diff --git a/.jules/bolt.md b/.jules/bolt.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2562a25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.jules/bolt.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## 2024-05-18 - YOLO Stdout Blocking Overhead
+**Learning:** Ultralytics YOLO models by default output synchronous progress logs to stdout during `.predict()`. This synchronous I/O blocking can significantly slow down prediction loops in production applications where the logs are not useful.
+**Action:** Always pass `verbose=False` to `model.predict()` when using YOLO models in automated processing pipelines to avoid unnecessary I/O blocking.
diff --git a/commonforms/inference.py b/commonforms/inference.py
index 527925f..e6db10b 100644
--- a/commonforms/inference.py
+++ b/commonforms/inference.py
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ def extract_widgets(
                     conf=confidence,
                     augment=False,
                     imgsz=ONNX_IMAGE_SIZE,
+                    verbose=False,  # Optimization: prevent synchronous stdout blocking overhead
                 )
                 for p in pages
             ]
@@ -135,6 +136,7 @@ def extract_widgets(
                 augment=True,
                 imgsz=image_size,
                 device=self.device,
+                verbose=False,  # Optimization: prevent synchronous stdout blocking overhead
             )
 
         widgets = {}