diff --git a/src/ui/documentwidget.c b/src/ui/documentwidget.c
index 599ca53e..ef8d5ff3 100644
--- a/src/ui/documentwidget.c
+++ b/src/ui/documentwidget.c
@@ -327,14 +327,18 @@ static iRect documentBounds_DocumentWidget_(const iDocumentWidget *d) {
     rect.pos.x  = mid_Rect(bounds).x - rect.size.x / 2;
     rect.pos.y  = top_Rect(bounds);
     rect.size.y = height_Rect(bounds) - margin;
-    if (!hasSiteBanner_GmDocument(d->doc)) {
+    const iGmRun *banner = siteBanner_GmDocument(d->doc);
+    if (!banner) {
         rect.pos.y += margin;
         rect.size.y -= margin;
     }
     const iInt2 docSize = size_GmDocument(d->doc);
     if (docSize.y < rect.size.y) {
-        /* Center vertically if short. */
-        int offset = (rect.size.y - docSize.y) / 2;
+        /* Center vertically if short. There is one empty paragraph line's worth of margin
+           between the banner and the page contents. */
+        const int bannerHeight = banner ? height_Rect(banner->visBounds) : 0;
+        int offset = iMax(0, (rect.size.y + margin - docSize.y - bannerHeight -
+                              lineHeight_Text(paragraph_FontId)) / 2);
         rect.pos.y += offset;
         rect.size.y = docSize.y;
     }