diff --git a/scraibe/email_sender.py b/scraibe/email_sender.py
index 0a97cf3..da1d244 100644
--- a/scraibe/email_sender.py
+++ b/scraibe/email_sender.py
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ def create_transcript_docx(text: str, filename: str):
     section.bottom_margin = Inches(1.0)
 
     # Enable continuous line numbering on the left
-    sectPr = section._element
+    sectPr = section._sectPr
     lnNumType = sectPr.find(qn("w:lnNumType"))
     if lnNumType is None:
         lnNumType = OxmlElement("w:lnNumType")