diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/segmentation/PdfSegmentationService.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/segmentation/PdfSegmentationService.java
index 05166420..c7534d1a 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/segmentation/PdfSegmentationService.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/segmentation/PdfSegmentationService.java
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ public class PdfSegmentationService {
 
                     PDFLinesTextStripper stripper = new PDFLinesTextStripper();
                     PDPage pdPage = pdDocument.getPage(pageNumber - 1);
+                    stripper.setSortByPosition(true);
                     stripper.setPageNumber(pageNumber);
                     stripper.setStartPage(pageNumber);
                     stripper.setEndPage(pageNumber);