diff --git a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
index f3c0d2a77..2a1673004 100644
--- a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
+++ b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 
 #### Improvements 🧹
 
+- PDF exports now support external links on shapes [#891](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/issues/891)
+
 #### Bugfixes ⛑️
+
+- Fixes a regression where PNG backgrounds could be cut off in the appendix. [#941](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/941)
+- Fixes zooming not working in watch mode. [#944](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/944)
diff --git a/ci/sub b/ci/sub
index 519828001..690bc39e5 160000
--- a/ci/sub
+++ b/ci/sub
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 5198280010adc30aabb611579579916abfe20a45
+Subproject commit 690bc39e545cae76314fa32effe343a088e2a52e
diff --git a/d2cli/main.go b/d2cli/main.go
index 6d928f7d1..11f534569 100644
--- a/d2cli/main.go
+++ b/d2cli/main.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -488,7 +489,16 @@ func renderPDF(ctx context.Context, ms *xmain.State, plugin d2plugin.Plugin, ske
 			return svg, err
 		}
 
-		err = pdf.AddPDFPage(pngImg, currBoardPath, themeID, rootFill)
+		viewboxSlice := appendix.FindViewboxSlice(svg)
+		viewboxX, err := strconv.ParseFloat(viewboxSlice[0], 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return svg, err
+		}
+		viewboxY, err := strconv.ParseFloat(viewboxSlice[1], 64)
+		if err != nil {
+			return svg, err
+		}
+		err = pdf.AddPDFPage(pngImg, currBoardPath, themeID, rootFill, diagram.Shapes, pad, viewboxX, viewboxY)
 		if err != nil {
 			return svg, err
 		}
diff --git a/d2cli/static/watch.css b/d2cli/static/watch.css
index e89729739..3e389ddbb 100644
--- a/d2cli/static/watch.css
+++ b/d2cli/static/watch.css
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-body {
-  margin: 0;
-}
-
-#d2-svg-container > svg {
-  position: absolute;
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 100%;
-}
-
 #d2-err {
   /* This style was copied from Chrome's svg parser error style. */
   white-space: pre-wrap;
diff --git a/d2cli/static/watch.js b/d2cli/static/watch.js
index 1b21f801f..156a2992d 100644
--- a/d2cli/static/watch.js
+++ b/d2cli/static/watch.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ function init(reconnectDelay) {
   const ws = new WebSocket(
     `ws://${window.location.host}${window.location.pathname}watch`
   );
+  let isInit = true;
+  let ratio;
   ws.onopen = () => {
     reconnectDelay = 1000;
     console.info("watch websocket opened");
@@ -31,6 +33,29 @@ function init(reconnectDelay) {
       // setting innerHTML to only the actual svg innards. However then you also need to parse
       // out the width, height and viewbox out of the top level SVG tag and update those manually.
       d2SVG.innerHTML = msg.svg;
+
+      const svgEl = d2SVG.querySelector("#d2-svg");
+      // just use inner SVG in watch mode
+      svgEl.parentElement.replaceWith(svgEl);
+      let width = parseInt(svgEl.getAttribute("width"), 10);
+      let height = parseInt(svgEl.getAttribute("height"), 10);
+      if (isInit) {
+        if (width > height) {
+          if (width > window.innerWidth) {
+            ratio = window.innerWidth / width;
+          }
+        } else if (height > window.innerHeight) {
+          ratio = window.innerHeight / height;
+        }
+        // Scale svg fit to zoom
+        isInit = false;
+      }
+      if (ratio) {
+        // body padding is 8px
+        svgEl.setAttribute("width", width * ratio - 16);
+        svgEl.setAttribute("height", height * ratio - 16);
+      }
+
       d2ErrDiv.style.display = "none";
     }
     if (msg.err) {
diff --git a/d2renderers/d2svg/appendix/appendix.go b/d2renderers/d2svg/appendix/appendix.go
index 3cb6a48a1..ce882cb59 100644
--- a/d2renderers/d2svg/appendix/appendix.go
+++ b/d2renderers/d2svg/appendix/appendix.go
@@ -52,6 +52,14 @@ const (
 var viewboxRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`viewBox=\"([0-9\- ]+)\"`)
 var widthRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`width=\"([.0-9]+)\"`)
 var heightRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`height=\"([.0-9]+)\"`)
+var svgRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`<svg(.*?)>`)
+
+func FindViewboxSlice(svg []byte) []string {
+	viewboxMatches := viewboxRegex.FindAllStringSubmatch(string(svg), 2)
+	viewboxMatch := viewboxMatches[1]
+	viewboxRaw := viewboxMatch[1]
+	return strings.Split(viewboxRaw, " ")
+}
 
 func Append(diagram *d2target.Diagram, ruler *textmeasure.Ruler, in []byte) []byte {
 	svg := string(in)
@@ -91,14 +99,22 @@ func Append(diagram *d2target.Diagram, ruler *textmeasure.Ruler, in []byte) []by
 	newOuterViewbox := fmt.Sprintf(`viewBox="0 0 %d %d"`, viewboxWidth, viewboxHeight)
 	newViewbox := fmt.Sprintf(`viewBox="%s %s %s %s"`, viewboxSlice[0], viewboxSlice[1], strconv.Itoa(viewboxWidth), strconv.Itoa(viewboxHeight))
 
