diff --git a/otc_doc_convertor/convertor.py b/otc_doc_convertor/convertor.py
index c58ac075..52d2bd57 100644
--- a/otc_doc_convertor/convertor.py
+++ b/otc_doc_convertor/convertor.py
@@ -91,13 +91,22 @@ class OTCDocConvertor:
 
         # Process divs
         for i in soup.body.find_all("div"):
+            if i.decomposed:
+                # if we decompose a later in the code it may still be returned
+                # here in the list. Skip those
+                continue
             if "note" in i.get("class", []):
                 # Notes
                 del i["id"]
                 if i.img:
                     i.img.decompose()
                 notetitle = i.find("span", class_="notetitle")
-                if notetitle:
+                notebody = i.find(class_="notebody")
+                if not (notebody and notebody.get_text()):
+                    # Some smart people make empty notes. Since this is
+                    # breaking layout we need to drop those
+                    i.decompose()
+                elif notetitle:
                     title = soup.new_tag("div")
                     title["class"] = "title"
                     title.string = "Note:"