diff --git a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/ocr/v1/server/service/ImagePositionRetrievalService.java b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/ocr/v1/server/service/ImagePositionRetrievalService.java
index 9f32d3c..e82d8f0 100644
--- a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/ocr/v1/server/service/ImagePositionRetrievalService.java
+++ b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/ocr/v1/server/service/ImagePositionRetrievalService.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import com.pdftron.common.Matrix2D;
 import com.pdftron.common.PDFNetException;
 import com.pdftron.pdf.Element;
 import com.pdftron.pdf.ElementReader;
+import com.pdftron.pdf.Image;
 import com.pdftron.pdf.PDFDoc;
 import com.pdftron.pdf.Page;
 import com.pdftron.pdf.Rect;
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ public class ImagePositionRetrievalService {
 
     private static final double TOLERANCE = 1e-1;
 
+    // any image with smaller height and width than this gets thrown out, see everyPointInDashedLineIsImage.pdf
+    private static final int PIXEL_THRESHOLD = 10;
+
 
     /**
      * Iterates over all elements in a PDF Document and retrieves the bounding box for each image,
@@ -63,7 +67,13 @@ public class ImagePositionRetrievalService {
         Element element;
         while ((element = reader.next()) != null) {
             switch (element.getType()) {
-                case Element.e_image, Element.e_inline_image -> imagePositions.addRect(toRotationAdjustedRect(element.getBBox(), currentPage, mirrorY));
+                case Element.e_image, Element.e_inline_image -> {
+                    Image image = new Image(element.getXObject());
+                    // see everyPointInDashedLineIsImage.pdf TestFile
+                    if (image.getImageHeight() > PIXEL_THRESHOLD || image.getImageWidth() > PIXEL_THRESHOLD) {
+                        imagePositions.addRect(toRotationAdjustedRect(element.getBBox(), currentPage, mirrorY));
+                    }
+                }
                 case Element.e_form -> {
                     reader.formBegin();
                     findImagePositionsOnPage(reader, imagePositions, currentPage, mirrorY);
@@ -77,7 +87,7 @@ public class ImagePositionRetrievalService {
     @SneakyThrows
     public RectCollection mergeOverlappingRects(RectCollection imagePositions) {
 
-        if (imagePositions.getNumRects() == 1) {
+        if (imagePositions.getNumRects() < 2) {
             return imagePositions;
         }
 
diff --git a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/ocr/v1/server/service/InvisibleElementRemovalService.java b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/ocr/v1/server/service/InvisibleElementRemovalService.java
index a0005ae..c747a9d 100644
--- a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/ocr/v1/server/service/InvisibleElementRemovalService.java
+++ b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/ocr/v1/server/service/InvisibleElementRemovalService.java
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ public class InvisibleElementRemovalService {
             Page page = iterator.next();
 
             visitedXObjIds.add(page.getSDFObj().getObjNum());
+
+
             InvisibleElementRemovalContext context = InvisibleElementRemovalContext.builder()
                     .reader(reader)
                     .clippingPathStack(new ClippingPathStack(page.getMediaBox()))
@@ -221,8 +223,14 @@ public class InvisibleElementRemovalService {
 
 
     private void processPath(Element pathElement, ElementWriter writer, InvisibleElementRemovalContext context) throws PDFNetException {
+        PathData pathData = pathElement.getPathData();
 
-        GeneralPath linePath = convertToGeneralPath(pathElement.getPathData());
+        if (pathData.getOperators().length == 0 && pathData.getPoints().length == 0) {
+            writer.writeGStateChanges(pathElement);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        GeneralPath linePath = convertToGeneralPath(pathData);
 
         //transform path to initial user space
         var ctm = pathElement.getCTM();
diff --git a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/ocr/v1/server/service/ImagePositionRetrievalServiceTest.java b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/ocr/v1/server/service/ImagePositionRetrievalServiceTest.java
index 9783979..d4eb08e 100644
--- a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/ocr/v1/server/service/ImagePositionRetrievalServiceTest.java
+++ b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/test/java/com/iqser/red/service/ocr/v1/server/service/ImagePositionRetrievalServiceTest.java
@@ -122,6 +122,14 @@ class ImagePositionRetrievalServiceTest {
         assertThat(allRectCoords.size()).isEqualTo(48);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @SneakyThrows
+    public void testEveryPointInDashedLineIsImage() {
+        String fileName = "everyPointInDashedLineIsImage";
+        List<int[]> allRectCoords = testImagePositionDetection(fileName);
+        assertThat(allRectCoords.size()).isEqualTo(0);
+    }
+
 
     private List<int[]> testImagePositionDetection(String fileName) throws IOException, PDFNetException {
 
diff --git a/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/files/everyPointInDashedLineIsImage.pdf b/ocr-service-v1/ocr-service-server-v1/src/test/resources/files/everyPointInDashedLineIsImage.pdf
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