diff --git a/inference.py b/inference.py
index 11ef74d..7768ab7 100644
--- a/inference.py
+++ b/inference.py
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ def main():
     if not os.path.exists(args.image_path):
         raise Exception("Image not found")
     device = torch.device('cuda:0' if args.cuda else 'cpu')
-    image = cv2.imread(args.image_path)
+   
     height, width, _ = image.shape
-    ocr_results = generate_tesseract_results.get_tesseract_results(image)
+    ocr_results = generate_tesseract_results.get_tesseract_results(args.image_path)
     vocab, class_mapping = load_saved_vocab(args.saved_path)
     candidates = extract_candidates.get_candidates(ocr_results)
     candidates_with_neighbours = attach_neighbour_candidates(width, height, ocr_results, candidates)
@@ -161,4 +161,4 @@ def main():
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
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+    main()