diff --git a/lib/document.js b/lib/document.js
index 61f2a10d..1b2d5d2a 100644
--- a/lib/document.js
+++ b/lib/document.js
@@ -159,9 +159,10 @@ class PDFDocument extends stream.Readable {
 
     // flip PDF coordinate system so that the origin is in
     // the top left rather than the bottom left
-    this._ctm = [1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0];
+    
     this.transform(1, 0, 0, -1, 0, this.page.height);
-
+    this._ctm = [1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0];
+    
     this.emit('pageAdded');
 
     return this;