diff --git a/lib.typ b/lib.typ
index 7ff1ce3..ec0e58f 100644
--- a/lib.typ
+++ b/lib.typ
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@
   language: "en",
   font: ("Source Sans Pro", "Source Sans 3"),
   header-font: ("Roboto"),
+  paper-size: "a4",
   body,
 ) = {
   if type(accent-color) == "string" {
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@
   )
   
   set page(
-    paper: "a4",
+    paper: paper-size,
     margin: (left: 15mm, right: 15mm, top: 10mm, bottom: 10mm),
     footer: if show-footer [#__resume_footer(
         author,
@@ -569,6 +570,7 @@
   font: ("Source Sans Pro", "Source Sans 3"),
   show-footer: true,
   closing: none,
+  paper-size: "a4",
   body,
 ) = {
   if type(accent-color) == "string" {
@@ -599,7 +601,7 @@
   )
   
   set page(
-    paper: "a4",
+    paper: paper-size,
     margin: (left: 15mm, right: 15mm, top: 10mm, bottom: 10mm),
     footer: if show-footer [#__coverletter_footer(
         author,
diff --git a/template/coverletter.typ b/template/coverletter.typ
index 5c7baad..03bd4ff 100644
--- a/template/coverletter.typ
+++ b/template/coverletter.typ
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
   show-footer: false,
   // set this to `none` to show the default or remove it completely
   closing: [],
+  // see typst "page" documentation for more options
+  paper-size: "us-gov-legal"
 )
 
 #hiring-entity-info(entity-info: (
diff --git a/template/resume.typ b/template/resume.typ
index 1e14e14..b4450c1 100644
--- a/template/resume.typ
+++ b/template/resume.typ
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   language: "en",
   colored-headers: true,
   show-footer: false,
+  paper-size: "us-letter",
 )
 
 = Experience