diff --git a/themes/V3/Blank/snippets/footer.gen.js b/themes/V3/Blank/snippets/footer.gen.js
index 6da003cb9..393151c1b 100644
--- a/themes/V3/Blank/snippets/footer.gen.js
+++ b/themes/V3/Blank/snippets/footer.gen.js
@@ -2,18 +2,17 @@ module.exports = {
 	createFooterFunc : function(headerSize=1){
 		return (props)=>{
 			const cursorPos = props.cursorPos;
+			const renderer = props.brew.renderer || 'V3';
 
-			let header='';
-			while (header.length < headerSize) {
-				header = header.concat('#');
-			}
-			header = header.concat(' ');
+			const Markdown = renderer == 'V3' ? require('../../../../shared/naturalcrit/markdown.js') : require('../../../../shared/naturalcrit/markdownLegacy.js');
 
-			const textArray = props.brew.text.split('\n').slice(0, cursorPos.line).reverse();
-			const textArrayFilter = textArray.filter((line)=>{ return line.slice(0, header.length) == header; });
-			const text = textArrayFilter[0]?.slice(header.length).trim() || 'PART 1 | SECTION NAME';
+			const markdownText = props.brew.text.split('\n').slice(0, cursorPos.line).join('\n');
+			const markdownTokens = Markdown.marked.lexer(markdownText);
+			const headerToken = markdownTokens.findLast((lexerToken)=>{ return lexerToken.type === 'heading' && lexerToken.depth === headerSize; });
+			const headerText = headerToken?.tokens.map((token)=>{ return token.text; }).join('');
+			const outputText = headerText || 'PART 1 | SECTION NAME';
 
-			return `\n{{footnote ${text}}}\n`;
+			return `\n{{footnote ${outputText}}}\n`;
 		};
 	}
 };
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