diff --git a/src/processor/ledger/beancount_to_jsonl.py b/src/processor/ledger/beancount_to_jsonl.py
index b2f26b7b..3af45c7a 100644
--- a/src/processor/ledger/beancount_to_jsonl.py
+++ b/src/processor/ledger/beancount_to_jsonl.py
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ def extract_beancount_transactions(beancount_files):
 
     # Initialize Regex for extracting Beancount Entries
     transaction_regex = r'^\n?\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2} [\*|\!] '
-    empty_newline = f'^[{empty_escape_sequences}]*$'
+    empty_newline = f'^[\n\r\t\ ]*$'
 
     entries = []
     transaction_to_file_map = []
diff --git a/src/processor/markdown/markdown_to_jsonl.py b/src/processor/markdown/markdown_to_jsonl.py
index 7a91533b..e7fc2779 100644
--- a/src/processor/markdown/markdown_to_jsonl.py
+++ b/src/processor/markdown/markdown_to_jsonl.py
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ def extract_markdown_entries(markdown_files):
             markdown_content = f.read()
             markdown_entries_per_file = [f'#{entry.strip(empty_escape_sequences)}'
                for entry
-               in re.split(markdown_heading_regex, markdown_content, flags=re.MULTILINE)]
+               in re.split(markdown_heading_regex, markdown_content, flags=re.MULTILINE)
+               if entry.strip(empty_escape_sequences) != '']
             entry_to_file_map += zip(markdown_entries_per_file, [markdown_file]*len(markdown_entries_per_file))
             entries.extend(markdown_entries_per_file)
 
diff --git a/src/utils/constants.py b/src/utils/constants.py
index 84c3dfbb..8b443944 100644
--- a/src/utils/constants.py
+++ b/src/utils/constants.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 app_root_directory = Path(__file__).parent.parent.parent
 web_directory = app_root_directory / 'src/interface/web/'
-empty_escape_sequences = r'\n|\r\t '
+empty_escape_sequences = '\n|\r|\t| '
 
 # default app config to use
 default_config = {
diff --git a/src/utils/jsonl.py b/src/utils/jsonl.py
index 77b5af11..8a034acd 100644
--- a/src/utils/jsonl.py
+++ b/src/utils/jsonl.py
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ def compress_jsonl_data(jsonl_data, output_path):
     with gzip.open(output_path, 'wt') as gzip_file:
         gzip_file.write(jsonl_data)
 
-    logger.info(f'Wrote {len(jsonl_data)} lines to gzip compressed jsonl at {output_path}')
\ No newline at end of file
+    logger.info(f'Wrote jsonl data to gzip compressed jsonl at {output_path}')
\ No newline at end of file