diff --git a/src/misc_utilities/benchmarks/benchmark.cpp b/src/misc_utilities/benchmarks/benchmark.cpp
index fa71ce2..e33ed5d 100644
--- a/src/misc_utilities/benchmarks/benchmark.cpp
+++ b/src/misc_utilities/benchmarks/benchmark.cpp
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ int main( int argc, const char** argv )
     alpr.setDetectRegion(true);
 
     Detector* plateDetector = createDetector(&config);
-    StateDetector stateDetector(country, config.runtimeBaseDir);
+    StateDetector stateDetector(country, config.config_file_path, config.runtimeBaseDir);
     OCR ocr(&config);
 
     vector<double> endToEndTimes;
diff --git a/src/misc_utilities/sortstate.cpp b/src/misc_utilities/sortstate.cpp
index d963176..19da685 100644
--- a/src/misc_utilities/sortstate.cpp
+++ b/src/misc_utilities/sortstate.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ int main( int argc, const char** argv )
   }
 
   Config config("us");
-  StateDetector identifier(config.country, config.runtimeBaseDir);
+  StateDetector identifier(config.country, config.config_file_path, config.runtimeBaseDir);
 
   if (DirectoryExists(outDir.c_str()) == false)
   {
diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
index 35d65f1..f9eaefb 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
@@ -53,14 +53,10 @@ namespace alpr
       recognizer.plateDetector = createDetector(config);
       recognizer.ocr = new OCR(config);
 
-      recognizer.stateDetector = new StateDetector(this->config->country, this->config->runtimeBaseDir);
-
-
-
+      recognizer.stateDetector = new StateDetector(this->config->country, this->config->config_file_path, this->config->runtimeBaseDir);
 
       recognizers[config->country] = recognizer;
 
-
     }
 
     setNumThreads(0);
diff --git a/src/statedetection/state_detector.cpp b/src/statedetection/state_detector.cpp
index 8c27045..1e18313 100644
--- a/src/statedetection/state_detector.cpp
+++ b/src/statedetection/state_detector.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ using namespace std;
 
 namespace alpr {
 
-  StateDetector::StateDetector(const std::string country, const std::string runtimeDir)  {
+  StateDetector::StateDetector(const std::string country, const std::string configFile, const std::string runtimeDir)  {
     impl = new StateDetectorImpl(country, runtimeDir);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/statedetection/state_detector.h b/src/statedetection/state_detector.h
index 4cd29b6..f2cb121 100644
--- a/src/statedetection/state_detector.h
+++ b/src/statedetection/state_detector.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace alpr {
   class StateDetector {
 
     public:
-      StateDetector(const std::string country, const std::string runtimeDir);
+      StateDetector(const std::string country, const std::string configFile, const std::string runtimeDir);
       virtual ~StateDetector();
 
       bool isLoaded();