 	wordcount: (project_id, user_id, file_name, image, callback = (error, pdfPositions) ->) ->
 		logger.log project_id:project_id, user_id:user_id, file_name:file_name, image:image, "running wordcount"
 		file_path = "$COMPILE_DIR/" + file_name
-		command = [ "texcount", '-inc', file_path, "-out=" + file_path + ".wc"]
+		command = [ "texcount", '-nocol', '-inc', file_path, "-out=" + file_path + ".wc"]
 		directory = getCompileDir(project_id, user_id)
 		timeout = 10 * 1000
 		compileName = getCompileName(project_id, user_id)

				if err?
					logger.err err:err, command:command, directory:directory, project_id:project_id, user_id:user_id, "error reading word count output"
					return callback(err)
				callback null, CompileManager._parseWordcountFromOutput(stdout)

	_parseWordcountFromOutput: (output) ->
		results = {

				results['mathInline'] = parseInt(info, 10)
			if data.indexOf("Number of math displayed") > -1
				results['mathDisplay'] = parseInt(info, 10)
			if data is "(errors"  # errors reported as (errors:123)
				results['errors'] = parseInt(info, 10)
			if line.indexOf("!!! ") > -1  # errors logged as !!! message !!!
				results['messages'] += line + "\n"
		return results
