diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 48679596..75673742 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## 0.8.1
+* fix: fix list index out of range error caused by calling LayoutElements.from_list() with empty list
+
 ## 0.8.0
 
 * fix: fix missing source after cleaning layout elements
diff --git a/test_unstructured_inference/test_elements.py b/test_unstructured_inference/test_elements.py
index 7b70d35d..cb730335 100644
--- a/test_unstructured_inference/test_elements.py
+++ b/test_unstructured_inference/test_elements.py
@@ -436,3 +436,8 @@ def test_layoutelements_to_list_and_back(test_layoutelements):
         test_layoutelements.element_class_id_map[idx]
         for idx in test_layoutelements.element_class_ids
     ] == [back.element_class_id_map[idx] for idx in back.element_class_ids]
+
+
+def test_layoutelements_from_list_no_elements():
+    back = LayoutElements.from_list(elements=[])
+    assert back.source is None
diff --git a/unstructured_inference/__version__.py b/unstructured_inference/__version__.py
index f7ca6430..6719f022 100644
--- a/unstructured_inference/__version__.py
+++ b/unstructured_inference/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = "0.8.0"  # pragma: no cover
+__version__ = "0.8.1"  # pragma: no cover
diff --git a/unstructured_inference/inference/layoutelement.py b/unstructured_inference/inference/layoutelement.py
index 332df603..f1b40ab4 100644
--- a/unstructured_inference/inference/layoutelement.py
+++ b/unstructured_inference/inference/layoutelement.py
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def from_list(cls, elements: list):
             element_probs=np.array(class_probs),
             element_class_ids=class_ids,
             element_class_id_map=dict(zip(range(len(unique_ids)), unique_ids)),
-            source=elements[0].source,
+            source=elements[0].source if len_ele else None,
         )