diff --git a/css/style.css b/css/style.css
index f9fd25a..520e88c 100644
--- a/css/style.css
+++ b/css/style.css
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 }
 
 body {
-    width: 800px;
+    max-width: 800px;
     font-family: "code_new_romanregular", Monospace, sans-serif;
     font-size: 11pt;
-    margin: 0px auto 0px auto;
+    padding-left: 2ch;
+    padding-right: 3ch; /* for scrollbar */
+    margin: 0 auto;
 	background-color: #fdf6e3;
 	color: #586e75; /*base01*/
 }
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ ul#projects {
 }
 
 #footer {
-	width: 800px;
+	max-width: 800px;
 	margin: 0 auto;
 	padding-top: 40px;
 	padding-bottom: 20px;