diff --git a/install/common/download-tessdata.py b/install/common/download-tessdata.py
index cf2b366..47c909e 100644
--- a/install/common/download-tessdata.py
+++ b/install/common/download-tessdata.py
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ def main():
         if files == expected_files:
             logger.info("Skipping tessdata download, language data already exists")
             return
+        elif not files:
+            logger.info("Tesseract dir is empty, proceeding to download language data")
         else:
             logger.info(f"Found {tessdata_dir} but contents do not match")
             return 1