diff --git a/command-line/update.py b/command-line/update.py
index 724d973..f7c3737 100644
--- a/command-line/update.py
+++ b/command-line/update.py
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ def clean_up(html):
 	"""
 	html = re.sub(r'\[.*edit.*\]', '', html) # remove the [edit]
 	html = re.sub(r'href="/book/index.php\?title=', 'href="#', html) # remove the internal wiki links
+	html = re.sub(r'[(?=\d)', '', html) # remove left footnote bracket [
+	html = re.sub(r'(?<=\d)&#93;', '', html) # remove right footnote bracket ]
 	return html
 
 def parse_page(pagename, wiki):
diff --git a/web-interface/update.py b/web-interface/update.py
index d28c7f2..7ada867 100644
--- a/web-interface/update.py
+++ b/web-interface/update.py
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ def clean_up(html):
 	"""
 	html = re.sub(r'\[.*edit.*\]', '', html) # remove the [edit]
 	html = re.sub(r'href="/book/index.php\?title=', 'href="#', html) # remove the internal wiki links
+	html = re.sub(r'&#91;(?=\d)', '', html) # remove left footnote bracket [
+	html = re.sub(r'(?<=\d)&#93;', '', html) # remove right footnote bracket ]
 	return html
 
 def parse_page(pagename, wiki):