-	widthMatches := widthRegex.FindAllStringSubmatch(svg, 2)
-	heightMatches := heightRegex.FindAllStringSubmatch(svg, 2)
+	dimensionsToUpdate := 2
+	outerSVG := svgRegex.FindString(svg)
+	// if outer svg has dimensions set we also need to update it
+	if widthRegex.FindString(outerSVG) != "" {
+		dimensionsToUpdate++
+	}
+
+	// update 1st 3 matches of width and height 1st is outer svg (if dimensions are set), 2nd inner svg, 3rd is background color rect
+	widthMatches := widthRegex.FindAllStringSubmatch(svg, dimensionsToUpdate)
+	heightMatches := heightRegex.FindAllStringSubmatch(svg, dimensionsToUpdate)
 	newWidth := fmt.Sprintf(`width="%s"`, strconv.Itoa(viewboxWidth))
 	newHeight := fmt.Sprintf(`height="%s"`, strconv.Itoa(viewboxHeight))
 
 	svg = strings.Replace(svg, viewboxMatches[0][0], newOuterViewbox, 1)
 	svg = strings.Replace(svg, viewboxMatch[0], newViewbox, 1)
-	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
+	for i := 0; i < dimensionsToUpdate; i++ {
 		svg = strings.Replace(svg, widthMatches[i][0], newWidth, 1)
 		svg = strings.Replace(svg, heightMatches[i][0], newHeight, 1)
 	}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c75007881..34b2a85ea 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ require (
 	golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20220907171357-04be3eba64a2
 	gonum.org/v1/plot v0.12.0
 	nhooyr.io/websocket v1.8.7
-	oss.terrastruct.com/util-go v0.0.0-20230228050345-d1fed4d6be62
+	oss.terrastruct.com/util-go v0.0.0-20230301015829-35b30391c74d
 )
 
 require (
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 4addedab4..4c1b4fb99 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -277,6 +277,6 @@ honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190102054323-c2f93a96b099/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWh
 honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190523083050-ea95bdfd59fc/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 nhooyr.io/websocket v1.8.7 h1:usjR2uOr/zjjkVMy0lW+PPohFok7PCow5sDjLgX4P4g=
 nhooyr.io/websocket v1.8.7/go.mod h1:B70DZP8IakI65RVQ51MsWP/8jndNma26DVA/nFSCgW0=
-oss.terrastruct.com/util-go v0.0.0-20230228050345-d1fed4d6be62 h1:XQZNMkHQr2q1eJIcHcgja29X04oDG8SqqdICCgxe5Bk=
-oss.terrastruct.com/util-go v0.0.0-20230228050345-d1fed4d6be62/go.mod h1:Fwy72FDIOOM4K8F96ScXkxHHppR1CPfUyo9+x9c1PBU=
+oss.terrastruct.com/util-go v0.0.0-20230301015829-35b30391c74d h1:+1Bp2bYA7bieedJuqbiwOLhnMs6GQQLB4sNX7BcDbSQ=
+oss.terrastruct.com/util-go v0.0.0-20230301015829-35b30391c74d/go.mod h1:Fwy72FDIOOM4K8F96ScXkxHHppR1CPfUyo9+x9c1PBU=
 rsc.io/pdf v0.1.1 h1:k1MczvYDUvJBe93bYd7wrZLLUEcLZAuF824/I4e5Xr4=
diff --git a/lib/pdf/pdf.go b/lib/pdf/pdf.go
index 7cfc9b0b1..f92d9a197 100644
--- a/lib/pdf/pdf.go
+++ b/lib/pdf/pdf.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf"
 
