diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4f040db6..51cd7aa0 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## Changes in version 0.0.24
+
+### Fixes:
+
+* [270](https://github.com/pymupdf/RAG/issues/270) - Fix UnboundLocalError for table_strategy in pymupdf_rag.py
+
+### Other Changes:
+
+
+
 ## Changes in version 0.0.23
 
 ### Fixes:
diff --git a/pdf4llm/setup.py b/pdf4llm/setup.py
index 1b0cbd9f..8df1f1e6 100644
--- a/pdf4llm/setup.py
+++ b/pdf4llm/setup.py
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
     "Topic :: Utilities",
 ]
-requires = ["pymupdf4llm==0.0.23"]
+requires = ["pymupdf4llm==0.0.24"]
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="pdf4llm",
-    version="0.0.23",
+    version="0.0.24",
     author="Artifex",
     author_email="support@artifex.com",
     description="PyMuPDF Utilities for LLM/RAG",
diff --git a/pymupdf4llm/pymupdf4llm/__init__.py b/pymupdf4llm/pymupdf4llm/__init__.py
index 08571e43..a3f35140 100644
--- a/pymupdf4llm/pymupdf4llm/__init__.py
+++ b/pymupdf4llm/pymupdf4llm/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from .helpers.pymupdf_rag import IdentifyHeaders, to_markdown
 
-__version__ = "0.0.23"
+__version__ = "0.0.24"
 version = __version__
 version_tuple = tuple(map(int, version.split(".")))
 
diff --git a/pymupdf4llm/pymupdf4llm/helpers/pymupdf_rag.py b/pymupdf4llm/pymupdf4llm/helpers/pymupdf_rag.py
index af725f1d..510935a7 100644
--- a/pymupdf4llm/pymupdf4llm/helpers/pymupdf_rag.py
+++ b/pymupdf4llm/pymupdf4llm/helpers/pymupdf_rag.py
@@ -988,12 +988,12 @@ def get_page_output(
         graphics_count = len([b for b in page.get_bboxlog() if "path" in b[0]])
         if GRAPHICS_LIMIT and graphics_count > GRAPHICS_LIMIT:
             IGNORE_GRAPHICS = True
-            table_strategy = None
 
         # Locate all tables on page
         parms.written_tables = []  # stores already written tables
         omitted_table_rects = []
-        if table_strategy is None:
+        if IGNORE_GRAPHICS or not table_strategy:
+            # do not try to extract tables
             parms.tabs = None
         else:
             parms.tabs = page.find_tables(clip=parms.clip, strategy=table_strategy)
@@ -1147,7 +1147,7 @@ def get_page_output(
     toc = doc.get_toc()
 
     # Text extraction flags:
-    # omit invisible text, collect styles, use accurate bounding boxes
+    # omit clipped text, collect styles, use accurate bounding boxes
     textflags = (
         0
         | mupdf.FZ_STEXT_CLIP
diff --git a/pymupdf4llm/setup.py b/pymupdf4llm/setup.py
index 2df69920..4477a13b 100644
--- a/pymupdf4llm/setup.py
+++ b/pymupdf4llm/setup.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="pymupdf4llm",
-    version="0.0.23",
+    version="0.0.24",
     author="Artifex",
     author_email="support@artifex.com",
     description="PyMuPDF Utilities for LLM/RAG",