diff --git a/chandra/input.py b/chandra/input.py
index 717f863..d552d14 100644
--- a/chandra/input.py
+++ b/chandra/input.py
@@ -2,12 +2,21 @@ from typing import List
 import filetype
 from PIL import Image
 import pypdfium2 as pdfium
+import pypdfium2.raw as pdfium_c
 
 from chandra.settings import settings
 
 
+def flatten(page, flag=pdfium_c.FLAT_NORMALDISPLAY):
+    rc = pdfium_c.FPDFPage_Flatten(page, flag)
+    if rc == pdfium_c.FLATTEN_FAIL:
+        print(f"Failed to flatten annotations / form fields on page {page}.")
+
+
 def load_pdf_images(filepath: str, page_range: List[int]):
     doc = pdfium.PdfDocument(filepath)
+    doc.init_forms()
+
     images = []
     for page in range(len(doc)):
         if not page_range or page in page_range:
@@ -15,7 +24,10 @@ def load_pdf_images(filepath: str, page_range: List[int]):
             min_page_dim = min(page_obj.get_width(), page_obj.get_height())
             scale_dpi = (settings.MIN_IMAGE_DIM / min_page_dim) * 72
             scale_dpi = max(scale_dpi, settings.IMAGE_DPI)
-            pil_image = doc[page].render(scale=scale_dpi / 72).to_pil().convert("RGB")
+            page_obj = doc[page]
+            flatten(page_obj)
+            page_obj = doc[page]
+            pil_image = page_obj.render(scale=scale_dpi / 72).to_pil().convert("RGB")
             images.append(pil_image)
 
     doc.close()
@@ -45,4 +57,4 @@ def load_file(filepath: str, config: dict):
         images = load_pdf_images(filepath, page_range)
     else:
         images = [Image.open(filepath).convert("RGB")]
-    return images
\ No newline at end of file
+    return images
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cc48e76..b5c6573 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "chandra-ocr"
-version = "0.1.6"
+version = "0.1.7"
 description = "OCR model that converts documents to markdown, HTML, or JSON."
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.10"