diff --git a/imgutils/data/image.py b/imgutils/data/image.py
index d9e5354f91a..67b7ad6aa5c 100644
--- a/imgutils/data/image.py
+++ b/imgutils/data/image.py
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ def add_background_for_rgba(image: ImageTyping, background: str = 'white'):
     'RGB'
     """
     image = load_image(image, force_background=None, mode=None)
-    if has_alpha_channel(image):
+    try:
         ret_image = Image.new('RGBA', image.size, background)
         ret_image.paste(image, (0, 0), mask=image)
-    else:
+    except ValueError:
         ret_image = image
     if ret_image.mode != 'RGB':
         ret_image = ret_image.convert('RGB')
diff --git a/imgutils/tagging/wd14.py b/imgutils/tagging/wd14.py
index 454a860b55c..0d00aad1666 100644
--- a/imgutils/tagging/wd14.py
+++ b/imgutils/tagging/wd14.py
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ def _prepare_image_for_tagging(image: ImageTyping, target_size: int):
     pad_top = (max_dim - image_shape[1]) // 2
 
     padded_image = Image.new("RGB", (max_dim, max_dim), (255, 255, 255))
-    if has_alpha_channel(image):
+    try:
         padded_image.paste(image, (pad_left, pad_top), mask=image)
-    else:
+    except ValueError:
         padded_image.paste(image, (pad_left, pad_top))
 
     if max_dim != target_size:
diff --git a/test/detect/test_text.py b/test/detect/test_text.py
index e2092b5ecd1..600c9280f85 100644
--- a/test/detect/test_text.py
+++ b/test/detect/test_text.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import pytest
 
+from imgutils.detect import detection_similarity
 from imgutils.detect.text import _open_text_detect_model, detect_text
 from test.testings import get_testfile
 
@@ -18,32 +19,34 @@ def test_detect_text(self):
         detections = detect_text(get_testfile('ml1.png'))
         assert len(detections) == 4
 
-        values = []
-        for bbox, label, score in detections:
-            assert label in {'text'}
-            values.append((bbox, int(score * 1000) / 1000))
-
-        assert values == pytest.approx([
-            ((866, 45, 959, 69), 0.543),
-            ((222, 68, 313, 102), 0.543),
-            ((424, 82, 508, 113), 0.541),
-            ((691, 101, 776, 129), 0.471)
-        ])
+        assert detection_similarity(
+            detections,
+            [
+                ((866, 45, 959, 69), 'text', 0.543),
+                ((222, 68, 313, 102), 'text', 0.543),
+                ((424, 82, 508, 113), 'text', 0.541),
+                ((691, 101, 776, 129), 'text', 0.471)
+            ],
+        ) >= 0.9
 
     def test_detect_text_without_resize(self):
         detections = detect_text(get_testfile('ml2.jpg'), max_area_size=None)
         assert len(detections) == 9
 
-        values = []
-        for bbox, label, score in detections:
-            assert label in {'text'}
-            values.append((bbox, int(score * 1000) / 1000))
-
-        assert values == pytest.approx([
-            ((360, 218, 474, 250), 0.686), ((119, 218, 203, 240), 0.653), ((392, 47, 466, 76), 0.617),
-            ((593, 174, 666, 204), 0.616), ((179, 451, 672, 472), 0.591), ((633, 314, 747, 337), 0.59),
-            ((392, 369, 517, 386), 0.589), ((621, 81, 681, 102), 0.566), ((209, 92, 281, 122), 0.423),
-        ])
+        assert detection_similarity(
+            detections,
+            [
+                ((360, 218, 474, 250), 'text', 0.686),
+                ((119, 218, 203, 240), 'text', 0.653),
+                ((392, 47, 466, 76), 'text', 0.617),
+                ((593, 174, 666, 204), 'text', 0.616),
+                ((179, 451, 672, 472), 'text', 0.591),
+                ((633, 314, 747, 337), 'text', 0.59),
+                ((392, 369, 517, 386), 'text', 0.589),
+                ((621, 81, 681, 102), 'text', 0.566),
+                ((209, 92, 281, 122), 'text', 0.423),
+            ]
+        ) >= 0.9
 
     def test_detect_text_none(self):
         assert detect_text(get_testfile('png_full.png')) == []