diff --git a/server/router/versions/index.js b/server/router/versions/index.js
index 28ccdb7..ec64926 100644
--- a/server/router/versions/index.js
+++ b/server/router/versions/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 const db = require('mantra-db-models');
-const md = require("markdown-it")().disable(['link'])
+const md = require("markdown-it")().disable(['link', 'reference', 'reference'])
 const express = require('express');
 
 const wordCounter = (totalWordCount, chunk) => {