diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr.cpp b/src/openalpr/alpr.cpp
index 5ad39db..a2e4d66 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr.cpp
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ namespace alpr
     impl->setCountry(country);
   }
 
+  void Alpr::setPrewarp(std::string prewarp_config) {
+    impl->setPrewarp(prewarp_config);
+  }
+
 
   void Alpr::setDetectRegion(bool detectRegion)
   {
diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr.h b/src/openalpr/alpr.h
index 43a1725..c34f369 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr.h
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ namespace alpr
       // Set the country used for plate recognition
       void setCountry(std::string country);
       
+      // Update the prewarp setting without reloading the library
+      void setPrewarp(std::string prewarp_config);
+      
       void setDetectRegion(bool detectRegion);
       void setTopN(int topN);
       void setDefaultRegion(std::string region);
diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
index d2ec057..f7579f1 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
@@ -659,6 +659,11 @@ namespace alpr
     loadRecognizers();
   }
 
+  void AlprImpl::setPrewarp(std::string prewarp_config)
+  {
+    prewarp->initialize(prewarp_config);
+  }
+
 
   void AlprImpl::setDetectRegion(bool detectRegion)
   {
diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.h b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.h
index 067598c..15cc029 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.h
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ namespace alpr
       AlprFullDetails analyzeSingleCountry(cv::Mat colorImg, cv::Mat grayImg, std::vector<cv::Rect> regionsOfInterest);
 
       void setCountry(std::string country);
+      void setPrewarp(std::string prewarp_config);
+      
       void setDetectRegion(bool detectRegion);
       void setTopN(int topn);
       void setDefaultRegion(std::string region);
diff --git a/src/openalpr/prewarp.cpp b/src/openalpr/prewarp.cpp
index 5b6e960..7a3a137 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/prewarp.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/prewarp.cpp
@@ -28,15 +28,22 @@ using namespace cv;
 namespace alpr
 {
 
-  PreWarp::PreWarp(Config* config) {
+  PreWarp::PreWarp(Config* config)
+  {
     this->config = config;
-    
-    string warp_config = config->prewarp;
+    initialize(config->prewarp);
+  }
+  
+
+  void PreWarp::initialize(std::string prewarp_config) {
+
+    timespec startTime;
+    getTimeMonotonic(&startTime);
     
     // Do a cursory verification based on number of commas
-    int commacount = count(warp_config.begin(), warp_config.end(), ',');
+    int commacount = count(prewarp_config.begin(), prewarp_config.end(), ',');
     
-    if (warp_config.length() < 4)
+    if (prewarp_config.length() < 4)
     {
       // No config specified.  ignore
       if (this->config->debugPrewarp)
@@ -55,10 +62,10 @@ namespace alpr
     {
 
       // Parse the warp_config
-      int first_comma = warp_config.find(",");
+      int first_comma = prewarp_config.find(",");
 
 
-      string name = warp_config.substr(0, first_comma);
+      string name = prewarp_config.substr(0, first_comma);
       
       if (name != "planar")
       {
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ namespace alpr
       }
       else
       {
-        stringstream ss(warp_config.substr(first_comma + 1, warp_config.length()));
+        stringstream ss(prewarp_config.substr(first_comma + 1, prewarp_config.length()));
 
         ss >> w;
         ss.ignore();
@@ -90,9 +97,13 @@ namespace alpr
       }
 
     }
+    
+    timespec endTime;
+    getTimeMonotonic(&endTime);
+    if (config->debugTiming)
+      cout << "Prewarp Initialization Time: " << diffclock(startTime, endTime) << "ms." << endl;
   }
 
-
   PreWarp::~PreWarp() {
   }
   
diff --git a/src/openalpr/prewarp.h b/src/openalpr/prewarp.h
index 1d298ff..6161682 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/prewarp.h
+++ b/src/openalpr/prewarp.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ namespace alpr
     PreWarp(Config* config);
     virtual ~PreWarp();
 
+    void initialize(std::string prewarp_config);
+    
     cv::Mat warpImage(cv::Mat image);
     std::vector<cv::Point2f> projectPoints(std::vector<cv::Point2f> points, bool inverse);
     std::vector<cv::Rect> projectRects(std::vector<cv::Rect> rects, int maxWidth, int maxHeight, bool inverse);