diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/EclipseState.cpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/EclipseState.cpp
index d279a6a85..4c0e77691 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/EclipseState.cpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/EclipseState.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ namespace Opm {
     EclipseState::EclipseState(DeckConstPtr deck) {
         initPhases(deck);
         initSchedule(deck);
+        initTitle(deck);
     }
     
 
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ namespace Opm {
     }
 
 
+    std::string EclipseState::getTitle() const {
+        return m_title;
+    }
+
     void EclipseState::initSchedule(DeckConstPtr deck) {
         schedule = ScheduleConstPtr( new Schedule(deck) );
     }
@@ -56,4 +61,15 @@ namespace Opm {
          return (phases.count(phase) == 1);
     }
 
+    void EclipseState::initTitle(DeckConstPtr deck){
+        DeckKeywordConstPtr titleKeyword = deck->getKeyword("TITLE");
+        DeckRecordConstPtr record = titleKeyword->getRecord(0);
+        DeckItemPtr item = record->getItem(0);
+        std::vector<std::string> itemValue = item->getStringData();
+        m_title.clear();
+        for(size_t i=0; i!=itemValue.size(); ++i) {
+            m_title.append(itemValue[i]);
+            if (i<itemValue.size()-1) m_title.append(" ");
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/EclipseState.hpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/EclipseState.hpp
index c6d656388..5e6514cfb 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/EclipseState.hpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/EclipseState.hpp
@@ -34,13 +34,16 @@ namespace Opm {
         EclipseState(DeckConstPtr deck);
         ScheduleConstPtr getSchedule() const;
         bool hasPhase(enum PhaseEnum phase) const;
+        std::string getTitle() const;
         
     private:
         void initSchedule(DeckConstPtr deck);
         void initPhases(DeckConstPtr deck);
+        void initTitle(DeckConstPtr deck);
 
         ScheduleConstPtr schedule;
         std::set<enum PhaseEnum> phases;
+        std::string m_title;
     };
 
     typedef std::shared_ptr<EclipseState> EclipseStatePtr;
diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/tests/EclipseStateTests.cpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/tests/EclipseStateTests.cpp
index e8c04db62..f31a50927 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/tests/EclipseStateTests.cpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/tests/EclipseStateTests.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ DeckPtr createDeck() {
     DeckKeywordPtr oilKeyword(new DeckKeyword("OIL"));
     DeckKeywordPtr gasKeyword(new DeckKeyword("GAS"));
 
+    DeckKeywordPtr titleKeyword(new DeckKeyword("TITLE"));
+    DeckRecordPtr  titleRecord(new DeckRecord());
+    DeckStringItemPtr titleItem(new DeckStringItem("TITLE") );
 
     DeckKeywordPtr scheduleKeyword(new DeckKeyword("SCHEDULE"));
     DeckKeywordPtr startKeyword(new DeckKeyword("START"));
@@ -57,10 +60,16 @@ DeckPtr createDeck() {
     startRecord->addItem( yearItem );
     startKeyword->addRecord( startRecord );
 
+    titleItem->push_back( "The" );
+    titleItem->push_back( "title" );
+    titleRecord->addItem( titleItem );
+    titleKeyword->addRecord( titleRecord );
+
     deck->addKeyword( oilKeyword );
     deck->addKeyword( gasKeyword );
     deck->addKeyword( startKeyword );
     deck->addKeyword( scheduleKeyword );
+    deck->addKeyword( titleKeyword );
 
     return deck;
 }
@@ -85,3 +94,11 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(PhasesCorrect) {
     BOOST_CHECK(  state.hasPhase( PhaseEnum::GAS ));
     BOOST_CHECK( !state.hasPhase( PhaseEnum::WATER ));
 }
+
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(TitleCorrect) {
+    DeckPtr deck = createDeck();
+    EclipseState state(deck);
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL( state.getTitle(), "The title");
+}
diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/IntegrationTests/ParseTITLE.cpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/IntegrationTests/ParseTITLE.cpp
index 7da663b60..c3443ec3a 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/IntegrationTests/ParseTITLE.cpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/IntegrationTests/ParseTITLE.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ using namespace Opm;
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( parse_TITLE_OK ) {
     ParserPtr parser(new Parser());
     boost::filesystem::path fileWithTitleKeyword("testdata/integration_tests/TITLE/TITLE1.txt");
-    
+
     DeckPtr deck = parser->parseFile (fileWithTitleKeyword.string(), true);
 
     BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(size_t(2), deck->size());
@@ -46,10 +46,15 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE( parse_TITLE_OK ) {
     DeckKeywordConstPtr titleKeyword = deck->getKeyword("TITLE");
     DeckRecordConstPtr record = titleKeyword->getRecord(0);
     DeckItemPtr item = record->getItem(0);
-    std::string itemValue = item->getString(0);
-    BOOST_CHECK (itemValue.length() > 0 ); //Should check for actual value?
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (true, deck->hasKeyword("START"));
+    std::vector<std::string> itemValue = item->getStringData();
+    std::string itemValueString;
+    for(size_t i=0; i!=itemValue.size(); ++i) {
+        itemValueString.append(itemValue[i]);
+        if (i<itemValue.size()-1) itemValueString.append(" ");
+    }
 
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (0, itemValueString.compare("This is the title of the model."));
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL (true, deck->hasKeyword("START"));
 
 }
 
diff --git a/opm/parser/eclipse/Parser/ParserRecord.cpp b/opm/parser/eclipse/Parser/ParserRecord.cpp
index 23bb8b851..002f4f57b 100644
--- a/opm/parser/eclipse/Parser/ParserRecord.cpp
+++ b/opm/parser/eclipse/Parser/ParserRecord.cpp
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ namespace Opm {
 
     DeckRecordConstPtr ParserRecord::parse(RawRecordPtr rawRecord) const {
         std::string recordBeforeParsing = rawRecord->getRecordString();
-        std::cout << "Inside ParserRecord::parse(): recordBeforeParsing: " << recordBeforeParsing << std::endl;
-        std::cout << "Inside ParserRecord::parse(): size(): " << size() << std::endl;
         DeckRecordPtr deckRecord(new DeckRecord());
         for (size_t i = 0; i < size(); i++) {
             ParserItemConstPtr parserItem = get(i);
diff --git a/opm/parser/share/keywords/T/TITLE b/opm/parser/share/keywords/T/TITLE
index b7037be2c..1e20beda2 100644
--- a/opm/parser/share/keywords/T/TITLE
+++ b/opm/parser/share/keywords/T/TITLE
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 {"name" : "TITLE" , "size" : 1 , "items" : [
-    {"name" : "TitleText"   , "value_type" : "STRING"}]}
+    {"name" : "TitleText"   , "value_type" : "STRING", "size_type" : "ALL"}]}
diff --git a/testdata/integration_tests/TITLE/TITLE1.txt b/testdata/integration_tests/TITLE/TITLE1.txt
index 6e0a02aba..9f23e7fd1 100644
--- a/testdata/integration_tests/TITLE/TITLE1.txt
+++ b/testdata/integration_tests/TITLE/TITLE1.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 TITLE
-'This is the title of the model.'
+This is the title of the model.
 START
    10 'FEB' 2012