diff --git a/bin/omarchy-iso-test b/bin/omarchy-iso-test
index da7fb97..2228ca5 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-iso-test
+++ b/bin/omarchy-iso-test
@@ -261,7 +261,12 @@ ocr_screen() {
   screendump "$shot"
   [[ -s $shot ]] || return 0
   magick "$shot" -colorspace gray -negate -resize 150% "$prepped" 2>/dev/null || return 0
-  tesseract "$prepped" - --psm 6 -l "$OCR_LANGS" 2>/dev/null || true
+  # tesseract spaces out CJK characters, so China runs also emit each line without spaces.
+  if [[ $REGION == "china" ]]; then
+    tesseract "$prepped" - --psm 6 -l "$OCR_LANGS" 2>/dev/null | sed 'p; s/ //g' || true
+  else
+    tesseract "$prepped" - --psm 6 -l "$OCR_LANGS" 2>/dev/null || true
+  fi
 }
 
 # Wait until the console shows the given text. Saves the offending screen as