diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ff79d80d..5b81d852 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
 
 env:
-  PYTHON_VERSION: 3.8
+  PYTHON_VERSION: 3.9
 
 jobs:
   setup:
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
   test_ingest:
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.8","3.9","3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.9","3.10"]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       NLTK_DATA: ${{ github.workspace }}/nltk_data
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 199580b6..71b65ad3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
-## 0.7.22
+## 0.7.24
 
 * Revised repetitions for Chipper
 
+## 0.7.23
+
+* fix: added handling in `UnstructuredTableTransformerModel` for if `recognize` returns an empty
+  list in `run_prediction`.
+
+## 0.7.22
+
+* fix: add logic to handle computation of intersections betwen 2 `Rectangle`s when a `Rectangle` has `None` value in its coordinates
+
 ## 0.7.21
 
 * fix: fix a bug where chipper, or any element extraction model based `PageLayout` object, lack `image_metadata` and other attributes that are required for downstream processing; this fix also reduces the memory overhead of using chipper model
diff --git a/test_unstructured_inference/models/test_tables.py b/test_unstructured_inference/models/test_tables.py
index 9131cbce..2df6e157 100644
--- a/test_unstructured_inference/models/test_tables.py
+++ b/test_unstructured_inference/models/test_tables.py
@@ -932,6 +932,21 @@ def test_table_prediction_output_format(
         assert expectation in result
 
 
+def test_table_prediction_runs_with_empty_recognize(
+    table_transformer,
+    example_image,
+    mocker,
+    mocked_ocr_tokens,
+):
+    mocker.patch.object(tables, "recognize", return_value=[])
+    mocker.patch.object(
+        tables.UnstructuredTableTransformerModel,
+        "get_structure",
+        return_value=None,
+    )
+    assert table_transformer.run_prediction(example_image, ocr_tokens=mocked_ocr_tokens) == ""
+
+
 def test_table_prediction_with_ocr_tokens(table_transformer, example_image, mocked_ocr_tokens):
     prediction = table_transformer.predict(example_image, ocr_tokens=mocked_ocr_tokens)
     assert '<table><thead><th rowspan="2">' in prediction
diff --git a/test_unstructured_inference/test_elements.py b/test_unstructured_inference/test_elements.py
index 0874a0bf..9e49accd 100644
--- a/test_unstructured_inference/test_elements.py
+++ b/test_unstructured_inference/test_elements.py
@@ -6,12 +6,12 @@
 
 from unstructured_inference.constants import ElementType
 from unstructured_inference.inference import elements
-from unstructured_inference.inference.elements import TextRegion
+from unstructured_inference.inference.elements import Rectangle, TextRegion
 from unstructured_inference.inference.layoutelement import (
+    LayoutElement,
+    merge_inferred_layout_with_extracted_layout,
     partition_groups_from_regions,
     separate,
-    merge_inferred_layout_with_extracted_layout,
-    LayoutElement,
 )
 
 skip_outside_ci = os.getenv("CI", "").lower() in {"", "false", "f", "0"}
@@ -31,6 +31,18 @@ def rand_rect(size=10):
     return elements.Rectangle(x1, y1, x1 + size, y1 + size)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("rect1", "rect2", "expected"),
+    [
+        (Rectangle(0, 0, 1, 1), Rectangle(0, 0, None, None), None),
+        (Rectangle(0, 0, None, None), Rectangle(0, 0, 1, 1), None),
+    ],
+)
+def test_unhappy_intersection(rect1, rect2, expected):
+    assert rect1.intersection(rect2) == expected
+    assert not rect1.intersects(rect2)
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("second_size", [10, 20])
 def test_intersects(second_size):
     for _ in range(1000):
@@ -198,7 +210,10 @@ def test_intersection_over_min(
 
 
 def test_grow_region_to_match_region():
-    from unstructured_inference.inference.elements import Rectangle, grow_region_to_match_region
+    from unstructured_inference.inference.elements import (
+        Rectangle,
+        grow_region_to_match_region,
+    )
 
     a = Rectangle(1, 1, 2, 2)
     b = Rectangle(1, 1, 5, 5)
diff --git a/unstructured_inference/__version__.py b/unstructured_inference/__version__.py
index 04ec5b5e..688c38bb 100644
--- a/unstructured_inference/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured_inference/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.7.22"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.7.24"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured_inference/inference/elements.py b/unstructured_inference/inference/elements.py
index e1194fd6..86433430 100644
--- a/unstructured_inference/inference/elements.py
+++ b/unstructured_inference/inference/elements.py
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ def is_disjoint(self, other: Rectangle) -> bool:
 
     def intersects(self, other: Rectangle) -> bool:
         """Checks whether this rectangle intersects another rectangle."""
+        if self._has_none() or other._has_none():
+            return False
         return intersections(self, other)[0, 1]
 
     def is_in(self, other: Rectangle, error_margin: Optional[Union[int, float]] = None) -> bool:
@@ -81,6 +83,10 @@ def is_in(self, other: Rectangle, error_margin: Optional[Union[int, float]] = No
             ],
         )
 
+    def _has_none(self) -> bool:
+        """return false when one of the coord is nan"""
+        return any((self.x1 is None, self.x2 is None, self.y1 is None, self.y2 is None))
+
     @property
     def coordinates(self):
         """Gets coordinates of the rectangle"""
@@ -89,6 +95,8 @@ def coordinates(self):
     def intersection(self, other: Rectangle) -> Optional[Rectangle]:
         """Gives the rectangle that is the intersection of two rectangles, or None if the
         rectangles are disjoint."""
+        if self._has_none() or other._has_none():
+            return None
         x1 = max(self.x1, other.x1)
         x2 = min(self.x2, other.x2)
         y1 = max(self.y1, other.y1)
diff --git a/unstructured_inference/models/tables.py b/unstructured_inference/models/tables.py
index 9fc66aee..ca7e75a4 100644
--- a/unstructured_inference/models/tables.py
+++ b/unstructured_inference/models/tables.py
@@ -96,7 +96,14 @@ def run_prediction(
         outputs_structure = self.get_structure(x, pad_for_structure_detection)
         if ocr_tokens is None:
             raise ValueError("Cannot predict table structure with no OCR tokens")
-        prediction = recognize(outputs_structure, x, tokens=ocr_tokens)[0]
+
+        recognized_table = recognize(outputs_structure, x, tokens=ocr_tokens)
+        if len(recognized_table) > 0:
+            prediction = recognized_table[0]
+        # NOTE(robinson) - This means that the table was not recognized
+        else:
+            return ""
+
         if result_format == "html":
             # Convert cells to HTML
             prediction = cells_to_html(prediction) or ""