diff --git a/src/utils/ocr.ts b/src/utils/ocr.ts
index bcfabe84..d7008f39 100644
--- a/src/utils/ocr.ts
+++ b/src/utils/ocr.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import { createWorker, ImageLike, RecognizeResult } from 'tesseract.js';
+import { createWorker, ImageLike, RecognizeResult, Worker } from 'tesseract.js';
 
 import { parseMRZ } from './mrz';
 
-let worker: Tesseract.Worker;
+let worker: Worker;
 
-export function runOcr(image: ImageLike): Promise<void>;
+export function runOcr(image: ImageLike): Promise<RecognizeResult>;
 export function runOcr<
   CallbackFunction extends (result: RecognizeResult) => void,
 >(
@@ -20,7 +20,11 @@ export async function runOcr<T extends (result: RecognizeResult) => void>(
       langPath: '/ocr-data',
     });
   }
-  if (callback) return callback(await worker.recognize(image));
+
+  if (callback) {
+    return callback(await worker.recognize(image));
+  }
+  return await worker.recognize(image);
 }
 
 export function parseResultMRZ(result: RecognizeResult) {