diff --git a/SearchTextField/Classes/SearchTextField.swift b/SearchTextField/Classes/SearchTextField.swift
index 7045262..0368ce7 100755
--- a/SearchTextField/Classes/SearchTextField.swift
+++ b/SearchTextField/Classes/SearchTextField.swift
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ open class SearchTextField: UITextField {
     /// Set your custom set of attributes in order to highlight the string found in each item
     open var highlightAttributes: [NSAttributedStringKey: AnyObject] = [.font: UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 10)]
     
+    /// Disable highlight attributes
+    open var forceNoHighlightAttributes = false
+    
     /// Start showing the default loading indicator, useful for searches that take some time.
     open func showLoadingIndicator() {
         self.rightViewMode = .always
@@ -439,10 +442,12 @@ open class SearchTextField: UITextField {
                     item.attributedTitle = NSMutableAttributedString(string: item.title)
                     item.attributedSubtitle = NSMutableAttributedString(string: (item.subtitle != nil ? item.subtitle! : ""))
                     
-                    item.attributedTitle!.setAttributes(highlightAttributes, range: titleFilterRange)
-                    
-                    if subtitleFilterRange.location != NSNotFound {
-                        item.attributedSubtitle!.setAttributes(highlightAttributesForSubtitle(), range: subtitleFilterRange)
+                    if !forceNoHighlightAttributes {
+                        item.attributedTitle!.setAttributes(highlightAttributes, range: titleFilterRange)
+                        
+                        if subtitleFilterRange.location != NSNotFound {
+                            item.attributedSubtitle!.setAttributes(highlightAttributesForSubtitle(), range: subtitleFilterRange)
+                        }
                     }
                     
                     filteredResults.append(item)