diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/model/Cell.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/model/Cell.java
index 5dcb1138..a4e755fb 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/model/Cell.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/model/Cell.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ public class Cell extends Rectangle {
 
     private boolean isHeaderCell;
 
+    private static final int MIN_SIZE = 1;
+
 
     public Cell(Point2D topLeft, Point2D bottomRight) {
 
@@ -66,4 +68,10 @@ public class Cell extends Rectangle {
         return TextNormalizationUtilities.removeHyphenLineBreaks(sb.toString()).replaceAll("\n", " ").replaceAll(" {2}", " ");
     }
 
+
+    public boolean hasMinimumSize() {
+
+        return this.getHeight() >= MIN_SIZE && this.getWidth() >= MIN_SIZE;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/model/Table.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/model/Table.java
index 8a6a93cb..d5759bf6 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/model/Table.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/model/Table.java
@@ -261,7 +261,9 @@ public class Table extends AbstractTextContainer {
                     if (intersectionCell.isPresent()) {
                         cell.getTextBlocks().addAll(intersectionCell.get().getTextBlocks());
                     }
-                    row.add(cell);
+                    if (cell.hasMinimumSize()) {
+                        row.add(cell);
+                    }
                 }
                 prevX = x;
             }
diff --git a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/service/TableExtractionService.java b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/service/TableExtractionService.java
index 192bad74..6d29d260 100644
--- a/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/service/TableExtractionService.java
+++ b/redaction-service-v1/redaction-service-server-v1/src/main/java/com/iqser/red/service/redaction/v1/server/tableextraction/service/TableExtractionService.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class TableExtractionService {
         for (AbstractTextContainer abstractTextContainer : page.getTextBlocks()) {
             TextBlock textBlock = (TextBlock) abstractTextContainer;
             for (Cell cell : cells) {
-                if (cell.intersects(textBlock.getPdfMinX(),
+                if (cell.hasMinimumSize() && cell.intersects(textBlock.getPdfMinX(),
                         textBlock.getPdfMinY(),
                         textBlock.getPdfMaxX() - textBlock.getPdfMinX(),
                         textBlock.getPdfMaxY() - textBlock.getPdfMinY())) {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class TableExtractionService {
 
             List<Cell> overlappingCells = new ArrayList<>();
             for (Cell c : cells) {
-                if (c.intersects(area)) {
+                if (c.hasMinimumSize() && c.intersects(area)) {
                     overlappingCells.add(c);
                 }
             }