diff --git a/.jules/bolt.md b/.jules/bolt.md
index c6c0104c8..5762283c6 100644
--- a/.jules/bolt.md
+++ b/.jules/bolt.md
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@
 ## 2024-05-18 - Pre-compile Regex in VoiceInputManager
 **Learning:** `VoiceInputManager.syncRecognizedText` instantiates `Regex("[,.?!;:]")` inside a frequent method call, increasing allocation pressure on voice typing hot paths.
 **Action:** Extract repeated `Regex` instantiations in input hot paths (such as `syncRecognizedText`) into companion object private constants to reduce memory allocation and compilation overhead.
+## 2024-05-18 - Pre-compile Regex in OCR formatting
+**Learning:** `OcrTextFormatter.formatLines` instantiated `Regex` for bullet removal inline every time it was called when `stripBullets` was true. This causes unnecessary allocation and compilation overhead when parsing OCR lines.
+**Action:** Extract frequently used formatting regexes (such as `bulletRegex`) into `object` or companion object private constants (`private val BULLET_REGEX`) to optimize regex reuse and eliminate unnecessary compilation per text parsing operation.
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/ocr/OcrTextFormatter.kt b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/ocr/OcrTextFormatter.kt
index 705172a9f..ea22593b3 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/ocr/OcrTextFormatter.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/helium314/keyboard/latin/ocr/OcrTextFormatter.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import java.util.Locale
 
 object OcrTextFormatter {
 
+    private val BULLET_REGEX = Regex("""^(\s*[-*•–—►▪▫]|\[[ xX]?\]|\d+[\.\)]|[a-zA-Z][\.\)])\s*""")
+
     fun format(context: Context, rawLines: List<String>): List<String> {
         val prefs = context.prefs()
         val keepLineBreaks = prefs.getBoolean(OcrPluginLoader.PREF_OCR_KEEP_LINE_BREAKS, true)
@@ -51,8 +53,7 @@ object OcrTextFormatter {
             }
         }
         if (stripBullets) {
-            val bulletRegex = Regex("""^(\s*[-*•–—►▪▫]|\[[ xX]?\]|\d+[\.\)]|[a-zA-Z][\.\)])\s*""")
-            lines = lines.map { it.replace(bulletRegex, "") }
+            lines = lines.map { it.replace(BULLET_REGEX, "") }
         }
         if (trimWhitespace) {
             lines = lines.map { it.trim() }.filter { it.isNotEmpty() }