diff --git a/lib/docsplit/image_extractor.rb b/lib/docsplit/image_extractor.rb
index b8fa8f1..a55a60c 100755
--- a/lib/docsplit/image_extractor.rb
+++ b/lib/docsplit/image_extractor.rb
@@ -38,12 +38,15 @@ def convert(pdf, size, format, previous=nil)
       timeout   = 5.minutes.to_i
       if previous
         FileUtils.cp(Dir[directory_for(previous) + '/*'], directory)
-        result = `MAGICK_TMPDIR=#{tempdir} OMP_NUM_THREADS=2 timeout #{timeout} gm mogrify #{common} -unsharp 0x0.5+0.75 \"#{directory}/*.#{format}\" 2>/dev/null`.chomp
+        # We're adding `| grep -v '^$' | uniq` here and below because if a corrupt PDF is parsed, it generates an infinite amount of identical warnings (with blank lines in between).
+        # By filtering these we avoid memory bloat when the executing process tries to capture stdout.
+        # See https://github.com/GetSilverfin/silverfin/issues/1998
+        result = `MAGICK_TMPDIR=#{tempdir} OMP_NUM_THREADS=2 timeout #{timeout} gm mogrify #{common} -unsharp 0x0.5+0.75 \"#{directory}/*.#{format}\" 2>&1 | grep -v '^$' | uniq`.chomp
         raise ExtractionFailed, result if $? != 0
       else
         page_list(pages).each do |page|
           out_file  = ESCAPE[File.join(directory, "#{basename}_#{page}.#{format}")]
-          cmd = "MAGICK_TMPDIR=#{tempdir} OMP_NUM_THREADS=2 timeout #{timeout} gm convert +adjoin -define pdf:use-cropbox=true #{common} #{escaped_pdf}[#{page - 1}] #{out_file} 2>/dev/null".chomp
+          cmd = "MAGICK_TMPDIR=#{tempdir} OMP_NUM_THREADS=2 timeout #{timeout} gm convert +adjoin -define pdf:use-cropbox=true #{common} #{escaped_pdf}[#{page - 1}] #{out_file} 2>&1 | grep -v '^$' | uniq".chomp
           result = `#{cmd}`.chomp
           raise ExtractionFailed, result if $? != 0
         end
diff --git a/lib/docsplit/text_extractor.rb b/lib/docsplit/text_extractor.rb
index 0e51476..c6ef8a3 100644
--- a/lib/docsplit/text_extractor.rb
+++ b/lib/docsplit/text_extractor.rb
@@ -61,22 +61,23 @@ def extract_from_ocr(pdf, pages)
       base_path = File.join(@output, @pdf_name)
       escaped_pdf = ESCAPE[pdf]
       psm = @detect_orientation ? "-psm 1" : ""
+      timeout = 5.minutes.to_i
       if pages
         pages.each do |page|
           tiff = "#{tempdir}/#{@pdf_name}_#{page}.tif"
           escaped_tiff = ESCAPE[tiff]
           file = "#{base_path}_#{page}"
-          run "MAGICK_TMPDIR=#{tempdir} OMP_NUM_THREADS=2 gm convert -despeckle +adjoin #{MEMORY_ARGS} #{OCR_FLAGS} #{escaped_pdf}[#{page - 1}] #{escaped_tiff} 2>&1"
-          run "tesseract #{escaped_tiff} #{ESCAPE[file]} -l #{@language} #{psm} 2>&1"
+          run "MAGICK_TMPDIR=#{tempdir} OMP_NUM_THREADS=2 timeout #{timeout} gm convert -despeckle +adjoin #{MEMORY_ARGS} #{OCR_FLAGS} #{escaped_pdf}[#{page - 1}] #{escaped_tiff} 2>&1"
+          run "timeout #{timeout} tesseract #{escaped_tiff} #{ESCAPE[file]} -l #{@language} #{psm} 2>&1"
           clean_text(file + '.txt') if @clean_ocr
           FileUtils.remove_entry_secure tiff
         end
       else
         tiff = "#{tempdir}/#{@pdf_name}.tif"
         escaped_tiff = ESCAPE[tiff]
-        run "MAGICK_TMPDIR=#{tempdir} OMP_NUM_THREADS=2 gm convert -despeckle #{MEMORY_ARGS} #{OCR_FLAGS} #{escaped_pdf} #{escaped_tiff} 2>&1"
+        run "MAGICK_TMPDIR=#{tempdir} OMP_NUM_THREADS=2 timeout #{timeout} gm convert -despeckle #{MEMORY_ARGS} #{OCR_FLAGS} #{escaped_pdf} #{escaped_tiff} 2>&1"
         #if the user says don't do orientation detection or the plugin is not installed, set psm to 0
-        run "tesseract #{escaped_tiff} #{ESCAPE[base_path]} -l #{@language} #{psm} 2>&1"
+        run "timeout #{timeout} tesseract #{escaped_tiff} #{ESCAPE[base_path]} -l #{@language} #{psm} 2>&1"
         clean_text(base_path + '.txt') if @clean_ocr
       end
     ensure