diff --git a/Classes/Popover.swift b/Classes/Popover.swift
index d4169fd..1c9e531 100644
--- a/Classes/Popover.swift
+++ b/Classes/Popover.swift
@@ -218,10 +218,11 @@ open class Popover: UIView {
   }
 
   open func show(_ contentView: UIView, point: CGPoint, inView: UIView) {
-    if showBlackOverlay {
-        self.blackOverlay.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]
-        self.blackOverlay.frame = inView.bounds
+    self.blackOverlay.autoresizingMask = [.flexibleWidth, .flexibleHeight]
+    self.blackOverlay.frame = inView.bounds
+    inView.addSubview(self.blackOverlay)
 
+    if showBlackOverlay {
         if let overlayBlur = self.overlayBlur {
           let effectView = UIVisualEffectView(effect: overlayBlur)
           effectView.frame = self.blackOverlay.bounds
@@ -233,12 +234,10 @@ open class Popover: UIView {
           }
           self.blackOverlay.alpha = 0
         }
+    }
 
-        inView.addSubview(self.blackOverlay)
-        
-        if self.dismissOnBlackOverlayTap {
-            self.blackOverlay.addTarget(self, action: #selector(Popover.dismiss), for: .touchUpInside)
-        }
+    if self.dismissOnBlackOverlayTap {
+        self.blackOverlay.addTarget(self, action: #selector(Popover.dismiss), for: .touchUpInside)
     }
 
     self.containerView = inView
diff --git a/Example/Popover/ViewController.swift b/Example/Popover/ViewController.swift
index 248202b..0acc57b 100644
--- a/Example/Popover/ViewController.swift
+++ b/Example/Popover/ViewController.swift
@@ -37,10 +37,7 @@ class ViewController: UIViewController {
   @IBAction func tappedLeftBottomButton(_ sender: UIButton) {
     let width = self.view.frame.width / 4
     let aView = UIView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: width, height: width))
-    let options = [
-      .type(.up),
-      .cornerRadius(width / 2)
-      ] as [PopoverOption]
+    let options: [PopoverOption] = [.type(.up), .cornerRadius(width / 2), .showBlackOverlay(false)]
     let popover = Popover(options: options, showHandler: nil, dismissHandler: nil)
     popover.show(aView, fromView: self.leftBottomButton)
   }