diff --git a/sutta_publisher/src/sutta_publisher/edition_parsers/latex.py b/sutta_publisher/src/sutta_publisher/edition_parsers/latex.py
index 4d71a82..aa6a316 100644
--- a/sutta_publisher/src/sutta_publisher/edition_parsers/latex.py
+++ b/sutta_publisher/src/sutta_publisher/edition_parsers/latex.py
@@ -187,16 +187,7 @@ def _append_foreign_script_macro(self, tag: Tag) -> str:
     def _append_footnote(self) -> str:
         if self.endnotes:
             _endnote = BeautifulSoup(self.endnotes.pop(0), "lxml")
-            # _contents = _endnote.p.contents if _endnote.p else _endnote.body.contents        
-            if _endnote:
-                if _endnote.p:
-                    _contents = _endnote.p.contents
-                elif _endnote.body:
-                    _contents = _endnote.body.contents
-                else:
-                    _contents = []
-            else:
-                _contents = []
+            _contents = _endnote.p.contents if _endnote.p else _endnote.body.contents        
             _data: str = self._process_contents(contents=_contents)
             return cast(str, Command("footnote", _data).dumps())
         else: