From 4ac3036000902f72cb33c148159cdc93168cbe55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ztimson <zaktimson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2026 09:41:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Proper error handling for OCR

---
 package.json  |  2 +-
 src/vision.ts | 10 +++++++---
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c930397..7fd2557 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "@ztimson/ai-utils",
-	"version": "1.0.4",
+	"version": "1.0.5",
 	"description": "AI Utility library",
 	"author": "Zak Timson",
 	"license": "MIT",
diff --git a/src/vision.ts b/src/vision.ts
index ab617eb..895094b 100644
--- a/src/vision.ts
+++ b/src/vision.ts
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@ export class Vision {
 		let worker: any;
 		const p = (async () => {
 			worker = await createWorker(this.ai.options.ocr || 'eng', 2, {cachePath: this.ai.options.path});
-			const {data} = await worker.recognize(path);
-			await worker.terminate();
-			return data.text.trim() || null;
+			worker.setParameters({}).catch(() => {}); // force error handler attachment
+			return await new Promise<string | null>((res, rej) => {
+				worker.on?.('error', rej); // catch worker-level throws
+				worker.recognize(path)
+					.then(({data}: any) => res(data.text.trim() || null))
+					.catch(rej);
+			});
 		})().finally(() => worker?.terminate());
 		return Object.assign(p, {abort: () => worker?.terminate()});
 	}