diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/core.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/core.rkt
index 2c891d87..176de390 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/core.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/core.rkt
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 ;; for JPEG and PNG
 (struct image (label width height obj) #:transparent #:mutable)
 
+;; for page
+(struct margin (top left bottom right) #:transparent #:mutable)
+
 ;; params
 
 (define test-mode (make-parameter #f))
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/document.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/document.rkt
index ddd03e69..58c8c813 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/document.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/document.rkt
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
       (set! @pages (cons (make-object PDFPage this page-parent options-arg) @pages))
       
       ;; reset x and y coordinates
-      (set! @x (hash-ref (get-field margins (page)) 'left))
-      (set! @y (hash-ref (get-field margins (page)) 'top))
+      (set! @x (margin-left (get-field margins (page))))
+      (set! @y (margin-right (get-field margins (page))))
       ;; flip PDF coordinate system so that the origin is in
       ;; the top left rather than the bottom left
       (set! _ctm default-ctm-value)
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/page-test.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/page-test.rkt
index 684319e2..e50f057b 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/page-test.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/page-test.rkt
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
          "document.rkt"
          "page.rkt"
          "reference.rkt"
+         "core.rkt"
          sugar/unstable/js)
 (define p (make-object PDFPage (make-object PDFDocument)))
 (check-equal? (· p size) "letter")
 (check-equal? (· p layout) "portrait")
-(check-equal? (· p margins) '#hasheq((right . 72) (bottom . 72) (left . 72) (top . 72)))
+(check-equal? (· p margins) (margin 72 72 72 72))
 (check-equal? (· p height) 792.0)
 (check-equal? (· p width) 612.0)
 (check-equal? (· p resources payload ProcSet) '("PDF" "Text" "ImageB" "ImageC" "ImageI"))
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/page.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/page.rkt
index 2313f0a9..3fff4b9a 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/page.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/page.rkt
@@ -4,11 +4,10 @@
   racket/contract
   sugar/unstable/class
   sugar/unstable/js
-  sugar/unstable/dict)
+  sugar/unstable/dict
+  "core.rkt")
 
-(provide PDFPage)
-
-(struct margin (top left bottom right) #:transparent #:mutable)
+(provide (all-defined-out))
 
 (define PDFPage
   (class object%
diff --git a/pitfall/pitfall/text.rkt b/pitfall/pitfall/text.rkt
index cb8277c6..44b7f18d 100644
--- a/pitfall/pitfall/text.rkt
+++ b/pitfall/pitfall/text.rkt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
   sugar/unstable/dict
   sugar/list
   racket/promise
-  fontland/glyph-position)
+  fontland/glyph-position
+  "core.rkt")
 (provide text-mixin)
 
 #|
@@ -111,7 +112,7 @@ https://github.com/mbutterick/pdfkit/blob/master/lib/mixins/text.coffee
     ;; wrap to margins if no x or y position passed
     (unless (not (hash-ref options 'lineBreak #t))
       (define margins (· this page margins))
-      (hash-ref! options 'width (λ () (- (· this page width) (· this x) (· margins right)))))
+      (hash-ref! options 'width (λ () (- (· this page width) (· this x) (margin-right margins)))))
 
     (hash-ref! options 'columns 0)
     (hash-ref! options 'columnGap 18) ; 1/4 inch in PS points