle}: Den Titel mit "`Flatterrand"' setzen.
   \item \textbf{centerAuthors}: Die Autoren zentriert setzen.
+  \item \textbf{shortPTBlogo}: verkürztes PTB-Logo (Text entfällt)
 \end{itemize}
 
 Ohne Angabe einer Sprachoption werden die Trennregeln für "`ngerman"' (neue
diff --git a/ptbposter/ptbposter-old-engines.clo b/ptbposter/ptbposter-old-engines.clo
index 8bb61c8372e6914dc335953f26c956de0fec6f29..3c0f16c2056cdc8419bc0693fd5e4617a35e9345 100644
--- a/ptbposter/ptbposter-old-engines.clo
+++ b/ptbposter/ptbposter-old-engines.clo
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     or\MessageBreak 
     xelatex \jobname.tex
   }%
-  \expandafter\fi\expandafter\@@end
+  \@@end
 \fi
 
 \endinput
diff --git a/ptbposter/ptbposter.cls b/ptbposter/ptbposter.cls
index 7e327019074eb3acf3025b5ac3f2e0aa8f6ea71c..85e570f03fc0060eb0c11e9ab8acb245903993b1 100644
--- a/ptbposter/ptbposter.cls
+++ b/ptbposter/ptbposter.cls
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 \newif\ifPTBlandscape \PTBlandscapefalse
 \newif\ifPTB@XeOrLua \PTB@XeOrLuafalse
 \newif\ifPTB@serif \PTB@seriffalse
+\newif\ifPTB@logo@long@ \PTB@logo@long@true
 
 \RequirePackage{ifluatex,ifxetex}
 \ifxetex\PTB@XeOrLuatrue\else\ifluatex\PTB@XeOrLuatrue\fi\fi
@@ -90,6 +91,9 @@
 \DeclareOption{a0paper}{%
   \PassOptionsToPackage{\CurrentOption}{geometry}
 }
+\DeclareOption{shortPTBlogo}{%
+  \PTB@logo@long@false  
+}
 \DeclareOption*{\PassOptionsToPackage{\CurrentOption}{babel}}
 \ExecuteOptions{serif}
 \ProcessOptions\relax
@@ -240,6 +244,7 @@
         \textcolor{PTBcolor}{% TODO: Tikz-Grafik erzeugen (autom.?) und verwenden
           \includegraphics[height=.055\PTB@scale@base]{ptbposter-logo-A.mps}
         }%    1,58365758755
+        \ifPTB@logo@long@
         \hfill
         \raisebox{.0025\PTB@scale@base}{% 
           %\includegraphics[width=.612\linewidth]{ptbposter-logo-B.mps}%
@@ -254,6 +259,7 @@
             \end{varwidth}%
           }%
         }%
+        \fi
       }%
       \hfill
       \ifx\PTB@logo\@empty\else