diff --git a/backend/modules/parsers/unstructured_io.py b/backend/modules/parsers/unstructured_io.py
index 705d5e0c..b559c1ac 100644
--- a/backend/modules/parsers/unstructured_io.py
+++ b/backend/modules/parsers/unstructured_io.py
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ async def get_chunks(self, filepath: str, metadata: dict, **kwargs):
             parsed_data = response.json()
             for payload in parsed_data:
                 text = payload["text"]
-                if text == None or len(text) == 0:
+                if not text:
                     continue
                 metadata = payload["metadata"]
                 final_texts.append(Document(page_content=text, metadata=metadata))