diff --git a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
index 62b1a4c..bcee6f8 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/licenseplatecandidate.cpp
@@ -82,8 +82,7 @@ void LicensePlateCandidate::recognize()
       Mat transmtx = getTransformationMatrix(pipeline_data->plate_corners, outputImageSize);
       pipeline_data->crop_gray = deSkewPlate(this->pipeline_data->grayImg, outputImageSize, transmtx);
 
-      cout << "Size: " << outputImageSize.width << " - " << outputImageSize.height << endl;
-      
+
       
       // Apply a perspective transformation to the TextLine objects
       // to match the newly deskewed license plate crop
diff --git a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
index 0010eaf..6e74e02 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ CharacterSegmenter::CharacterSegmenter(PipelineData* pipeline_data)
 
   medianBlur(pipeline_data->crop_gray, pipeline_data->crop_gray, 3);
 
-  cout << "Segmenter: inverted: " << pipeline_data->plate_inverted << endl;
+  if (this->config->debugCharSegmenter)
+    cout << "Segmenter: inverted: " << pipeline_data->plate_inverted << endl;
+  
   if (pipeline_data->plate_inverted)
     bitwise_not(pipeline_data->crop_gray, pipeline_data->crop_gray);
 
diff --git a/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp b/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp
index fd6a66b..c81c398 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/textdetection/characteranalysis.cpp
@@ -141,8 +141,6 @@ void CharacterAnalysis::analyze()
   {
     vector<Point> linePolygon = linePolygons[i];
    
-    cout << "Polygon: " << linePolygon[0] << " - " << linePolygon[1] << " - " << linePolygon[2] << " - " << linePolygon[3] << endl;
-    
     LineSegment topLine = LineSegment(linePolygon[0].x, linePolygon[0].y, linePolygon[1].x, linePolygon[1].y);
     LineSegment bottomLine = LineSegment(linePolygon[3].x, linePolygon[3].y, linePolygon[2].x, linePolygon[2].y);
     
@@ -153,8 +151,6 @@ void CharacterAnalysis::analyze()
     tempTextLines.push_back(textLine);
   }
   
-  cout << "Good contours inverted left: " << bestContours.getGoodIndicesCount() << endl;
-  
   filterBetweenLines(bestThreshold, bestContours, tempTextLines);
 
   // Sort the lines from top to bottom.
@@ -171,10 +167,8 @@ void CharacterAnalysis::analyze()
     
   }
   
-  cout << "Good contours inverted left: " << bestContours.getGoodIndicesCount() << endl;
   
   this->thresholdsInverted = isPlateInverted();
-  cout << "Plate inverted: " << this->thresholdsInverted << endl;
 }
 
 
@@ -438,7 +432,6 @@ void CharacterAnalysis::filterBetweenLines(Mat img, TextContours& textContours,
 
       float maxDistance = textLines[i].lineHeight * MAX_DISTANCE_PERCENT_FROM_LINES;
 
-      cout << "Distances: " << absTopDistance  << " : " << maxDistance << " - " << absBottomDistance << " : " << maxDistance << endl; 
       if (absTopDistance < maxDistance && absBottomDistance < maxDistance)
       {
         // It's ok, leave it as-is.