diff --git a/dist/style.css b/dist/style.css
index 7d792fa..54d3169 100644
--- a/dist/style.css
+++ b/dist/style.css
@@ -679,7 +679,7 @@ th {
 /* ------------------ HEADERS ------------------- */
 #page-header {
   background: #2aa198 url("img/background.png") center bottom repeat-x;
-  height: 15rem;
+  height: 16.5rem;
   border-top: 6px solid #073642;
   padding-left: 4.5rem;
   padding-right: 4.5rem; }
@@ -794,10 +794,11 @@ body {
 
 footer {
   color: #fdf6e3;
-  margin-top: 1.5em;
+  margin-top: 1.5rem;
   padding-left: 4.5rem;
   padding-right: 4.5rem;
-  font-size: 0.8rem !important; }
+  font-size: 0.8rem !important;
+  padding-bottom: 1.5rem; }
 
 /* social media */
 ul.social {
diff --git a/src/scss/_global.scss b/src/scss/_global.scss
index 590e056..570c0b1 100644
--- a/src/scss/_global.scss
+++ b/src/scss/_global.scss
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 #page-header {
     background: $color-turquoise url('img/background.png') center bottom repeat-x;
-    height:10*$lineheight;
+    height:11*$lineheight;
     border-top: 6px solid $color-dark2;
     @include container-big();
 }
@@ -161,9 +161,10 @@ body {
 
 footer {
     color: $color-footer-text;
-    margin-top:1.5em;
+    margin-top:1.5rem;
     @include container-big();
     font-size: 0.8rem!important;
+    padding-bottom:1.5rem;
 }
 
 /* social media */