diff --git a/src/MiniDocs/Markdeep.class.st b/src/MiniDocs/Markdeep.class.st
index 185ee30..03185ad 100644
--- a/src/MiniDocs/Markdeep.class.st
+++ b/src/MiniDocs/Markdeep.class.st
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ Markdeep >> exportAsFile [
 	| newFile |
 	self markdownFile ifNil: [ self inform: 'Define an input Markdown file or use #exportAsFileOn: instead.' ].
 	newFile := (self markdownFile  file fullName, '.html') asFileReference.
-	self exportAsFileOn: newFile.
+	^ self exportAsFileOn: newFile.
 ]
 
 { #category : #persistence }
@@ -288,28 +288,6 @@ Markdeep >> processMarkdownFor: aFileReference [
 	self metadata: markdownContent yamlMetadata
 ]
 
-{ #category : #accessing }
-Markdeep >> pubPubFootnoteLinks [
-	| footnotes sanitized footnotesText | 
-	footnotes := OrderedDictionary new.
-	self pubPubFootnoteRawLinks do: [:link | | footnote|
-		footnote := self pubPubFootnoteMetadataFromString: link second.
-		footnote ifNotNil: [ | toReplace |
-			footnotes at: link first put: footnote.
-			toReplace := '[', link first, ']', '{', link second, '}'.
-			sanitized  := self body copyReplaceAll: toReplace  with: '[^', link first, ']'
-		]
-	].
-	footnotesText := '' writeStream.
-	footnotes keysAndValuesDo: [:k :v | 
-		footnotesText
-			nextPutAll: '[^', k, ']: ';
-			nextPutAll: (v at: 'data-value')
-	].
-	self pubPubFootnotesText.
-	^ {footnotes . sanitized . footnotesText contents } third
-]
-
 { #category : #accessing }
 Markdeep >> pubPubFootnoteMetadataFromString: string [
 	| sanitized footnoteData |
@@ -325,7 +303,7 @@ Markdeep >> pubPubFootnoteMetadataFromString: string [
 	sanitized := sanitized contents copyReplaceAll: '.footnote '  with: ''.
 	sanitized := sanitized copyReplaceAll: 'type=' with: 'type: '.
 	sanitized := sanitized copyReplaceAll: 'value=' with: 'value: '.
-	footnoteData := { 'id' -> string lines first } asDictionary.
+	footnoteData := { 'id' -> string lines first allButFirst } asDictionary.
 	footnoteData addAll: (MiniDocs yamlToJson: sanitized).
 	^ footnoteData
 ]
@@ -340,8 +318,8 @@ Markdeep >> pubPubFootnoteRawLinks [
 { #category : #accessing }
 Markdeep >> pubPubFootnotesLinesRange [
 	| beginningLine endingLine |
-	beginningLine := self body lines size + 1.
-	self body lines doWithIndex: [:line :i |
+	beginningLine := self contents lines size + 1.
+	self contents lines doWithIndex: [:line :i |
 		(line beginsWith: '::: {.pub-notes}') ifTrue: [ beginningLine := i ].
 		(i > beginningLine and: [ line beginsWith: ':::' ])
 			ifTrue: [
@@ -353,7 +331,39 @@ Markdeep >> pubPubFootnotesLinesRange [
 
 { #category : #accessing }
 Markdeep >> pubPubFootnotesText [
-	^ self pubPubFootnotesLinesRange
+	| footnotesLines output |
+	footnotesLines := self contents lines 
+		copyFrom: self pubPubFootnotesLinesRange first + 3
+		to:  self pubPubFootnotesLinesRange second - 1.
+	output := '' writeStream.
+	footnotesLines do: [:line |
+		output
+			nextPutAll: line;
+			nextPutAll: String crlf.
+	].
+	^ output contents allButLast
+]
+
+{ #category : #accessing }
+Markdeep >> pubPubFootnotesToMarkdeep [
+	| footnotes sanitized cleanedFootnotesText | 
+	footnotes := OrderedDictionary new.
+	self pubPubFootnoteRawLinks do: [:link | | footnote|
+		footnote := self pubPubFootnoteMetadataFromString: link second.
+		footnote ifNotNil: [ | toReplace |
+			footnotes at: (footnote at: 'id') put: footnote.
+			toReplace := '[', link first, ']', '{', link second, '}'.
+			sanitized  := self body copyReplaceAll: toReplace  with: '[^', (footnote at: 'id'), ']'
+		]
+	].
+	cleanedFootnotesText := '' writeStream.
+	footnotes keysAndValuesDo: [:k :v | 
+		cleanedFootnotesText
+			nextPutAll: '[^', k, ']: ';
+			nextPutAll: (v at: 'data-value')
+	].
+	"^ {footnotes . sanitized copyReplaceAll: self pubPubFootnotesText with: cleanedFootnotesText contents }."
+	self body: (sanitized copyReplaceAll: self pubPubFootnotesText with: cleanedFootnotesText contents)
 ]
 
 { #category : #accessing }