diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ebf8861..f3a9e82 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@ericblade/quagga2",
-  "version": "1.8.3",
+  "version": "1.8.4",
   "description": "An advanced barcode-scanner written in JavaScript",
   "main": "lib/quagga.js",
   "types": "type-definitions/quagga.d.ts",
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@
     "Ben Khoo <khoobks@gmail.com>",
     "Andy Edinborough <andy@edinborough.org>",
     "Claudio Cocciarelli <claudiococciarelli@gmail.com>",
-    "Hadrien Foucault <hadrien.foucault@gmail.com>"
+    "Hadrien Foucault <hadrien.foucault@gmail.com>",
+    "ghevge <ghevge@github.com>"
   ],
   "license": "MIT",
   "engines": {
diff --git a/src/quagga/quagga.ts b/src/quagga/quagga.ts
index bf6973e..ad37d43 100644
--- a/src/quagga/quagga.ts
+++ b/src/quagga/quagga.ts
@@ -190,7 +190,8 @@ export default class Quagga {
         if (result && this.context.onUIThread) {
             this.transformResult(result);
             this.addResult(result, imageData);
-            resultToPublish = result.barcodes || result;
+            // @ts-ignore
+            resultToPublish = result?.barcodes?.length > 0 ? result.barcodes : result;
         }
 
         Events.publish('processed', resultToPublish as never);
diff --git a/src/quagga/qworker.ts b/src/quagga/qworker.ts
index 4567177..3442b3b 100644
--- a/src/quagga/qworker.ts
+++ b/src/quagga/qworker.ts
@@ -142,8 +142,12 @@ export function initWorker(config: QuaggaJSConfigObject, inputStream: any, cb: F
         } else if (e.data.event === 'processed') {
             workerThread.imageData = new Uint8Array(e.data.imageData);
             workerThread.busy = false;
-            // TODO: how to thread publishResult into here?
-            // publishResult(e.data.result, workerThread.imageData);
+            // TODO: how to thread publishResult into here? TypeScript says it's not here. https://github.com/ericblade/quagga2/issues/466#issuecomment-1724248080 says it's necessary?
+            // @ts-ignore
+            if (typeof publishResult !== 'undefined') {
+                // @ts-ignore
+                publishResult(e.data.result, workerThread.imageData);
+            }
         } else if (e.data.event === 'error') {
             if (ENV.development) {
                 console.log('Worker error: ' + e.data.message);
diff --git a/test/integration/integration.spec.ts b/test/integration/integration.spec.ts
index c8e9c0f..a44a634 100644
--- a/test/integration/integration.spec.ts
+++ b/test/integration/integration.spec.ts
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ function runNoCodeTest(name: string, config: QuaggaJSConfigObject, testSet: Arra
                     src: `${typeof window !== 'undefined' ? '/' : ''}test/fixtures/${name}/${sample.name}`,
                 };
                 const result = await Quagga.decodeSingle(thisConfig);
-                expect(result).to.be.an('Array');
-                expect(result).to.be.empty;                
+                expect(result).to.be.an('Object');
+                expect(result.barcodes).to.be.an('array');
+                expect(result.barcodes).to.be.empty;
                 // // console.warn(`* Expect result ${JSON.stringify(result)} to be an object`);
                 expect(Quagga.canvas).to.be.an('Object');
                 expect(Quagga.canvas.dom).to.be.an('Object');