diff --git a/scripts/detect-blank-pages.py b/scripts/detect-blank-pages.py
index 05a358ad..69b7f9d5 100644
--- a/scripts/detect-blank-pages.py
+++ b/scripts/detect-blank-pages.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Detect if an image is considered blank or not.')
     parser.add_argument('image_path', help='The path to the image file.')
     parser.add_argument('-t', '--threshold', type=int, default=10, help='Threshold for determining white pixels. The default value is 10.')
-    parser.add_argument('-w', '--white_percent', type=int, default=99, help='The percentage of white pixels for an image to be considered blank. The default value is 99.')
+    parser.add_argument('-w', '--white_percent', type=float, default=99, help='The percentage of white pixels for an image to be considered blank. The default value is 99.')
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
     blank = is_blank_image(args.image_path, args.threshold, args.white_percent)
diff --git a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/other/BlankPageController.java b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/other/BlankPageController.java
index 5e538281..e43fc60b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/other/BlankPageController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/stirling/software/SPDF/controller/api/other/BlankPageController.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public class BlankPageController {
     @PostMapping(consumes = "multipart/form-data", value = "/remove-blanks")
     public ResponseEntity<byte[]> removeBlankPages(@RequestPart(required = true, value = "fileInput") MultipartFile inputFile,
             @RequestParam(defaultValue = "10", name = "threshold") int threshold,
-            @RequestParam(defaultValue = "99", name = "whitePercent") int whitePercent) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
+            @RequestParam(defaultValue = "99.9", name = "whitePercent") float whitePercent) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         PDDocument document = null;
         try {
             document = PDDocument.load(inputFile.getInputStream());
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/other/remove-blanks.html b/src/main/resources/templates/other/remove-blanks.html
index 7fd6526b..1bfffc0b 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/other/remove-blanks.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/other/remove-blanks.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
               </div>
                <div class="form-group">
                 <label for="whitePercent" th:text="#{removeBlanks.whitePercent}"></label>
-                <input type="number" class="form-control" id="whitePercent" name="whitePercent" value="99">
+                <input type="number" class="form-control" id="whitePercent" name="whitePercent" value="99.9" step="0.1">
                 <small id="whitePercentHelp" class="form-text text-muted" th:text="#{removeBlanks.whitePercentDesc}"></small>
               </div>
               <button type="submit" id="submitBtn" class="btn btn-primary" th:text="#{removeBlanks.submit}"></button>