diff --git a/src/ocrPage.sh b/src/ocrPage.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 1a023e05..8bfa866d
--- a/src/ocrPage.sh
+++ b/src/ocrPage.sh
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ getImgInfo() {
 	
 	
 	# check if the page already contains fonts (which should not be the case for PDF based on scanned files
-	[ `pdffonts -f $page -l $page ${FILE_INPUT_PDF} | wc -l` -gt 2 ] && echo "Page $page: Page already contains font data !!!" && return 1
+	[ `pdffonts -f $page -l $page "${FILE_INPUT_PDF}" | wc -l` -gt 2 ] && echo "Page $page: Page already contains font data !!!" && return 1
 
 	
 	# extract raw image from pdf file to compute resolution
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ curImgPixmapClean="$TMP_FLD/$page.cleaned.$ext"
 
 # extract current page as image with correct orientation and resolution
 [ $VERBOSITY -ge $LOG_DEBUG ] && echo "Page $page: Extracting image as $ext file (${dpi} dpi)"
-! pdftoppm -f $page -l $page -r $dpi $opt "$FILE_INPUT_PDF" > "$curImgPixmap" \
+! pdftoppm -f $page -l $page -r $dpi $opt "$FILE_INPUT_PDF" - > "$curImgPixmap" \
 	&& echo "Could not extract page $page as $ext from \"$FILE_INPUT_PDF\". Exiting..." && exit $EXIT_OTHER_ERROR
 
 # if requested deskew image (without changing its size in pixel)
@@ -209,4 +209,4 @@ if [ $KEEP_TMP -eq 0 ]; then
 	rm -f "$curImgInfo"
 fi
 
-exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
+exit 0