diff --git a/source/assets/stylesheets/components/_sticky_footer.scss b/source/assets/stylesheets/components/_sticky_footer.scss
index 25b747b..9107da4 100644
--- a/source/assets/stylesheets/components/_sticky_footer.scss
+++ b/source/assets/stylesheets/components/_sticky_footer.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 
 
-$footer-height: 15em;
+$footer-height: 10.5em;
 
 html,
 body { height: 100%; }
diff --git a/source/assets/stylesheets/regions/_main.scss b/source/assets/stylesheets/regions/_main.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13ec7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/assets/stylesheets/regions/_main.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// ===========================================================================
+// MAIN
+
+
+
+.main {
+  padding-bottom: 4em;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/source/assets/stylesheets/sass.css.scss b/source/assets/stylesheets/sass.css.scss
index c8aea82..248707a 100755
--- a/source/assets/stylesheets/sass.css.scss
+++ b/source/assets/stylesheets/sass.css.scss
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
 
 @import "regions/banner";
 @import "regions/navigation";
+@import "regions/main";
 @import "regions/contentinfo";
 
 
diff --git a/source/layouts/layout.haml b/source/layouts/layout.haml
index 287170c..cbe57ca 100644
--- a/source/layouts/layout.haml
+++ b/source/layouts/layout.haml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
       = partial "layouts/shared/banner"
 
       .container
-        = yield
+        .main(role="main")= yield
         = partial "layouts/shared/complementary"
 
       .footer-shim