diff --git a/OCR/ocr/services/image_ocr.py b/OCR/ocr/services/image_ocr.py
index 74336bd7..c483bdb4 100644
--- a/OCR/ocr/services/image_ocr.py
+++ b/OCR/ocr/services/image_ocr.py
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def deskew_image_text(self, image: np.ndarray, line_length_prop=0.5, max_skew_an
         rotation_mat = cv.getRotationMatrix2D((image.shape[1] / 2, image.shape[0] / 2), skew_angle, 1)
         return cv.warpAffine(np.array(image, dtype=np.uint8), rotation_mat, (image.shape[1], image.shape[0]))
 
-    def split_text_blocks(self, image: np.ndarray, line_length_prop=0.5) -> np.ndarray:
+    def split_text_blocks(self, image: np.ndarray, line_length_prop=0.5) -> list[np.ndarray]:
         """
         Splits an image with text in it into possibly multiple images, one for each line.
 
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ def split_text_blocks(self, image: np.ndarray, line_length_prop=0.5) -> np.ndarr
         # Simplify each contour into a bounding box
         bbox = [cv.boundingRect(contour) for contour in contours]
 
+        acc = []
         # Merge overlapping bounding boxes, then sort the bounding boxes by y-position (top to bottom)
         for x, y, w, h in sorted(self.merge_bounding_boxes(bbox), key=lambda x: x[1]):
             # Filter lines that are too tiny and probably invalid
@@ -108,7 +109,13 @@ def split_text_blocks(self, image: np.ndarray, line_length_prop=0.5) -> np.ndarr
                 continue
 
             res = rotated[y : (y + h), x : (x + w)]
-            yield res
+            acc.append(res)
+
+        # If we skipped all potential text blocks due to filtering conditions, return the
+        # original image anyway.
+        if len(acc) == 0:
+            return [image]
+        return acc
 
     def image_to_text(self, segments: dict[str, np.ndarray]) -> dict[str, tuple[str, float]]:
         digitized: dict[str, tuple[str, float]] = {}
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@ def image_to_text(self, segments: dict[str, np.ndarray]) -> dict[str, tuple[str,
             generated_text = []
             confidence = []
 
-            text_blocks = list(self.split_text_blocks(image))
+            text_blocks = self.split_text_blocks(image)
 
             # Ignore output from `split_text_blocks` algorithm if only one text block is detected
             if len(text_blocks) == 1:
diff --git a/OCR/tests/ocr_test.py b/OCR/tests/ocr_test.py
index b41a01e7..d8cd5277 100644
--- a/OCR/tests/ocr_test.py
+++ b/OCR/tests/ocr_test.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 
+import numpy as np
 import cv2 as cv
 
 from ocr.services.image_segmenter import (
@@ -18,6 +19,12 @@
 
 
 class TestOCR:
+    def test_split_text_blocks(self):
+        ocr = ImageOCR()
+        img = np.ones([10, 10, 3], np.uint8)
+        result = ocr.split_text_blocks(img)
+        assert np.array_equiv(result, img)
+
     def test_ocr_printed(self):
         segmenter = ImageSegmenter(
             segmentation_function=segment_by_color_bounding_box,