diff --git a/redaction-report-service-v1/redaction-report-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/report/v1/server/service/WordReportGenerationService.java b/redaction-report-service-v1/redaction-report-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/report/v1/server/service/WordReportGenerationService.java
index 8e11165..601cee0 100644
--- a/redaction-report-service-v1/redaction-report-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/report/v1/server/service/WordReportGenerationService.java
+++ b/redaction-report-service-v1/redaction-report-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/report/v1/server/service/WordReportGenerationService.java
@@ -587,7 +587,9 @@ public class WordReportGenerationService {
     private int setText(XWPFTableCell cell, String value) {
 
         // Apache POI automatically adds an initial empty paragraph to a cell resulting in a break line.
-        cell.removeParagraph(0);
+        if (cell.getParagraphs() != null && !cell.getParagraphs().isEmpty()) {
+            cell.removeParagraph(0);
+        }
         cell.setVerticalAlignment(XWPFTableCell.XWPFVertAlign.CENTER);
         XWPFParagraph addParagraph = cell.addParagraph();
         XWPFRun run = addParagraph.createRun();