diff --git a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
index 22fca70..d5912db 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/segmentation/charactersegmenter.cpp
@@ -96,29 +96,31 @@ namespace alpr
 
         HistogramVertical vertHistogram(pipeline_data->thresholds[i], histogramMask);
 
-        if (this->config->debugCharSegmenter)
-        {
-          Mat histoCopy(vertHistogram.histoImg.size(), vertHistogram.histoImg.type());
-          //vertHistogram.copyTo(histoCopy);
-          cvtColor(vertHistogram.histoImg, histoCopy, CV_GRAY2RGB);
-
-          string label = "threshold: " + toString(i);
-          allHistograms.push_back(addLabel(histoCopy, label));
-        }
+//        if (this->config->debugCharSegmenter)
+//        {
+//          Mat histoCopy(vertHistogram.histoImg.size(), vertHistogram.histoImg.type());
+//          //vertHistogram.copyTo(histoCopy);
+//          cvtColor(vertHistogram.histoImg, histoCopy, CV_GRAY2RGB);
+//
+//          string label = "threshold: " + toString(i);
+//          allHistograms.push_back(addLabel(histoCopy, label));
+//          
+//          std::cout << histoCopy.cols << " x " << histoCopy.rows << std::endl;
+//        }
 
         float score = 0;
         vector<Rect> charBoxes = getHistogramBoxes(vertHistogram, avgCharWidth, avgCharHeight, &score);
 
-        if (this->config->debugCharSegmenter)
-        {
-          for (unsigned int cboxIdx = 0; cboxIdx < charBoxes.size(); cboxIdx++)
-          {
-            rectangle(allHistograms[i], charBoxes[cboxIdx], Scalar(0, 255, 0));
-          }
-
-          Mat histDashboard = drawImageDashboard(allHistograms, allHistograms[0].type(), 1);
-          displayImage(config, "Char seg histograms", histDashboard);
-        }
+//        if (this->config->debugCharSegmenter)
+//        {
+//          for (unsigned int cboxIdx = 0; cboxIdx < charBoxes.size(); cboxIdx++)
+//          {
+//            rectangle(allHistograms[i], charBoxes[cboxIdx], Scalar(0, 255, 0));
+//          }
+//
+//          Mat histDashboard = drawImageDashboard(allHistograms, allHistograms[0].type(), 1);
+//          displayImage(config, "Char seg histograms", histDashboard);
+//        }
 
         for (unsigned int z = 0; z < charBoxes.size(); z++)
           lineBoxes.push_back(charBoxes[z]);
@@ -184,6 +186,12 @@ namespace alpr
         displayImage(config, "Segmentation Clean Filters", cleanImgDash);
       }
     }
+    
+    // Apply the edge mask (left and right ends) after all lines have been processed.
+    for (unsigned int i = 0; i < pipeline_data->thresholds.size(); i++)
+    {
+      bitwise_and(pipeline_data->thresholds[i], edge_filter_mask, pipeline_data->thresholds[i]);
+    }
 
     vector<Rect> all_regions_combined;
     for (unsigned int lidx = 0; lidx < pipeline_data->charRegions.size(); lidx++)