diff --git a/highlight_duplicates.sublime-settings b/highlight_duplicates.sublime-settings
index 6f0cdda..91d755f 100644
--- a/highlight_duplicates.sublime-settings
+++ b/highlight_duplicates.sublime-settings
@@ -8,5 +8,7 @@
 	// If true, whitespace gets trimmed off each line before checking for matching lines
 	"trim_white_space" : true,
 
-	"ignore_case" : false
+	"ignore_case" : false,
+
+	"min_line_length" : 4
 }
diff --git a/hightlight_duplicates.py b/hightlight_duplicates.py
index 3987109..746aa77 100644
--- a/hightlight_duplicates.py
+++ b/hightlight_duplicates.py
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@
 DEFAULT_COLOR_SCOPE_NAME = "invalid"
 DEFAULT_IS_ENABLED = True
 DEFAULT_IS_DISABLED = False
+DEFAULT_MIN_LINE_LENGTH = 4
 
-def count_lines(lines, view):
+def count_lines(lines, view, minLineLength):
     '''Counts line occurrences of a view using a hash.
     The lines are stripped and tested before count.
     '''
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ def count_lines(lines, view):
             string = string.strip()
         if ignoreCase():
             string = string.lower()
-        if is_candidate(string):
+        if is_candidate(string, minLineLength):
             counts[string].append(line)
     return counts
 
@@ -73,11 +74,11 @@ def merge_results(countsList):
     return merged
 
 
-def is_candidate(string):
+def is_candidate(string, minLineLength):
     '''Tells if a string is a LOC candidate.
     A candidate is a string long enough after stripping some symbols.
     '''
-    return len(string.strip('{}()[]/')) > 3
+    return len(string.strip('{}()[]/')) >= minLineLength
 
 
 def show_lines(regions, view):
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ def highlight_duplicates(view):
     # get all lines
     lines = view.lines(sublime.Region(0, view.size()))
     # count and filter out non duplicated lines
-    duplicates = filter_counts(count_lines(lines, view))
+    duplicates = filter_counts(count_lines(lines, view, getMinLineLength()))
     # show duplicated lines
     show_lines(duplicates.values(), view)
 
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ def select_duplicates(view):
     # get all lines
     lines = view.lines(sublime.Region(0, view.size()))
     # count and filter out non duplicated lines
-    duplicates = filter_counts(count_lines(lines, view))
+    duplicates = filter_counts(count_lines(lines, view, getMinLineLength()))
     # select duplicated lines
     add_lines(duplicates.values(), view)
 
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ def remove_duplicates(view, edit):
     # get all lines
     lines = view.lines(sublime.Region(0, view.size()))
     # count and filter out non duplicated lines
-    duplicates = remove_first(filter_counts(count_lines(lines, view)))
+    duplicates = remove_first(filter_counts(count_lines(lines, view, getMinLineLength())))
     # select duplicated lines
     merged = merge_results(duplicates.values())
     merged.sort(key=lambda elm: elm.begin())
@@ -165,6 +166,15 @@ def getHighlightColor():
     settings = sublime.load_settings('highlight_duplicates.sublime-settings')
     return settings.get('highlight_duplicates_color', DEFAULT_COLOR_SCOPE_NAME)
 
+def getMinLineLength():
+    settings = sublime.load_settings('highlight_duplicates.sublime-settings')
+    minLength = settings.get('min_line_length', DEFAULT_MIN_LINE_LENGTH)
+    if isinstance(minLength, int):
+        return minLength
+    else:
+        return DEFAULT_MIN_LINE_LENGTH
+
+
 
 class HighlightDuplicatesCommand(sublime_plugin.WindowCommand):
     '''Actual Sublime command. Run it in the console with:
diff --git a/messages.json b/messages.json
index e0d969e..4132982 100644
--- a/messages.json
+++ b/messages.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 {
-	"1.3.0": "messages/1.3.0.txt"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+	"1.3.0": "messages/1.3.0.txt",
+	"1.4.0": "messages/1.4.0.txt"
+}
diff --git a/messages/1.4.0.txt b/messages/1.4.0.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f8a1b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/messages/1.4.0.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Highlight Duplicates v1.4.0
+
+	• Added Minimum Length Setting
+
+		This setting will allow you to specify how many characters a line needs to be considered as a duplicate.
+
+		Default:
+			"min_line_length": 4