diff --git a/cluster.py b/cluster.py
index 4138bcb..5ddf250 100644
--- a/cluster.py
+++ b/cluster.py
@@ -91,10 +91,14 @@ class Chars:
          original_reader = pypdf.PdfReader(self.path)
          modified_writer = pypdf.PdfWriter()
          modified_page = original_reader.pages[self.page.page_number-1]
-         modified_page.mediabox.upper_right = (bounds.x0, bounds.y0)
-         modified_page.mediabox.upper_left  = (bounds.x1, bounds.y0)
-         modified_page.mediabox.lower_right = (bounds.x0, bounds.y1)
-         modified_page.mediabox.lower_left  = (bounds.x1, bounds.y1)
+         modified_page.trimbox.upper_right = (bounds.x0, bounds.y0)
+         modified_page.trimbox.upper_left  = (bounds.x1, bounds.y0)
+         modified_page.trimbox.lower_right = (bounds.x0, bounds.y1)
+         modified_page.trimbox.lower_left  = (bounds.x1, bounds.y1)
+         modified_page.cropbox.upper_right = (bounds.x0, bounds.y0)
+         modified_page.cropbox.upper_left  = (bounds.x1, bounds.y0)
+         modified_page.cropbox.lower_right = (bounds.x0, bounds.y1)
+         modified_page.cropbox.lower_left  = (bounds.x1, bounds.y1)
          modified_writer.add_page(modified_page)
          modified_path = "{}/{}-{:03d}-{}.modified.pdf".format(
             config.TEMP_DIR,
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 1de3801..0017fdf 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import pdfplumber
 from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool
 import pypdf
 import queue
+import subprocess
 
 def main():
    de_column_ify()
@@ -30,14 +31,21 @@ def de_column_ify():
                #if got_i.chars:
                #   debug.debug_show(debug.debug_im(got_i.page))
 
+   log("merging", len(cropped_pages), "de-column-ified pages")
    cropped_pages = sorted(cropped_pages)
    writer = pypdf.PdfWriter()
    for cropped_page in cropped_pages:
       with open(cropped_page[1], "rb") as f:
          reader = pypdf.PdfReader(f)
          writer.add_page(reader.pages[0])
-   with open(config.INPUT + ".de_column_ified.pdf", "wb") as f:
+   log("dumping de-column-ified pages")
+   fat_output = f'{config.TEMP_DIR}/{config.INPUT.split("/")[-1]}.de_column_ified.pdf'
+   with open(fat_output, "wb") as f:
       writer.write(f)
+   output = f'{config.INPUT}.de-column-ified.pdf'
+   log("shrinking de-column-ified pages")
+   subprocess.run(f"gs -q -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile='{output}' '{fat_output}'", shell=True)
+   log(output)
 
 def de_columnify_page(q, path, page):
    for _ in range(3):