diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
index 372cffd..5ab7f77 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
@@ -451,6 +451,11 @@ AlprResults AlprImpl::fromJson(std::string json) {
       plateCandidate.matches_template = (cJSON_GetObjectItem(candidate, "matches_template")->valueint) != 0;
 
       plate.topNPlates.push_back(plateCandidate);
+      
+      if (c == 0)
+      {
+        plate.bestPlate = plateCandidate;
+      }
     }
     
     allResults.plates.push_back(plate);
diff --git a/src/tests/runtests.cpp b/src/tests/runtests.cpp
index 23372d5..cd9e508 100644
--- a/src/tests/runtests.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/runtests.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@ TEST_CASE( "JSON Serialization/Deserialization", "[json]" ) {
     REQUIRE( roundTrip.plates[i].regionConfidence == origResults.plates[i].regionConfidence);
     REQUIRE( roundTrip.plates[i].requested_topn == origResults.plates[i].requested_topn);
     
+    REQUIRE( roundTrip.plates[i].bestPlate.characters == origResults.plates[i].bestPlate.characters);
+    REQUIRE( roundTrip.plates[i].bestPlate.matches_template == origResults.plates[i].bestPlate.matches_template);
+    REQUIRE( roundTrip.plates[i].bestPlate.overall_confidence == origResults.plates[i].bestPlate.overall_confidence);
+    
     REQUIRE( roundTrip.plates[i].topNPlates.size() == origResults.plates[i].topNPlates.size());
     for (int j = 0; j < roundTrip.plates[i].topNPlates.size(); j++)
     {