diff --git a/app/scenes/DocumentNew.tsx b/app/scenes/DocumentNew.tsx
index 1b629f014..b7650c40e 100644
--- a/app/scenes/DocumentNew.tsx
+++ b/app/scenes/DocumentNew.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ function DocumentNew() {
   useEffect(() => {
     async function createDocument() {
       const params = queryString.parse(location.search);
+      const parentDocumentId = params.parentDocumentId?.toString();
+      const parentDocument = parentDocumentId
+        ? documents.get(parentDocumentId)
+        : undefined;
       let collection;
 
       try {
@@ -31,7 +35,8 @@ function DocumentNew() {
         }
         const document = await documents.create({
           collectionId: collection?.id,
-          parentDocumentId: params.parentDocumentId?.toString(),
+          parentDocumentId,
+          fullWidth: parentDocument?.fullWidth,
           templateId: params.templateId?.toString(),
           template: params.template === "true" ? true : false,
           title: "",
diff --git a/server/commands/documentCreator.ts b/server/commands/documentCreator.ts
index 323dc1e2f..843027163 100644
--- a/server/commands/documentCreator.ts
+++ b/server/commands/documentCreator.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ type Props = {
   collectionId?: string | null;
   parentDocumentId?: string | null;
   importId?: string;
-  templateDocument?: Document | null;
   publishedAt?: Date;
   template?: boolean;
+  templateDocument?: Document | null;
+  fullWidth?: boolean;
   createdAt?: Date;
   updatedAt?: Date;
   user: User;
@@ -33,12 +34,13 @@ export default async function documentCreator({
   publish,
   collectionId,
   parentDocumentId,
+  template,
   templateDocument,
+  fullWidth,
   importId,
   createdAt,
   // allows override for import
   updatedAt,
-  template,
   user,
   editorVersion,
   publishedAt,
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ export default async function documentCreator({
       createdById: user.id,
       template,
       templateId,
+      fullWidth,
       publishedAt,
       importId,
       title: templateDocument
diff --git a/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts b/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
index 63756fb22..5cd88fae8 100644
--- a/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
+++ b/server/routes/api/documents/documents.ts
@@ -1267,6 +1267,7 @@ router.post(
       publish,
       collectionId,
       parentDocumentId,
+      fullWidth,
       templateId,
       template,
     } = ctx.input.body;
@@ -1320,6 +1321,7 @@ router.post(
         parentDocumentId,
         templateDocument,
         template,
+        fullWidth,
         user,
         editorVersion,
         ip: ctx.request.ip,
diff --git a/server/routes/api/documents/schema.ts b/server/routes/api/documents/schema.ts
index 8a1a9d2a8..26b387214 100644
--- a/server/routes/api/documents/schema.ts
+++ b/server/routes/api/documents/schema.ts
@@ -289,6 +289,9 @@ export const DocumentsCreateSchema = BaseSchema.extend({
     /** Create doc with this template */
     templateId: z.string().uuid().optional(),
 
+    /** Boolean to denote if the doc should occupy full width */
+    fullWidth: z.boolean().optional(),
+
     /** Whether to create a template doc */
     template: z.boolean().optional(),
   }),