diff --git a/src/textprop.c b/src/textprop.c
index 9a9544c..86b0dbf 100644
--- a/src/textprop.c
+++ b/src/textprop.c
@@ -238,9 +238,10 @@
 	    goto theend;
 	((char_u **)gap->ga_data)[gap->ga_len++] = text;
 
-	// change any Tab to a Space to make it simpler to compute the size
+	// change any control character (Tab, Newline, etc.) to a Space to make
+	// it simpler to compute the size
 	for (p = text; *p != NUL; MB_PTR_ADV(p))
-	    if (*p == TAB)
+	    if (*p < ' ')
 		*p = ' ';
 	text = NULL;
     }
@@ -1542,6 +1543,15 @@
 		prop->pt_flags &= ~PT_FLAG_COMBINE;
 	}
 
+	di = dict_find(dict, (char_u *)"override", -1);
+	if (di != NULL)
+	{
+	    if (tv_get_bool(&di->di_tv))
+		prop->pt_flags |= PT_FLAG_OVERRIDE;
+	    else
+		prop->pt_flags &= ~PT_FLAG_OVERRIDE;
+	}
+
 	di = dict_find(dict, (char_u *)"priority", -1);
 	if (di != NULL)
 	    prop->pt_priority = tv_get_number(&di->di_tv);