diff --git a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/text_extraction/ocr_models.py b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/text_extraction/ocr_models.py
index b46f318e7..f4b524fd0 100644
--- a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/text_extraction/ocr_models.py
+++ b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/text_extraction/ocr_models.py
@@ -197,6 +197,8 @@ def get_boxes_and_text(self, image: Image.Image) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
         image.save(bytearray, format="BMP")
         result = self.reader.ocr(bytearray.getvalue(), rec=True, det=True, cls=False)
         out: list[dict[str, Any]] = []
+        if not result or not result[0]:
+            return out
         for res in result[0]:
             raw_bbox = res[0]
             text = res[1][0]
diff --git a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/text_extraction/pdf_miner.py b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/text_extraction/pdf_miner.py
index 9811093f8..24666156c 100644
--- a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/text_extraction/pdf_miner.py
+++ b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/text_extraction/pdf_miner.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from PIL.Image import Image
-    from pdfminer.layout import LTPage
+    from pdfminer.pdfpage import PDFPage
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -24,31 +24,21 @@ def __init__(self):
         from pdfminer.layout import LAParams
         from pdfminer.pdfinterp import PDFPageInterpreter, PDFResourceManager
 
-        rm = PDFResourceManager()
-        param = LAParams()
-        self.device = PDFPageAggregator(rm, laparams=param)
-        self.interpreter = PDFPageInterpreter(rm, self.device)
+        self.rm = PDFResourceManager()
+        self.param = LAParams()
+        self.device = PDFPageAggregator(self.rm, laparams=self.param)
+        self.interpreter = PDFPageInterpreter(self.rm, self.device)
 
     @staticmethod
     @requires_modules(["pdfminer", "pdfminer.utils"], extra="local-inference")
-    def pdf_to_pages(file_name: str) -> Generator["LTPage", None, None]:
-        from pdfminer.converter import PDFPageAggregator
-        from pdfminer.layout import LAParams
-        from pdfminer.pdfinterp import PDFPageInterpreter, PDFResourceManager
-        from pdfminer.pdfpage import PDFPage
+    def pdf_to_pages(file_name: str) -> Generator["PDFPage", None, None]:
         from pdfminer.utils import open_filename
 
-        rm = PDFResourceManager()
-        param = LAParams()
-        device = PDFPageAggregator(rm, laparams=param)
-        interpreter = PDFPageInterpreter(rm, device)
         with open_filename(file_name, "rb") as fp:
             fp = cast(BinaryIO, fp)
             pages = PDFPage.get_pages(fp)
             for page in pages:
-                interpreter.process_page(page)
-                page_layout = device.get_result()
-                yield page_layout
+                yield page
 
     @staticmethod
     def _convert_bbox_coordinates(
@@ -74,20 +64,8 @@ def extract_document(self, filename: str, hash_key: str, use_cache=False, **kwar
             return cached_result
         else:
             pages = []
-            for page_layout in PdfMinerExtractor.pdf_to_pages(filename):
-                width = page_layout.width
-                height = page_layout.height
-                texts: list[Element] = []
-                for obj in page_layout:
-                    x1, y1, x2, y2 = self._convert_bbox_coordinates(obj.bbox, height)
-
-                    if hasattr(obj, "get_text"):
-                        text = Element()
-                        text.type = "text"
-                        text.bbox = BoundingBox(x1 / width, y1 / height, x2 / width, y2 / height)
-                        text.text_representation = obj.get_text()
-                        if text.text_representation:
-                            texts.append(text)
+            for page in PdfMinerExtractor.pdf_to_pages(filename):
+                texts = self.extract_page(page)
                 pages.append(texts)
             if use_cache:
                 logger.info("Cache Miss for PDFMiner. Storing the result to the cache.")
@@ -95,17 +73,18 @@ def extract_document(self, filename: str, hash_key: str, use_cache=False, **kwar
             return pages
 
     @timetrace("PdfMinerPageEx")
-    def extract_page(self, page: Union["LTPage", "Image"]) -> list[Element]:
-        from pdfminer.layout import LTPage
+    def extract_page(self, page: Union["PDFPage", "Image"]) -> list[Element]:
+        from pdfminer.pdfpage import PDFPage
 
-        assert isinstance(page, LTPage)
-        width = page.width
-        height = page.height
+        assert isinstance(page, PDFPage)
+        self.interpreter.process_page(page)
+        page_layout = self.device.get_result()
+        width = page_layout.width
+        height = page_layout.height
         texts: list[Element] = []
-        for obj in page:
-            x1, y1, x2, y2 = self._convert_bbox_coordinates(obj.bbox, height)
-
+        for obj in page_layout:
             if hasattr(obj, "get_text"):
+                x1, y1, x2, y2 = self._convert_bbox_coordinates(obj.bbox, height)
                 text = Element()
                 text.type = "text"
                 text.bbox = BoundingBox(x1 / width, y1 / height, x2 / width, y2 / height)
diff --git a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/text_extraction/text_extractor.py b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/text_extraction/text_extractor.py
index 292e1f949..8f4f90ddb 100644
--- a/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/text_extraction/text_extractor.py
+++ b/lib/sycamore/sycamore/transforms/text_extraction/text_extractor.py
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from PIL.Image import Image
-    from pdfminer.layout import LTPage
+    from pdfminer.pdfpage import PDFPage
 
 
 class TextExtractor:
     @abstractmethod
-    def extract_page(self, filename: Union["Image", "LTPage"]) -> list[Element]:
+    def extract_page(self, filename: Union["Image", "PDFPage"]) -> list[Element]:
         pass
 
     @abstractmethod