diff --git a/scraibe/email_sender.py b/scraibe/email_sender.py
index 7ca9bfb..47d50b6 100644
--- a/scraibe/email_sender.py
+++ b/scraibe/email_sender.py
@@ -464,8 +464,8 @@ def create_transcript_docx(text: str, filename: str):
     # Configure section properties (margins, no built-in line numbering)
     _create_transcript_section_properties(doc.sections[0])
 
-    # Max characters per visual line (for 12pt Courier, 1" margins)
-    max_chars = 60
+    # Max characters per visual line (content only; total line including line number and spaces <= 60)
+    max_chars = 48
 
     # Lines per page before restarting numbering
     lines_per_page = 29