diff --git a/doctr/io/elements.py b/doctr/io/elements.py
index 54fa7550c9..81b8f550cc 100644
--- a/doctr/io/elements.py
+++ b/doctr/io/elements.py
@@ -408,9 +408,8 @@ def __init__(
         if geometry is None:
             line_boxes = [word.geometry for line in lines for word in line.words]
             artefact_boxes = [artefact.geometry for artefact in artefacts]
-            box_resolution_fn = (
-                resolve_enclosing_rbbox if isinstance(lines[0].geometry, np.ndarray) else resolve_enclosing_bbox
-            )
+            # Check whether this is a rotated or straight box (geometries read back from an export are lists)
+            box_resolution_fn = resolve_enclosing_rbbox if len(lines[0].geometry) == 4 else resolve_enclosing_bbox
             geometry = box_resolution_fn(line_boxes + artefact_boxes)  # type: ignore
 
         super().__init__(lines=lines, artefacts=artefacts)
diff --git a/tests/common/test_io_elements.py b/tests/common/test_io_elements.py
index 5f0507bc06..5fbfcc94b1 100644
--- a/tests/common/test_io_elements.py
+++ b/tests/common/test_io_elements.py
@@ -442,6 +442,25 @@ def test_block():
     }
 
 
+def test_block_rotated_lines_from_dict():
+    # Rotated geometries read back from an export are nested lists, not numpy arrays
+    polygon = [[0.1, 0.1], [0.4, 0.2], [0.35, 0.4], [0.05, 0.3]]
+    word = elements.Word("hello", 0.9, polygon, 0.9, {"value": 0, "confidence": None})
+    line = elements.Line.from_dict(elements.Line([word], geometry=polygon).export())
+    assert isinstance(line.geometry, list)
+
+    # The block geometry is resolved as a rotated box, not as a straight one
+    block = elements.Block([line])
+    assert np.asarray(block.geometry).shape == (4, 2)
+
+    # Exporting a page loaded from a dict keeps the rotated block geometry
+    page = elements.Page(np.zeros((10, 10, 3), dtype=np.uint8), [elements.Block([line])], 0, (10, 10))
+    exported = json.loads(json.dumps(page.export()))
+    reloaded = elements.Page.from_dict(exported).export()
+    assert np.asarray(reloaded["blocks"][0]["geometry"]).shape == (4, 2)
+    np.testing.assert_allclose(reloaded["blocks"][0]["geometry"], exported["blocks"][0]["geometry"], atol=1e-6)
+
+
 def test_page():
     page = np.zeros((300, 200, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
     page_idx = 0