diff --git a/vidocp/table_parsing.py b/vidocp/table_parsing.py
index 2ead96c..0131c3c 100644
--- a/vidocp/table_parsing.py
+++ b/vidocp/table_parsing.py
@@ -76,10 +76,13 @@ def has_table_shape(rects):
 def parse_table(image: np.array):
     def is_large_enough(stat):
         x1, y1, w, h, area = stat
-        return area > 3000
+        #  was set too higg (3000): Boxes in a Table can definetly be smaller. example: a column titled "No." This cell has approximatly an area of 500 px based on 11pt letters
+        #  with extra condition for the length of height and width weirdly narrow rectangles can be filtered
+        return area > 500 and w > 35 and h > 15
 
     gray_scale = cv2.cvtColor(image, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
-    th1, img_bin = cv2.threshold(gray_scale, 150, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
+    #changed threshold value from 150 to 200 b
+    th1, img_bin = cv2.threshold(gray_scale, 195, 255, cv2.THRESH_BINARY)
     img_bin = ~img_bin
 
     img_bin = isolate_vertical_and_horizontal_components(img_bin)
@@ -88,9 +91,12 @@ def parse_table(image: np.array):
     _, _, stats, _ = cv2.connectedComponentsWithStats(~img_bin_final, connectivity=8, ltype=cv2.CV_32S)
 
     stats = np.vstack(list(filter(is_large_enough, stats)))
+    print(stats)
     rects = stats[:, :-1][2:]
+
     # FIXME: produces false negatives for `data0/043d551b4c4c768b899eaece4466c836.pdf 1 --type table`
     rects = list(remove_isolated(rects, input_sorted=True))
+    print(rects)
 
     # print(f"{has_table_shape(rects) = }")
     # if not has_table_shape(rects):
diff --git a/vidocp/utils/post_processing.py b/vidocp/utils/post_processing.py
index 06dc1d9..77f8cab 100644
--- a/vidocp/utils/post_processing.py
+++ b/vidocp/utils/post_processing.py
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ def remove_included(rectangles):
     rectangles = map(vec_rect_to_xywh, rectangles)
     return rectangles
 
-
-def adjacent1d(n, m, tolerance=1):
+#tolerance was set too low (1) most lines are 2px wide
+def adjacent1d(n, m, tolerance=2):
     return abs(n - m) <= tolerance
 
 
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def adjacent(a, b):
     """
 
     def adjacent2d(g, h, i, j, k, l):
+        #print(abs(g-h), [k <= p <= l for p in [i, j]])
         return adjacent1d(g, h) and any(k <= p <= l for p in [i, j])
 
     if any(x is None for x in (a, b)):
@@ -50,10 +51,17 @@ def adjacent(a, b):
 
     v1 = a.xmin, a.ymin
     v2 = a.xmax, a.ymax
-
+    print("topleft and bottom right rec1", v1,v2)
     w1 = b.xmin, b.ymin
     w2 = b.xmax, b.ymax
-
+    print("topleft and bottom right rec2", w1, w2)
+    # some rectangles are compared twice
+    print((
+            adjacent2d(v2[0], w1[0], w1[1], w2[1], v1[1], v2[1]),
+            adjacent2d(v1[0], w2[0], w1[1], w2[1], v1[1], v2[1]),
+            adjacent2d(v2[1], w1[1], w1[0], w2[0], v1[0], v2[0]),
+            adjacent2d(v1[1], w2[1], w1[0], w2[0], v1[0], v2[0]),
+        ))
     return any(
         (
             adjacent2d(v2[0], w1[0], w1[1], w2[1], v1[1], v2[1]),
@@ -81,6 +89,7 @@ def __remove_isolated_sorted(rectangles):
         return any(starmap(adjacent, [(left, center), (center, right)]))
 
     rectangles = list(map(xywh_to_vec_rect, rectangles))
+    # print("rectangles after coordinates to vetor rectangles", len(rectangles), "\n", rectangles)
 
     lefts = [None, *rectangles[:-1]]
     rights = [*rectangles[1:], None]
@@ -117,7 +126,6 @@ def xywh_to_vec_rect(rect):
 
 
 def vecs_to_vec_rect(rect):
-    print(rect)
     v1, v2 = rect
     return Rectangle(*v1, *v2)