diff --git a/paper/paper.md b/paper/paper.md
index aab16604..d36bcdf5 100644
--- a/paper/paper.md
+++ b/paper/paper.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ tags:
   - ASCA
   - Suzaku
 authors:
-  - name: David J. Turner[^*]
+  - name: David J. Turner
     orcid: 0000-0001-9658-1396
     affiliation: 1,2
   - name: Jessica E. Pilling
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ affiliations:
     index: 1
   - name: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
     index: 2
-date: 30 September 2024
+date: 08 October 2024
 bibliography: paper.bib
 ---
 
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ available in a programming language that is ubiquitous in astronomy (Python); lo
 to a particular sample gives us the opportunity to better record and share the exact search parameters, through a 
 Jupyter notebook for instance. 
 
-[^*]: turne540@msu.edu
-
 # Features
 
 [Daxa]{.smallcaps} contains two types of Python class: mission classes and the archive