diff --git a/app/services/forms.py b/app/services/forms.py
index 2f4a1b51..5de8af07 100644
--- a/app/services/forms.py
+++ b/app/services/forms.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from flask_wtf import FlaskForm
-from wtforms import MultipleFileField, SelectField, StringField, SubmitField, ValidationError
+from wtforms import (BooleanField, MultipleFileField, SelectField, StringField,
+                     SubmitField, ValidationError)
 from wtforms.validators import DataRequired, Length
 
 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ class NewNLPJobForm(FlaskForm):
 
 
 class NewOCRJobForm(FlaskForm):
+    binarization = BooleanField('Binarazation')
     description = StringField('Description',
                               validators=[DataRequired(), Length(1, 255)])
     files = MultipleFileField('Files', validators=[DataRequired()])
@@ -49,6 +51,7 @@ class NewOCRJobForm(FlaskForm):
                                     ('por', 'Portuguese'),
                                     ('spa', 'Spanish; Castilian')],
                            validators=[DataRequired()])
+    split = BooleanField('Split')
     submit = SubmitField('Submit')
     title = StringField('Title', validators=[DataRequired(), Length(1, 32)])
     version = SelectField('Version',
diff --git a/app/services/views.py b/app/services/views.py
index 7f624f7d..6d785bfb 100644
--- a/app/services/views.py
+++ b/app/services/views.py
@@ -62,9 +62,13 @@ def ocr():
                       mem_mb=8192,
                       n_cores=4,
                       service='ocr',
-                      service_args=json.dumps([
-                        '-l {}'.format(new_ocr_job_form.language.data),
-                        '--skip-binarisation']),
+                      service_args=json.dumps(
+                         [
+                             '-l {}'.format(new_ocr_job_form.language.data),
+                             '' if new_ocr_job_form.binarization.data
+                             else '--skip-binarisation'
+                         ]
+                      ),
                       service_version=new_ocr_job_form.version.data,
                       status='preparing',
                       title=new_ocr_job_form.title.data)
diff --git a/app/templates/services/ocr.html.j2 b/app/templates/services/ocr.html.j2
index 32f995d7..5c3a542a 100644
--- a/app/templates/services/ocr.html.j2
+++ b/app/templates/services/ocr.html.j2
@@ -88,8 +88,7 @@
               {% endfor %}
             </div>
           </div>
-        </div>
-        <div class="row">
+          <div class="col s12"></div>
           <div class="col s12 m6">
             <div class="file-field input-field">
               <div class="btn">
@@ -114,6 +113,23 @@
               {% endfor %}
             </div>
           </div>
+          <div class="col s12"></div>
+          <div class="col s12">
+            <div class="switch right-align">
+              <label>
+                Perform binarization
+                {{ new_ocr_job_form.binarization() }}
+                <span class="lever"></span>
+              </label>
+            </div>
+            <div class="switch right-align">
+              <label>
+                Split pages in half
+                <input type="checkbox" disabled>
+                <span class="lever"></span>
+              </label>
+            </div>
+          </div>
         </div>
       </div>
       <div class="card-action right-align">