gettin close tho

main.py

@@ -37,9 +37,15 @@ def de_column_ify():
       writer.write(f)
 
 def de_columnify_page(q, path, page):
-   result = cluster.Chars(path, page.chars, page).divide_into_columns()
+   for _ in range(3):
-   log("putting", page.page_number)
+      try:
-   q.put((page, result))
+         result = cluster.Chars(path, page.chars, page).divide_into_columns()
+         log("putting", page.page_number, len(result))
+         q.put((page.page_number, result))
+         return
+      except Exception as e:
+         log(page.page_number, "encountered", e)
+   raise Exception(f"failure for {page.page_number}")
 
 def textify(page):
    lines = page.extract_text(layout=True).split("\n")