diff --git a/SerialCommand.cpp b/SerialCommand.cpp
index fa9043d..66fe269 100644
--- a/SerialCommand.cpp
+++ b/SerialCommand.cpp
@@ -183,4 +183,10 @@ void SerialCommand::addCommand(const char *command, void (*function)())
 void SerialCommand::addDefaultHandler(void (*function)())
 {
 	defaultHandler = function;
+}
+
+// Sets the line ending character
+void SerialCommand::setEOL(char eol)
+{
+  term = eol;
 }
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diff --git a/SerialCommand.h b/SerialCommand.h
index bcfdc9f..ab88a77 100644
--- a/SerialCommand.h
+++ b/SerialCommand.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class SerialCommand
 		void readSerial();    // Main entry point.  
 		void addCommand(const char *, void(*)());   // Add commands to processing dictionary
 		void addDefaultHandler(void (*function)());    // A handler to call when no valid command received. 
+		void setEOL(char eol); // sets the End Of Line character
 	
 	private:
 		char inChar;          // A character read from the serial stream 
diff --git a/keywords.txt b/keywords.txt
index 9e19284..9523116 100644
--- a/keywords.txt
+++ b/keywords.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ SerialCommand	KEYWORD1
 clearBuffer	KEYWORD2
 next	KEYWORD2
 readSerial	KEYWORD2
-addCommand	KEYWORd2
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+addCommand	KEYWORD2
+setEOL	KEYWORD2
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