diff --git a/src/readtheorg_theme/css/readtheorg.css b/src/readtheorg_theme/css/readtheorg.css
index ae8cd8c..1bf1ad6 100644
--- a/src/readtheorg_theme/css/readtheorg.css
+++ b/src/readtheorg_theme/css/readtheorg.css
@@ -1039,7 +1039,7 @@ h2.footnotes{
 
 .footnum, .footref{
     color: #2980b9;
-    font-size: 170%;
+    font-size: 90%;
     font-family:"Lato","proxima-nova","Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/readtheorg_theme/readtheorg.org b/src/readtheorg_theme/readtheorg.org
index dc2dba2..1b7171b 100644
--- a/src/readtheorg_theme/readtheorg.org
+++ b/src/readtheorg_theme/readtheorg.org
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ h2.footnotes{
 
 .footnum, .footref{
     color: #2980b9;
-    font-size: 170%;
+    font-size: 90%;
     font-family:"Lato","proxima-nova","Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;
 }