diff --git a/src/openalpr/config.cpp b/src/openalpr/config.cpp
index 8935d92..2f30a29 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/config.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/config.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ void Config::loadValues(string country)
   minPlateSizeWidthPx = getInt(country, "min_plate_size_width_px", 100);
   minPlateSizeHeightPx = getInt(country, "min_plate_size_height_px", 100);
     
+  multiline = 	getBoolean(country, "multiline",		false);
+  
   plateWidthMM = getFloat(country, "plate_width_mm", 100);
   plateHeightMM = getFloat(country, "plate_height_mm", 100);
   
diff --git a/src/openalpr/config.h b/src/openalpr/config.h
index 21fb8dc..7477b79 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/config.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/config.h
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ class Config
     float minPlateSizeWidthPx;
     float minPlateSizeHeightPx;
     
+    bool multiline;
+    
     float plateWidthMM;
     float plateHeightMM;
     
diff --git a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
index f21b87a..4406718 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ void LicensePlateCandidate::recognize()
   charSegmenter = NULL;
 
   pipeline_data->plate_area_confidence = 0;
+  pipeline_data->isMultiline = config->multiline;
 
   int expandX = round(this->pipeline_data->regionOfInterest.width * 0.20);
   int expandY = round(this->pipeline_data->regionOfInterest.height * 0.15);
diff --git a/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.h b/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.h
index e92302e..6c71e8a 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.h
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ class PipelineData
     cv::Mat grayImg;
     cv::Rect regionOfInterest;
     
+    bool isMultiline;
+    
     cv::Mat crop_gray;
     
     bool hasPlateBorder;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp b/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp
index 999746f..d44bfff 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ CharacterAnalysis::CharacterAnalysis(PipelineData* pipeline_data)
   this->pipeline_data = pipeline_data;
   this->config = pipeline_data->config;
 
-  this->isTwoLine = true;
 
   if (this->config->debugCharAnalysis)
     cout << "Starting CharacterAnalysis identification" << endl;