diff --git a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
index d63cc01..7a14956 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ namespace alpr
 
   vector<Rect> CharacterSegmenter::getBestCharBoxes(Mat img, vector<Rect> charBoxes, float avgCharWidth)
   {
-    float MAX_SEGMENT_WIDTH = avgCharWidth * 1.65;
+    float MAX_SEGMENT_WIDTH = avgCharWidth * config->segmentationMaxCharWidthvsAverage;
 
     // This histogram is based on how many char boxes (from ALL of the many thresholded images) are covering each column
     // Makes a sort of histogram from all the previous char boxes.  Figures out the best fit from that.