diff --git a/content_plugins/templates/plugins/_footnote.html b/content_plugins/templates/plugins/_footnote.html
index 7495091..193e11b 100644
--- a/content_plugins/templates/plugins/_footnote.html
+++ b/content_plugins/templates/plugins/_footnote.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 	<{{ content.html_tag }} class="footnote">
 		<a id="fn{{ content.index }}" class="footnote-index" href="#back{{ content.index }}">{{ content.index }}</a>
-		<div class="footnote-text">
+		<span class="footnote-text">
 			{{ content.prepared_richtext }}
-		</div>
+		</span>
 	</{{ content.html_tag }}>