diff --git a/src/utils/ocr.ts b/src/utils/ocr.ts
index 7b43b74..59d1ed1 100644
--- a/src/utils/ocr.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ocr.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 import { createWorker } from "tesseract.js"
 
 export async function processImageForOCR(imageData: string): Promise<string> {
-  const isOCROffline = import.meta.env.BROWSER === "edge"
-  const worker = await createWorker(!isOCROffline ? "eng-fast" : "eng", undefined, {
-    workerPath: "/ocr/worker.min.js",
-    workerBlobURL: false,
-    corePath: "/ocr/tesseract-core-simd.js",
-    errorHandler: (e) => console.error(e),
-    langPath: !isOCROffline ? "/ocr/lang" : undefined
-  })
+    try {
+        const isOCROffline = import.meta.env.BROWSER === "edge"
+        const worker = await createWorker(!isOCROffline ? "eng-fast" : "eng", undefined, {
+            workerPath: "/ocr/worker.min.js",
+            workerBlobURL: false,
+            corePath: "/ocr/tesseract-core-simd.js",
+            errorHandler: (e) => console.error(e),
+            langPath: !isOCROffline ? "/ocr/lang" : undefined
+        })
 
-  const result = await worker.recognize(imageData)
+        const result = await worker.recognize(imageData)
 
-  await worker.terminate()
+        await worker.terminate()
 
-  return result.data.text
+        return result.data.text
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error("Error processing image for OCR:", error)
+        return ""
+    }
 }