diff --git a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/build.gradle.kts b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/build.gradle.kts
index 60351ba..16d083c 100644
--- a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/build.gradle.kts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ dependencies {
     api("org.apache.pdfbox:jbig2-imageio:3.0.4")
     api("com.github.jai-imageio:jai-imageio-core:1.4.0")
     api("com.github.jai-imageio:jai-imageio-jpeg2000:1.4.0")
-    api("io.github.karols:hocr4j:0.1.2")
+    api("io.github.karols:hocr4j:0.2.0")
     api("com.amazonaws:aws-java-sdk-kms:1.12.440")
     api("com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre")
     api("com.iqser.red.commons:pdftron-logic-commons:2.20.0")
diff --git a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/processor/model/ExtractedOcrImage.java b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/processor/model/ExtractedOcrImage.java
index c6abfad..167369a 100644
--- a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/processor/model/ExtractedOcrImage.java
+++ b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/processor/model/ExtractedOcrImage.java
@@ -58,11 +58,4 @@ public class ExtractedOcrImage implements OcrImage {
         return affineTransform;
     }
 
-
-    @Override
-    public int getOptimalPageSegmentationMode() {
-
-        return ITessAPI.TessPageSegMode.PSM_SINGLE_BLOCK;
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/processor/model/OcrImage.java b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/processor/model/OcrImage.java
index 86cfd6a..3c3d804 100644
--- a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/processor/model/OcrImage.java
+++ b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/processor/model/OcrImage.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import net.sourceforge.lept4j.Leptonica1;
 import net.sourceforge.lept4j.Pix;
 import net.sourceforge.lept4j.util.LeptUtils;
+import net.sourceforge.tess4j.ITessAPI;
 
 public interface OcrImage {
 
@@ -84,7 +85,9 @@ public interface OcrImage {
      *
      * @return The optimal page segmentation mode.
      */
-    int getOptimalPageSegmentationMode(); // TODO: evaluate if PSM can be dynamically chosen to increase performance
+    default int getOptimalPageSegmentationMode() {
+        return ITessAPI.TessPageSegMode.PSM_AUTO;
+    } // TODO: evaluate if PSM can be dynamically chosen to increase performance
 
 
     /**
diff --git a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/processor/model/RenderedPageOcrImage.java b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/processor/model/RenderedPageOcrImage.java
index 1141eb5..2e2d3ab 100644
--- a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/processor/model/RenderedPageOcrImage.java
+++ b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-processor/src/main/java/com/knecon/fforesight/service/ocr/processor/model/RenderedPageOcrImage.java
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ public class RenderedPageOcrImage implements OcrImage {
     int rotationDegrees;
 
 
-    @Override
-    public int getOptimalPageSegmentationMode() {
-
-        return ITessAPI.TessPageSegMode.PSM_SINGLE_BLOCK;
-    }
-
-
     @Override
     public AffineTransform getImageCTM() {