diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 29997de..553e329 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -296,11 +296,13 @@ bool detectandshow( Alpr* alpr, cv::Mat frame, std::string region, bool writeJso
     for (int i = 0; i < results.plates.size(); i++)
     {
       std::cout << "plate" << i << ": " << results.plates[i].topNPlates.size() << " results";
-	  if (measureProcessingTime)
-		std::cout << " -- Processing Time = " << results.plates[i].processing_time_ms << "ms.";
-	  std::cout << std::endl;
-
+      if (measureProcessingTime)
+        std::cout << " -- Processing Time = " << results.plates[i].processing_time_ms << "ms.";
+      std::cout << std::endl;
 
+      if (results.plates[i].regionConfidence > 0)
+        std::cout << "State ID: " << results.plates[i].region << " (" << results.plates[i].regionConfidence << "% confidence)" << std::endl;
+      
       for (int k = 0; k < results.plates[i].topNPlates.size(); k++)
       {
         std::cout << "    - " << results.plates[i].topNPlates[k].characters << "\t confidence: " << results.plates[i].topNPlates[k].overall_confidence;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
index 0df2488..372cffd 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/alpr_impl.cpp
@@ -139,11 +139,11 @@ AlprFullDetails AlprImpl::recognizeFullDetails(cv::Mat img, std::vector<cv::Rect
 
       if (detectRegion)
       {
-        char statecode[4];
-        plateResult.regionConfidence = stateIdentifier->recognize(&pipeline_data);
-        if (plateResult.regionConfidence > 0)
+        stateIdentifier->recognize(&pipeline_data);
+        if (pipeline_data.region_confidence > 0)
         {
-          plateResult.region = statecode;
+          plateResult.region = pipeline_data.region_code;
+          plateResult.regionConfidence = (int) pipeline_data.region_confidence;
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/src/openalpr/featurematcher.cpp b/src/openalpr/featurematcher.cpp
index 18c7cad..feeb8e6 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/featurematcher.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/featurematcher.cpp
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ RecognitionResult FeatureMatcher::recognize( const Mat& queryImg, bool drawOnIma
   RecognitionResult result;
 
   result.haswinner = false;
+  result.confidence = 0;
 
   Mat queryDescriptors;
   vector<KeyPoint> queryKeypoints;
diff --git a/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.cpp b/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.cpp
index 5d7ce38..cc3cfe5 100644
--- a/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.cpp
+++ b/src/openalpr/pipeline_data.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ PipelineData::PipelineData(Mat colorImage, Rect regionOfInterest, Config* config
   this->regionOfInterest = regionOfInterest;
   this->config = config;
   
+  this->region_confidence = 0;
+  
   plate_inverted = false;
 }