diff --git a/scraibe/docx_cover.py b/scraibe/docx_cover.py
index 0ca9c35..686b696 100644
--- a/scraibe/docx_cover.py
+++ b/scraibe/docx_cover.py
@@ -58,15 +58,7 @@ def _add_blank_lines(doc: Document, count: int):
 def _add_page_break(doc: Document):
     """Insert a page break paragraph to force next content to page 2."""
     p = doc.add_paragraph()
-    pPr = p._p.get_or_add_pPr()
-    # Clean existing formatting
-    for child in list(pPr):
-        tag = child.tag.split("}")[-1] if "}" in child.tag else child.tag
-        if tag in ("tabs", "spacing", "ind"):
-            pPr.remove(child)
-    page_break = OxmlElement("w:pageBreak")
-    page_break.set("{http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main}val", "1")
-    pPr.append(page_break)
+    p.paragraph_format.page_break_before = True
 
 
 def add_cover_page(