diff --git a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Helpers/OcrHelpers.cs b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Helpers/OcrHelpers.cs
index d6242ded0f..1ed0665f9d 100644
--- a/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Helpers/OcrHelpers.cs
+++ b/src/modules/AdvancedPaste/AdvancedPaste/Helpers/OcrHelpers.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ public static class OcrHelpers
         var ocrEngine = OcrEngine.TryCreateFromLanguage(ocrLanguage) ?? throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to create OCR engine");
         var ocrResult = await ocrEngine.RecognizeAsync(bitmap);
 
-        return ocrResult.Text;
+        return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(ocrResult.Text)
+            ? throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to extract text from image or image does not contain text")
+            : ocrResult.Text;
     }
 
     private static Language GetOCRLanguage()