diff --git a/src/public/app/widgets/highlights_list.ts b/src/public/app/widgets/highlights_list.ts
index 8729f7305..589d54682 100644
--- a/src/public/app/widgets/highlights_list.ts
+++ b/src/public/app/widgets/highlights_list.ts
@@ -247,6 +247,13 @@ export default class HighlightsListWidget extends RightPanelWidget {
             const subHtml = match[0];
             const startIndex = match.index;
             const endIndex = combinedRegex.lastIndex;
+
+            // Ignore footnotes.
+            if (subHtml.startsWith('<strong><a href="#fnref')) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            console.log(subHtml);
             if (prevEndIndex !== -1 && startIndex === prevEndIndex) {
                 // If the previous element is connected to this element in HTML, then concatenate them into one.
                 $highlightsList.children().last().append(subHtml);