diff --git a/scraibe/email_sender.py b/scraibe/email_sender.py
index 7ab12fc..5416ef4 100644
--- a/scraibe/email_sender.py
+++ b/scraibe/email_sender.py
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ def create_transcript_docx(text: str, filename: str):
     max_chars = 58
 
     # Lines per page before restarting numbering
-    lines_per_page = 32
+    lines_per_page = 29
 
     # Current line counter for visual lines
     line_number = 0
@@ -472,21 +472,21 @@ def create_transcript_docx(text: str, filename: str):
     def ensure_new_page_if_needed():
         nonlocal line_number
         if line_number >= lines_per_page:
-            # Insert a page break paragraph
+            # Insert a page break paragraph (no line number, no text)
             p_break = doc.add_paragraph()
-            # Page break via rPr: no line number, no text
             pPr = p_break._p.get_or_add_pPr()
-            # Clear any existing line-related props
+
+            # Clear any inherited 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)
-            # Add a page break run
-            r = p_break.add_run()
-            rPr = r._r.get_or_add_rPr()
-            br = OxmlElement("w:br")
-            br.set("{http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main}type", "page")
-            rPr.append(br)
+
+            # Standard page break via paragraph property
+            page_break = OxmlElement("w:pageBreak")
+            page_break.set("{http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main}val", "1")
+            pPr.append(page_break)
+
             # Reset line counter for new page
             line_number = 0