diff --git a/src/lib/pdf-pleading.ts b/src/lib/pdf-pleading.ts
index 48726ad..204685f 100644
--- a/src/lib/pdf-pleading.ts
+++ b/src/lib/pdf-pleading.ts
@@ -46,9 +46,10 @@ function tokenize(node: Node, style: Style, out: Token[]) {
   el.childNodes.forEach((c) => tokenize(c, next, out));
 }
 
-function alignOf(el: Element): Block extends { align: infer A } ? A : never {
+type Align = "left" | "center" | "right" | "justify";
+function alignOf(el: Element): Align {
   const ta = (el.getAttribute("style") || "").match(/text-align:\s*(left|center|right|justify)/i)?.[1]?.toLowerCase();
-  return (ta as any) || "left";
+  return (ta as Align) || "left";
 }
 
 function htmlToBlocks(html: string): Block[] {
@@ -237,7 +238,7 @@ export async function downloadPleadingPdf(input: PleadingInput, filename: string
     : (input.body || "").split("\n").map<Block>((line) => ({ kind: "para", align: "left", tokens: [{ text: line, style: {} }] }));
 
   for (const block of blocks) {
-    if (block.kind === "spacer") { y += LINE_H; continue; }
+    if (block.kind === "spacer" || block.kind === "rule") { y += LINE_H; continue; }
 
     if (block.kind === "list-item") {
       const indent = 24 + block.level * 24;