diff --git a/include/cista/containers/paged.h b/include/cista/containers/paged.h
index f67e6f94..a8f16f12 100644
--- a/include/cista/containers/paged.h
+++ b/include/cista/containers/paged.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ struct paged {
   using reference = typename DataVec::reference;
   using const_reference = typename DataVec::const_reference;
   using size_type = SizeType;
+  using page_size_type = PageSizeType;
   using page_t = page<SizeType, PageSizeType>;
 
   static_assert(sizeof(value_type) * MinPageSize >= sizeof(page_t));
diff --git a/include/cista/containers/paged_vecvec.h b/include/cista/containers/paged_vecvec.h
index e8aadc66..45cdb3c6 100644
--- a/include/cista/containers/paged_vecvec.h
+++ b/include/cista/containers/paged_vecvec.h
@@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ struct paged_vecvec {
             typename = std::enable_if_t<std::is_convertible_v<
                 decltype(*std::declval<Container>().begin()), data_value_type>>>
   void emplace_back(Container&& bucket) {
-    auto p = paged_.create_page(static_cast<size_type>(bucket.size()));
+    auto p = paged_.create_page(
+        static_cast<typename Paged::page_size_type>(bucket.size()));
     paged_.copy(p, std::begin(bucket), std::end(bucket));
     idx_.emplace_back(p);
   }