diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/service/document/EntityCreationService.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/service/document/EntityCreationService.java
index 4a9d31d4..99e8b6a7 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/service/document/EntityCreationService.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/service/document/EntityCreationService.java
@@ -590,6 +590,9 @@ public class EntityCreationService {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("%s is not in the %s of the provided semantic node %s", textRange, node.getTextRange(), node));
         }
         TextRange trimmedTextRange = textRange.trim(node.getTextBlock());
+        if (trimmedTextRange.length() == 0){
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
         TextEntity entity = TextEntity.initialEntityNode(trimmedTextRange, type, entityType, node);
         if (node.getEntities().contains(entity)) {
             Optional<TextEntity> optionalTextEntity = node.getEntities().stream().filter(e -> e.equals(entity) && e.type().equals(type)).peek(e -> e.addEngines(engines)).findAny();