diff --git a/theme/pdf/pdf.css b/theme/pdf/pdf.css
index 366785c6..6a00f850 100644
--- a/theme/pdf/pdf.css
+++ b/theme/pdf/pdf.css
@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ figure.smallerthirtyfive img { width: 35%; }
 
 figure.smallerthirty img { width: 30%; }
 
+/*class to adjust the space of code listings to fix page break*/
+pre.c_less_space {
+  margin: 0 0 4pt 17pt;
+  line-height: 110%;
+}
+
+pre.c_less_space2 {
+  margin: 0 0 4pt 17pt;
+  line-height: 105%;
+}
+
 /*----Uncomment to temporarily turn on code-eyballer highlighting (make sure to recomment after you build)
 
 pre {