diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index efe8b66..8d2e249 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,7 +19,15 @@ This plugin is released under the Apache 2.0 license, but the ZBar library on wh
 
 Arguments:
 
-- **params**: _Unused for now. Will be an object in the future if we extend this plugin with options to specify scannable barcode types, etc._
+- **params**: Optional parameters:
+
+    ```javascript
+    {
+        text_title: "Title Text - default = 'Scan QR Code'",
+        text_instructions: "Instruction Text - default = 'Please point your camera at the QR code.'",
+    }
+    ```
+
 - **onSuccess**: function (s) {...} _Callback for successful scan._
 - **onFailure**: function (s) {...} _Callback for cancelled scan or error._
 
diff --git a/android/ZBar.java b/android/ZBar.java
index 519fd60..2d45cea 100644
--- a/android/ZBar.java
+++ b/android/ZBar.java
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 package org.cloudsky.cordovaPlugins;
 
-import org.apache.cordova.CordovaInterface;
 import org.apache.cordova.CordovaPlugin;
 import org.apache.cordova.CallbackContext;
-import org.apache.cordova.PluginResult;
 import org.json.JSONArray;
 import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Intent;
@@ -38,8 +37,11 @@ public class ZBar extends CordovaPlugin {
             } else {
                 isInProgress = true;
                 scanCallbackContext = callbackContext;
+                JSONObject params = args.optJSONObject(0);
+
                 Context appCtx = cordova.getActivity().getApplicationContext();
                 Intent scanIntent = new Intent(appCtx, ZBarScannerActivity.class);
+                scanIntent.putExtra(ZBarScannerActivity.EXTRA_PARAMS, params.toString());
                 cordova.startActivityForResult(this, scanIntent, SCAN_CODE);
             }
             return true;
diff --git a/android/ZBarScannerActivity.java b/android/ZBarScannerActivity.java
index a972d85..be6a2c3 100644
--- a/android/ZBarScannerActivity.java
+++ b/android/ZBarScannerActivity.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package org.cloudsky.cordovaPlugins;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import org.json.JSONException;
+import org.json.JSONObject;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.Intent;
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ import android.view.SurfaceHolder;
 import android.view.SurfaceView;
 import android.view.ViewGroup;
 import android.widget.FrameLayout;
-import android.widget.Toast;
+import android.widget.TextView;
 
 import net.sourceforge.zbar.ImageScanner;
 import net.sourceforge.zbar.Image;
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ implements SurfaceHolder.Callback {
     // Public Constants ------------------------------------------------
     
     public static final String EXTRA_QRVALUE = "qrValue";
+    public static final String EXTRA_PARAMS = "params";
     public static final int RESULT_ERROR = RESULT_FIRST_USER + 1;
     
     // State -----------------------------------------------------------
@@ -64,6 +67,15 @@ implements SurfaceHolder.Callback {
     {
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
 
+        // Get parameters from JS
+        Intent startIntent = getIntent();
+        String paramStr = startIntent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_PARAMS);
+        JSONObject params;
+        try { params = new JSONObject(paramStr); }
+        catch (JSONException e) { params = new JSONObject(); }
+        String textTitle = params.optString("text_title");
+        String textInstructions = params.optString("text_instructions");
+
         // Initiate instance variables
         autoFocusHandler = new Handler();
         scanner = new ImageScanner();
@@ -72,7 +84,13 @@ implements SurfaceHolder.Callback {
         
         // Set content view
         setContentView(getResourceId("layout/cszbarscanner"));
-        
+
+        // Update view with customisable strings
+        TextView view_textTitle = (TextView) findViewById(getResourceId("id/csZbarScannerTitle"));
+        TextView view_textInstructions = (TextView) findViewById(getResourceId("id/csZbarScannerInstructions"));
+        view_textTitle.setText(textTitle);
+        view_textInstructions.setText(textInstructions);
+
         // Create preview SurfaceView
         scannerSurface = new SurfaceView (this) {
             @Override
diff --git a/www/zBar.js b/www/zBar.js
index c46e40f..b423957 100644
--- a/www/zBar.js
+++ b/www/zBar.js
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ ZBar.prototype = {
     scan: function (params, success, failure)
     {
         argscheck.checkArgs('*fF', 'CsZBar.scan', arguments);
+
+        params = params || {};
+        if(params.text_title === undefined) params.text_title = "Scan QR Code";
+        if(params.text_instructions === undefined) params.text_instructions = "Please point your camera at the QR code.";
+
         exec(success, failure, 'CsZBar', 'scan', [params]);
     },