diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/classification/model/Page.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/classification/model/Page.java
index 873ae8a1..42bfa82e 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/classification/model/Page.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/classification/model/Page.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ public class Page {
     private StringFrequencyCounter fontCounter = new StringFrequencyCounter();
     private StringFrequencyCounter fontStyleCounter = new StringFrequencyCounter();
 
+    private double cropBoxArea;
+
 
     public boolean isRotated() {
 
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/service/ImageClassificationService.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/service/ImageClassificationService.java
index a845af9c..6a590353 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/service/ImageClassificationService.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/redaction/service/ImageClassificationService.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.client.ImageClassificationClien
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.client.ImageClassificationResponse;
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.client.MockMultipartFile;
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.redaction.model.ImageType;
+import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.redaction.model.PdfImage;
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.settings.RedactionServiceSettings;
 import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ public class ImageClassificationService {
 
         page.getImages().forEach(image -> {
 
-            if (settings.isEnableImageClassification()) {
+            if (settings.isEnableImageClassification() && !isEntirePageImage(image, page)) {
 
                 long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
                 try (ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream()) {
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ public class ImageClassificationService {
                     log.error("Could not classify image", e);
                     image.setImageType(ImageType.OTHER);
                 }
-
                 log.info("Image classification took: " + (System.currentTimeMillis() - start));
             } else {
                 image.setImageType(ImageType.OTHER);
@@ -59,4 +59,13 @@ public class ImageClassificationService {
 
     }
 
+    private boolean isEntirePageImage(PdfImage image, Page page){
+        double imageArea = image.getPosition().getHeight() * image.getPosition().getWidth();
+        if(imageArea / page.getCropBoxArea() >= settings.getMaxImageCropboxRatio()){
+            log.info("Skipping image classification because images is almost as large as the entire page");
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
 }
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 270f95e1..43f5192f 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
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.segmentation;
 
+import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.model.Rectangle;
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.classification.model.Document;
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.classification.model.Page;
 import com.iqser.red.service.redaction.v1.server.classification.model.TextBlock;
@@ -93,6 +94,10 @@ public class PdfSegmentationService {
                 Page page = blockificationService.blockify(stripper.getTextPositionSequences(), cleanRulings.getHorizontal(), cleanRulings
                         .getVertical());
 
+                PDRectangle cropbox = pdPage.getCropBox();
+                float cropboxArea = cropbox.getHeight() * cropbox.getWidth();
+                page.setCropBoxArea(cropboxArea);
+
                 page.setRotation(rotation);
                 page.setLandscape(isLandscape || isRotated);
                 page.setPageNumber(pageNumber);
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/settings/RedactionServiceSettings.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/settings/RedactionServiceSettings.java
index f7c9f894..3d5b0b5b 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/settings/RedactionServiceSettings.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/settings/RedactionServiceSettings.java
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ public class RedactionServiceSettings {
 
     private boolean enableImageClassification = true;
 
+    private float maxImageCropboxRatio = 0.9f;
+
 }