 	"oss.terrastruct.com/d2/d2renderers/d2fonts"
+	"oss.terrastruct.com/d2/d2target"
 	"oss.terrastruct.com/d2/d2themes"
 	"oss.terrastruct.com/d2/d2themes/d2themescatalog"
 	"oss.terrastruct.com/d2/lib/color"
@@ -19,13 +20,13 @@ type GoFPDF struct {
 
 func Init() *GoFPDF {
 	newGofPDF := gofpdf.NewCustom(&gofpdf.InitType{
-		UnitStr: "in",
+		UnitStr: "pt",
 	})
 
 	newGofPDF.AddUTF8FontFromBytes("source", "", d2fonts.FontFaces[d2fonts.SourceSansPro.Font(0, d2fonts.FONT_STYLE_REGULAR)])
 	newGofPDF.AddUTF8FontFromBytes("source", "B", d2fonts.FontFaces[d2fonts.SourceSansPro.Font(0, d2fonts.FONT_STYLE_BOLD)])
 	newGofPDF.SetAutoPageBreak(false, 0)
-	newGofPDF.SetLineWidth(0.05)
+	newGofPDF.SetLineWidth(2)
 	newGofPDF.SetMargins(0, 0, 0)
 
 	fpdf := GoFPDF{
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ func (g *GoFPDF) GetFillRGB(themeID int64, fill string) (color.RGB, error) {
 	return color.Hex2RGB(fill)
 }
 
-func (g *GoFPDF) AddPDFPage(png []byte, boardPath []string, themeID int64, fill string) error {
+func (g *GoFPDF) AddPDFPage(png []byte, boardPath []string, themeID int64, fill string, shapes []d2target.Shape, pad int64, viewboxX, viewboxY float64) error {
 	var opt gofpdf.ImageOptions
 	opt.ImageType = "png"
 	imageInfo := g.pdf.RegisterImageOptionsReader(strings.Join(boardPath, "/"), opt, bytes.NewReader(png))
@@ -73,10 +74,10 @@ func (g *GoFPDF) AddPDFPage(png []byte, boardPath []string, themeID int64, fill
 
 	g.pdf.SetFont("source", "B", 14)
 	pathString := strings.Join(boardPath, "  /  ")
-	headerMargin := 0.3
+	headerMargin := 28.0
 	headerWidth := g.pdf.GetStringWidth(pathString) + 2*headerMargin
 
-	minPageDimension := 6.0
+	minPageDimension := 576.0
 	pageWidth = math.Max(math.Max(minPageDimension, imageWidth), headerWidth)
 	pageHeight = math.Max(minPageDimension, imageHeight)
 
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ func (g *GoFPDF) AddPDFPage(png []byte, boardPath []string, themeID int64, fill
 	}
 
 	// Add page
-	headerHeight := 0.75
+	headerHeight := 72.0
 	g.pdf.AddPageFormat("", gofpdf.SizeType{Wd: pageWidth, Ht: pageHeight + headerHeight})
 
 	// Draw header
@@ -117,17 +118,30 @@ func (g *GoFPDF) AddPDFPage(png []byte, boardPath []string, themeID int64, fill
 	g.pdf.CellFormat(pageWidth-prefixWidth-headerMargin, headerHeight, boardName, "", 0, "", false, 0, "")
 
 	// Draw image
-	g.pdf.ImageOptions(strings.Join(boardPath, "/"), (pageWidth-imageWidth)/2, headerHeight+(pageHeight-imageHeight)/2, imageWidth, imageHeight, false, opt, 0, "")
+	imageX := (pageWidth - imageWidth) / 2
+	imageY := headerHeight + (pageHeight-imageHeight)/2
+	g.pdf.ImageOptions(strings.Join(boardPath, "/"), imageX, imageY, imageWidth, imageHeight, false, opt, 0, "")
+
+	// Draw external links
+	for _, shape := range shapes {
+		if shape.Link != "" {
+			linkX := imageX + float64(shape.Pos.X) - viewboxX - float64(shape.StrokeWidth)
+			linkY := imageY + float64(shape.Pos.Y) - viewboxY - float64(shape.StrokeWidth)
+			linkWidth := float64(shape.Width) + float64(shape.StrokeWidth*2)
+			linkHeight := float64(shape.Height) + float64(shape.StrokeWidth*2)
+			g.pdf.LinkString(linkX, linkY, linkWidth, linkHeight, shape.Link)
+		}
+	}
 
 	// Draw header/img seperator
 	g.pdf.SetXY(headerMargin, headerHeight)
-	g.pdf.SetLineWidth(0.01)
+	g.pdf.SetLineWidth(1)
 	if fillRGB.IsLight() {
 		g.pdf.SetDrawColor(10, 15, 37) // steel-900
 	} else {
 		g.pdf.SetDrawColor(255, 255, 255)
 	}
-	g.pdf.CellFormat(pageWidth-(headerMargin*2), 0.01, "", "T", 0, "", false, 0, "")
+	g.pdf.CellFormat(pageWidth-(headerMargin*2), 1, "", "T", 0, "", false, 0, "")
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/lib/version/version.go b/lib/version/version.go
index a67077ab1..70b2d0474 100644
--- a/lib/version/version.go
+++ b/lib/version/version.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 package version
 
 // Pre-built binaries will have version set correctly during build time.
-var Version = "v0.2.1-HEAD"
+var Version = "v0.2.2-HEAD"