diff --git a/kjvstudy_org/static/tufte.css b/kjvstudy_org/static/tufte.css
index 2e85f47..764e4a0 100644
--- a/kjvstudy_org/static/tufte.css
+++ b/kjvstudy_org/static/tufte.css
@@ -391,6 +391,7 @@ input.margin-toggle {
 
 label.sidenote-number {
     display: inline-block;
+    max-height: 2rem; /* should be less than or equal to paragraph line-height */
 }
 
 label.margin-toggle:not(.sidenote-number) {