diff --git a/marker/ocr/heuristics.py b/marker/ocr/heuristics.py
index ffe6e422..278d8295 100644
--- a/marker/ocr/heuristics.py
+++ b/marker/ocr/heuristics.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def no_text_found(pages: List[Page]):
     return len(full_text.strip()) == 0
 
 
-def detected_line_coverage(page: Page, intersect_thresh=.5, detection_thresh=.6):
+def detected_line_coverage(page: Page, intersect_thresh=.5, detection_thresh=.65):
     found_lines = 0
     for detected_line in page.text_lines.bboxes:
 
diff --git a/marker/tables/cells.py b/marker/tables/cells.py
index d4524314..1981bcd3 100644
--- a/marker/tables/cells.py
+++ b/marker/tables/cells.py
@@ -86,4 +86,20 @@ def assign_cells_to_columns(page, table_box, rows, round_factor=4, tolerance=4):
             flat_row.extend([""] * (cell[0] - cell_idx) + [cell[1]])
         new_rows.append(flat_row)
 
-    return new_rows
+    # Pad rows to have the same length
+    max_row_len = max([len(r) for r in new_rows])
+    for row in new_rows:
+        while len(row) < max_row_len:
+            row.append("")
+
+    cols_to_remove = set()
+    for idx, col in enumerate(zip(*new_rows)):
+        col_total = sum([len(cell.strip()) > 0 for cell in col])
+        if col_total == 0:
+            cols_to_remove.add(idx)
+
+    rows = []
+    for row in new_rows:
+        rows.append([col for idx, col in enumerate(row) if idx not in cols_to_remove])
+
+    return rows
diff --git a/marker/tables/table.py b/marker/tables/table.py
index d99b758e..ef652634 100644
--- a/marker/tables/table.py
+++ b/marker/tables/table.py
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ def get_table_surya(page, table_box, space_tol=.01) -> List[List[str]]:
             x_position = normed_x_end
     if len(table_row) > 0:
         table_rows.append(table_row)
-    table_rows = assign_cells_to_columns(table_rows)
+    table_rows = assign_cells_to_columns(page, table_box, table_rows)
     return table_rows
 
 
-def get_table_pdftext(page: Page, table_box, space_tol=.01) -> List[List[str]]:
+def get_table_pdftext(page: Page, table_box, space_tol=.01, round_factor=4) -> List[List[str]]:
     page_width = page.width
     table_rows = []
     table_cell = ""
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ def get_table_pdftext(page: Page, table_box, space_tol=.01) -> List[List[str]]:
                         table_cell = char["char"]
                         cell_bbox = char["bbox"]
                         if len(table_row) > 0:
+                            table_row = sorted(table_row, key=lambda x: round(x[0][0] / round_factor))
                             table_rows.append(table_row)
                         table_row = []
                     prev_char = True
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ def get_table_pdftext(page: Page, table_box, space_tol=.01) -> List[List[str]]:
     if len(table_cell) > 0:
         table_row.append((cell_bbox, replace_dots(replace_newlines(table_cell))))
     if len(table_row) > 0:
+        table_row = sorted(table_row, key=lambda x: round(x[0][0] / round_factor))
         table_rows.append(table_row)
 
     table_rows = assign_cells_to_columns(page, table_box, table_rows)
@@ -139,11 +141,6 @@ def format_tables(pages: List[Page]):
             if len(table_rows) == 0:
                 continue
 
-            max_row_len = max([len(r) for r in table_rows])
-            for row in table_rows:
-                while len(row) < max_row_len:
-                    row.append("")
-
             table_text = tabulate(table_rows, headers="firstrow", tablefmt="github")
             table_block = Block(
                 bbox=table_box,
diff --git a/marker/tables/utils.py b/marker/tables/utils.py
index b7efdabb..61b03403 100644
--- a/marker/tables/utils.py
+++ b/marker/tables/utils.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def sort_table_blocks(blocks, tolerance=5):
             bbox = block.bbox
         else:
             bbox = block["bbox"]
-        group_key = round(bbox[1] / tolerance) * tolerance
+        group_key = round(bbox[1] / tolerance)
         if group_key not in vertical_groups:
             vertical_groups[group_key] = []
         vertical_groups[group_key].append(block)