diff --git a/ch.psi.fda.core/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/serializer/SerializerTXT.java b/ch.psi.fda.core/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/serializer/SerializerTXT.java
index 8631c06..f8c034e 100644
--- a/ch.psi.fda.core/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/serializer/SerializerTXT.java
+++ b/ch.psi.fda.core/src/main/java/ch/psi/fda/serializer/SerializerTXT.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class SerializerTXT {
 	private BufferedWriter writer;
 	private StringBuffer b;
 	private StringBuffer b1;
-	
+	private boolean showDimensionHeader = true;
 	
 	public SerializerTXT(File file){
 		this.file = file;
@@ -124,7 +124,9 @@ public class SerializerTXT {
 				
 				// Write header
 				writer.write(b.toString());
-				writer.write(b1.toString());
+				if(showDimensionHeader){
+					writer.write(b1.toString());
+				}
 				
 				newfile=false;
 			}
@@ -196,4 +198,12 @@ public class SerializerTXT {
 			throw new RuntimeException("Data serializer had a problem writing to the specified file",e);
 		}
 	}
+
+	public boolean isShowDimensionHeader() {
+		return showDimensionHeader;
+	}
+
+	public void setShowDimensionHeader(boolean showDimensionHeader) {
+		this.showDimensionHeader = showDimensionHeader;
+	}
 }