diff --git a/samgeo/text_sam.py b/samgeo/text_sam.py
index 2617ac00..1c010111 100644
--- a/samgeo/text_sam.py
+++ b/samgeo/text_sam.py
@@ -337,12 +337,18 @@ def predict(
         masks = torch.tensor([])
         if len(boxes) > 0:
             masks = self.predict_sam(image_pil, boxes)
-            if 1 in masks.shape:
+            # If masks have 4 dimensions and the second dimension is 1 (e.g., [boxes, 1, height, width]),
+            # squeeze that dimension to reduce it to 3 dimensions ([boxes, height, width]).
+            # If boxes = 1, the mask's shape will be [1, height, width] after squeezing.
+            if masks.ndim == 4 and masks.shape[1] == 1:
                 masks = masks.squeeze(1)
 
         if boxes.nelement() == 0:  # No "object" instances found
             print("No objects found in the image.")
-            return
+            mask_overlay = np.zeros_like(
+                image_np[..., 0], dtype=dtype
+            )  # Create an empty mask overlay
+
         else:
             # Create an empty image to store the mask overlays
             mask_overlay = np.zeros_like(