diff --git a/pdf_cleaner.py b/pdf_cleaner.py
index 0f7c1a0..ceaa31f 100755
--- a/pdf_cleaner.py
+++ b/pdf_cleaner.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class Settings:
     TRIM_PADDING_PIXELS = 20
     MONOCHROME_THRESHOLD = 127
     OPTIPNG_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL = 7
+    PDF_BORDER_SIZE = 50
 
 settings = Settings()
 
@@ -379,9 +380,21 @@ def finalize(output_pdf):
     
     print(f"Combining {len(temp_files)} pages into {output_pdf}...")
     
-    # Convert to PDF
+    # A4 size in millimeters
+    A4_WIDTH_MM = 210
+    A4_HEIGHT_MM = 297
+    
+    # Convert to PDF with border
     with open(output_pdf, "wb") as f:
-        f.write(img2pdf.convert(temp_files))
+        f.write(img2pdf.convert(
+            temp_files,
+            with_pdfrw=True,
+            layout_fun=img2pdf.get_layout_fun(
+                pagesize=(img2pdf.mm_to_pt(A4_WIDTH_MM), img2pdf.mm_to_pt(A4_HEIGHT_MM)),
+                border=(settings.PDF_BORDER_SIZE,) * 4,  # Same border size for all sides (top, right, bottom, left)
+                fit=img2pdf.FitMode.into
+            )
+        ))
     
     # Clean up temporary files
     print("Cleaning up temporary files...")
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index a7785d4..6d40474 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ DEFAULT_PARALLEL_PROCESSES = max(1, multiprocessing.cpu_count() - 1)
 # Can be overridden by environment variable
 PARALLEL_PROCESSES = int(os.getenv('NOTES_CLEANER_PARALLEL_PROCESSES', DEFAULT_PARALLEL_PROCESSES))
 
+# Border size in pixels for the final PDF output
+PDF_BORDER_SIZE = 50
+
 # Optimization settings
 OPTIPNG_OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL = int(os.getenv('NOTES_CLEANER_OPTIPNG_LEVEL', '7'))  # 0-7, higher = better compression but slower
 TRIM_PADDING_PIXELS = int(os.getenv('NOTES_CLEANER_TRIM_PADDING', '20'))  # Padding around content after trimming