diff --git a/src/components/OcrStep.jsx b/src/components/OcrStep.jsx
index 3323dcf..2c4304c 100644
--- a/src/components/OcrStep.jsx
+++ b/src/components/OcrStep.jsx
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ const OcrStep = () => {
     () => [...croppedImages].sort((a, b) => (a.order ?? 0) - (b.order ?? 0)),
     [croppedImages],
   );
+  const hasImages = orderedImages.length > 0;
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!orderedImages.length) return undefined;
@@ -128,15 +129,20 @@ const OcrStep = () => {
   }, [assetBase, isDev, orderedImages.length, setError]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    if (!orderedImages.length && !(epubImports.length || pdfImports.length)) return;
+    if (!hasImages && !(epubImports.length || pdfImports.length)) return;
     setStatus('idle');
     setCurrentIndex(0);
-    setPreviewText(ocrText || '');
-    if (!ocrText) {
+    setPreviewText('');
+    if (hasImages) {
       setOcrText('');
     }
     clearTranslation();
-  }, [clearTranslation, epubImports.length, orderedImages, pdfImports.length, ocrText, setOcrText]);
+  }, [clearTranslation, epubImports.length, hasImages, pdfImports.length, setOcrText]);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (isEditing) return;
+    setPreviewText(ocrText || '');
+  }, [isEditing, ocrText]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (previewRef.current) {