diff --git a/docconv.go b/docconv.go
index eab82b2..f770758 100755
--- a/docconv.go
+++ b/docconv.go
@@ -76,10 +76,10 @@ func Convert(r io.Reader, mimeType string, readability bool) (*Response, error)
 		body, meta, err = ConvertODT(r)
 
 	case "application/vnd.apple.pages", "application/x-iwork-pages-sffpages":
-		body, meta, err = ConvertPages(r)
+		body, meta, err = ConvertPages(r, readability)
 
 	case "application/pdf":
-		body, meta, err = ConvertPDF(r)
+		body, meta, err = ConvertPDF(r, readability)
 
 	case "application/rtf", "application/x-rtf", "text/rtf", "text/richtext":
 		body, meta, err = ConvertRTF(r)
diff --git a/pages.go b/pages.go
index c288314..9fae07c 100644
--- a/pages.go
+++ b/pages.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // ConvertPages converts a Pages file to text.
-func ConvertPages(r io.Reader) (string, map[string]string, error) {
+func ConvertPages(r io.Reader, readability bool) (string, map[string]string, error) {
 	meta := make(map[string]string)
 	var textBody string
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func ConvertPages(r io.Reader) (string, map[string]string, error) {
 		if strings.HasSuffix(f.Name, "Preview.pdf") {
 			// There is a preview PDF version we can use
 			if rc, err := f.Open(); err == nil {
-				return ConvertPDF(rc)
+				return ConvertPDF(rc, readability)
 			}
 		}
 		if f.Name == "index.xml" {
diff --git a/pdf.go b/pdf.go
index e5920d2..6a468fa 100644
--- a/pdf.go
+++ b/pdf.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 )
 
-func ConvertPDF(r io.Reader) (string, map[string]string, error) {
+func ConvertPDF(r io.Reader, readability bool) (string, map[string]string, error) {
 
 	f, err := NewLocalFile(r)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func ConvertPDF(r io.Reader) (string, map[string]string, error) {
 	}
 	defer f.Done()
 
-	bodyResult, metaResult, convertErr := ConvertPDFText(f.Name())
+	bodyResult, metaResult, convertErr := ConvertPDFText(f.Name(), readability)
 	if convertErr != nil {
 		return "", nil, convertErr
 	}
diff --git a/pdf_ocr.go b/pdf_ocr.go
index 4d9d53a..32513da 100644
--- a/pdf_ocr.go
+++ b/pdf_ocr.go
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func ConvertPDF(r io.Reader) (string, map[string]string, error) {
 	}
 	defer f.Done()
 
-	bodyResult, metaResult, textConvertErr := ConvertPDFText(f.Name())
+	bodyResult, metaResult, textConvertErr := ConvertPDFText(f.Name(), false)
 	if textConvertErr != nil {
 		return "", nil, textConvertErr
 	}
diff --git a/pdf_text.go b/pdf_text.go
index 01b65f8..ba4d523 100644
--- a/pdf_text.go
+++ b/pdf_text.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ type BodyResult struct {
 
 // Convert PDF
 
-func ConvertPDFText(path string) (BodyResult, MetaResult, error) {
+func ConvertPDFText(path string, readability bool) (BodyResult, MetaResult, error) {
 	metaResult := MetaResult{meta: make(map[string]string)}
 	bodyResult := BodyResult{}
 	mr := make(chan MetaResult, 1)
@@ -56,7 +56,14 @@ func ConvertPDFText(path string) (BodyResult, MetaResult, error) {
 
 	br := make(chan BodyResult, 1)
 	go func() {
-		body, err := exec.Command("pdftotext", "-q", "-nopgbrk", "-enc", "UTF-8", "-eol", "unix", path, "-").Output()
+		var body []byte
+		var err error	
+		if readability {
+			body, err = exec.Command("pdftotext", "-q", "-nopgbrk", "-enc", "UTF-8", "-eol", "unix", "-layout", path, "-").Output()
+		} else {
+			body, err = exec.Command("pdftotext", "-q", "-nopgbrk", "-enc", "UTF-8", "-eol", "unix", path, "-").Output()
+		}
+
 		if err != nil {
 			bodyResult.err = err
 		}