diff --git a/d2cli/main.go b/d2cli/main.go
index ca5f347eb..76596cdd3 100644
--- a/d2cli/main.go
+++ b/d2cli/main.go
@@ -284,8 +284,7 @@ func compile(ctx context.Context, ms *xmain.State, plugin d2plugin.Plugin, sketc
 
 	var svg []byte
 	if filepath.Ext(outputPath) == ".pdf" {
-		// svg, err = renderPDF(ctx, ms, plugin, sketch, pad, themeID, outputPath, page, ruler, diagram, nil, nil)
-		svg, err = renderPDF(ctx, ms, plugin, sketch, 0, themeID, outputPath, page, ruler, diagram, nil, nil)
+		svg, err = renderPDF(ctx, ms, plugin, sketch, pad, themeID, outputPath, page, ruler, diagram, nil, nil)
 	} else {
 		compileDur := time.Since(start)
 		svg, err = render(ctx, ms, compileDur, plugin, sketch, pad, themeID, darkThemeID, inputPath, outputPath, bundle, forceAppendix, page, ruler, diagram)
@@ -378,11 +377,12 @@ func render(ctx context.Context, ms *xmain.State, compileDur time.Duration, plug
 func _render(ctx context.Context, ms *xmain.State, plugin d2plugin.Plugin, sketch bool, pad int64, themeID int64, darkThemeID *int64, outputPath string, bundle, forceAppendix bool, page playwright.Page, ruler *textmeasure.Ruler, diagram *d2target.Diagram) ([]byte, error) {
 	toPNG := filepath.Ext(outputPath) == ".png"
 	svg, err := d2svg.Render(diagram, &d2svg.RenderOpts{
-		Pad:           int(pad),
-		Sketch:        sketch,
-		ThemeID:       themeID,
-		DarkThemeID:   darkThemeID,
-		SetDimensions: toPNG,
+		Pad:         int(pad),
+		Sketch:      sketch,
+		ThemeID:     themeID,
+		DarkThemeID: darkThemeID,
+		// SetDimensions: toPNG,
+		SetDimensions: true,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ func renderPDF(ctx context.Context, ms *xmain.State, plugin d2plugin.Plugin, ske
 			return svg, err
 		}
 
-		err = pdf.AddPDFPage(pngImg, currBoardPath, themeID, rootFill, diagram.Shapes, pad)
+		viewboxSlice := appendix.FindViewboxSlice(svg)
+		err = pdf.AddPDFPage(pngImg, currBoardPath, themeID, rootFill, diagram.Shapes, pad, viewboxSlice)
 		if err != nil {
 			return svg, err
 		}
diff --git a/d2renderers/d2svg/appendix/appendix.go b/d2renderers/d2svg/appendix/appendix.go
index 3cb6a48a1..ede8a0f2e 100644
--- a/d2renderers/d2svg/appendix/appendix.go
+++ b/d2renderers/d2svg/appendix/appendix.go
@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ var viewboxRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`viewBox=\"([0-9\- ]+)\"`)
 var widthRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`width=\"([.0-9]+)\"`)
 var heightRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`height=\"([.0-9]+)\"`)
 
+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)
 
diff --git a/lib/pdf/pdf.go b/lib/pdf/pdf.go
index 4285f0100..6ad5cd1e9 100644
--- a/lib/pdf/pdf.go
+++ b/lib/pdf/pdf.go
@@ -3,13 +3,12 @@ package pdf
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"math"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/jung-kurt/gofpdf"
 
 	"oss.terrastruct.com/d2/d2renderers/d2fonts"
-	"oss.terrastruct.com/d2/d2renderers/d2svg/appendix"
 	"oss.terrastruct.com/d2/d2target"
 	"oss.terrastruct.com/d2/d2themes"
 	"oss.terrastruct.com/d2/d2themes/d2themescatalog"
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ 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, shapes []d2target.Shape, pad int64) error {
+func (g *GoFPDF) AddPDFPage(png []byte, boardPath []string, themeID int64, fill string, shapes []d2target.Shape, pad int64, viewboxSlice []string) error {
 	var opt gofpdf.ImageOptions
 	opt.ImageType = "png"
 	imageInfo := g.pdf.RegisterImageOptionsReader(strings.Join(boardPath, "/"), opt, bytes.NewReader(png))
@@ -79,7 +78,8 @@ func (g *GoFPDF) AddPDFPage(png []byte, boardPath []string, themeID int64, fill
 	headerMargin := 28.0
 	headerWidth := g.pdf.GetStringWidth(pathString) + 2*headerMargin
 
-	minPageDimension := 576.0
+	// minPageDimension := 576.0
+	minPageDimension := 0.0
 	pageWidth = math.Max(math.Max(minPageDimension, imageWidth), headerWidth)
 	pageHeight = math.Max(minPageDimension, imageHeight)
 
@@ -120,31 +120,38 @@ 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 := (pageWidth-imageWidth)/2 + float64(pad/2) + float64(shape.Pos.X)
-			linkY := (pageHeight-imageHeight)/2 + float64(pad/2) + float64(shape.Pos.Y) + appendix.ICON_RADIUS/2 + headerHeight
-			linkWidth := float64(shape.Width)
-			linkHeight := float64(shape.Height)
-			spew.Dump("X", linkX, "Y", linkY)
-			spew.Dump("w", linkWidth, "h", linkHeight)
-			spew.Dump("pw", pageWidth, "pwh", pageHeight)
+			viewboxX, err := strconv.ParseFloat(viewboxSlice[0], 64)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			viewboxY, err := strconv.ParseFloat(viewboxSlice[1], 64)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			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
 }