diff --git a/cpdftexttopdf.ml b/cpdftexttopdf.ml
index a5319fe..d7d0618 100644
--- a/cpdftexttopdf.ml
+++ b/cpdftexttopdf.ml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ let typeset ~font ~fontsize text =
   let f = (Pdftext.StandardFont (font, Pdftext.WinAnsiEncoding), fontsize) in
   let pages =
     Cpdftype.typeset
-      20. 20. 20. 20. Pdfpaper.a4 pdf ([Cpdftype.Font f] @ of_utf8_with_newlines (Pdfio.string_of_bytes text))
+      20. 20. 20. 20. Pdfpaper.a4 pdf ([Cpdftype.Font f; Cpdftype.BeginDocument] @ of_utf8_with_newlines (Pdfio.string_of_bytes text))
   in
     let pdf, pageroot = Pdfpage.add_pagetree pages pdf in
       Pdfpage.add_root pageroot [] pdf
diff --git a/cpdftoc.ml b/cpdftoc.ml
index c7f309b..2db1dd0 100644
--- a/cpdftoc.ml
+++ b/cpdftoc.ml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ let typeset_table_of_contents ~font ~fontsize ~title ~bookmark pdf =
           (cminx +. margin, (pmaxx -. cmaxx) +. margin, cminy +. margin, (pmaxy -. cmaxy) +. margin)
     in
       Cpdftype.typeset lm rm tm bm firstpage_papersize pdf
-        ([Cpdftype.Font big] @ title @
+        ([Cpdftype.Font big; Cpdftype.BeginDocument] @ title @
           [Cpdftype.VGlue {glen = fontsize *. 2.; gstretch = 0.};
            Cpdftype.Font (f, fs)] @ flatten lines)
   in
diff --git a/cpdftype.ml b/cpdftype.ml
index 889cb10..a2c242f 100644
--- a/cpdftype.ml
+++ b/cpdftype.ml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ type element =
 | Font of (Pdftext.font * float)
 | BeginDest of Pdfdest.t
 | EndDest
+| BeginDocument
 
 let to_string_elt = function
   | Text t -> implode t
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ let to_string_elt = function
   | Font _ -> "Font"
   | BeginDest _ -> "BeginDest"
   | EndDest -> "EndDest"
+  | BeginDocument -> "BeginDocument"
 
 let to_string es = fold_left (fun a b -> a ^ "\n" ^ b) "" (map to_string_elt es)
 
@@ -251,7 +253,9 @@ let typeset lmargin rmargin tmargin bmargin papersize pdf i =
         ops := [];
         if s.font <> None then typeset_element (Font (unopt s.font, s.fontsize));
         s.xpos <- lmargin;
-        s.ypos <- tmargin
+        s.ypos <- tmargin +. s.fontsize
+    | BeginDocument ->
+        s.ypos <- tmargin +. s.fontsize
     | BeginDest dest ->
         s.dest <- Some dest
     | EndDest ->
diff --git a/cpdftype.mli b/cpdftype.mli
index ed5c03f..00c96ba 100644
--- a/cpdftype.mli
+++ b/cpdftype.mli
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ type element =
 | Font of (Pdftext.font * float)
 | BeginDest of Pdfdest.t
 | EndDest
+| BeginDocument
 
 type t = element list