diff --git a/HowToUseOCR.md b/HowToUseOCR.md
index afed2504..0a5cc94c 100644
--- a/HowToUseOCR.md
+++ b/HowToUseOCR.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The paths have changed for the tessdata locations on new Docker images. Please u
 
 ## How does the OCR Work
 
-Stirling-PDF uses [qpdf](https://github.com/qpdf/qpdf), which in turn uses Tesseract for its text recognition. All credit goes to them for this awesome work!
+Stirling-PDF uses Tesseract for its text recognition. All credit goes to them for this awesome work!
 
 ## Language Packs
 
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ Add the following to your existing Docker run command:
 
 ### Non-Docker Setup
 
-If you are not using Docker, you need to install the OCR components, including the `qpdf` app. You can see the [qpdf install guide](https://qpdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html).
-
 For Debian-based systems, install languages with this command:
 
 ```bash
@@ -83,8 +81,7 @@ rpm -qa | grep tesseract-langpack | sed 's/tesseract-langpack-//g'
 
 For Windows:
 
-Ensure qpdf in installed with
-``pip install qpdf``
+You must ensure tesseract is installed
 
 Additional languages must be downloaded manually:
 Download desired .traineddata files from tessdata or tessdata_fast
diff --git a/LocalRunGuide.md b/LocalRunGuide.md
index c3fba2df..124cff9b 100644
--- a/LocalRunGuide.md
+++ b/LocalRunGuide.md
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ The easiest method is to use the language packs provided by your repositories. S
 
 1. Download the desired language pack(s) by selecting the `.traineddata` file(s) for the language(s) you need.
 2. Place the `.traineddata` files in the Tesseract tessdata directory: `/usr/share/tessdata`
-3. Please view [qpdf install guide](https://qpdf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html) for more info.
 
 **IMPORTANT:** DO NOT REMOVE EXISTING `eng.traineddata`, IT'S REQUIRED.
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/ExternalAppDepConfig.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/ExternalAppDepConfig.java
index 7fff2bc0..8ed708ea 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/ExternalAppDepConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/config/ExternalAppDepConfig.java
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ public class ExternalAppDepConfig {
                     put("pdftohtml", List.of("Pdftohtml"));
                     put("unoconv", List.of("Unoconv"));
                     put("qpdf", List.of("qpdf"));
+                    put("tesseract", List.of("tesseract"));
+                    
                 }
             };
 
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ public class ExternalAppDepConfig {
     public void checkDependencies() {
 
         // Check core dependencies
+    	checkDependencyAndDisableGroup("tesseract");
         checkDependencyAndDisableGroup("soffice");
         checkDependencyAndDisableGroup("qpdf");
         checkDependencyAndDisableGroup("weasyprint");