diff --git a/scraibe/email_sender.py b/scraibe/email_sender.py
index 71ca496..81df5e3 100644
--- a/scraibe/email_sender.py
+++ b/scraibe/email_sender.py
@@ -539,18 +539,11 @@ def create_transcript_docx(text: str, filename: str, summary_text: str = ""):
         for line_num, line_text in enumerate(page_lines, start=1):
             _add_transcript_paragraph(doc, line_text, line_number=line_num)
 
-    # Step 5: If summary_text provided, append it with page break
+    # Step 5: If summary_text provided, append it with a hard page break
     if summary_text and summary_text.strip():
-        # Page break after transcript
+        # Hard page break after transcript
         p_break = doc.add_paragraph()
-        pPr = p_break._p.get_or_add_pPr()
-        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_break.paragraph_format.page_break_before = True
 
         # Centered "SUMMARY" title
         title_p = doc.add_paragraph()