diff --git a/screenless/bureau/publications/publications.py b/screenless/bureau/publications/publications.py
index a68e3d6..6b7c6de 100644
--- a/screenless/bureau/publications/publications.py
+++ b/screenless/bureau/publications/publications.py
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class Publications(Bureau):
             encoded_svg = b64encode(bytes(svg, 'utf-8')).decode()
             encoded_data = "data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8;base64," + encoded_svg
             svg = '<img src="%s"/>' % encoded_data
-            footnote.append(svg)
+            footnote.append(lxml.html.fromstring(svg))
             html.append(footnote)
 
         self.print_full("article.html", title=doc.title(),