diff --git a/apps/riic_report_analysis.py b/apps/riic_report_analysis.py
index 9132dca..d97bc4f 100644
--- a/apps/riic_report_analysis.py
+++ b/apps/riic_report_analysis.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from pepperbot.core.message.chain import MessageChain, Image, Text
 from paddleocr import PaddleOCR
 import os
+import asyncio
+import functools
 
 
 ocr = PaddleOCR(use_angle_cls=False, use_gpu=False)
@@ -14,7 +16,11 @@ class RIICReportAnalysis:
         img_path = await img_seg.download()
         print(f"Image saved to {img_path}")
 
-        ocr_text = ocr.ocr(img_path, cls=False)
+        loop = asyncio.get_running_loop()
+
+        ocr_text = await loop.run_in_executor(
+            None, functools.partial(ocr.ocr, img_path, cls=False)
+        )
         print(ocr_text)
 
         os.remove(img_path)