diff --git a/src/tei2imxml.py b/src/tei2imxml.py
index 0b19806..70b0028 100755
--- a/src/tei2imxml.py
+++ b/src/tei2imxml.py
@@ -773,6 +773,14 @@ def handle_refs_default(ref):
 
     latex_pis = xml_tree.xpath("//processing-instruction('latex')")
     for latex_pi in latex_pis:
+        indices = ["\EOAprintindex", "\EOAprintpersonindex", "\EOAprintlocationonindex"]
+        if latex_pi.text in indices:
+            parent_element = latex_pi.getparent()
+            index_command = latex_pi.text[1:]
+            parent_element.append(etree.Element(index_command))
+        else:
+            pass
+
         if latex_pi.getparent() is not None:
             etree.strip_tags(latex_pi.getparent(), latex_pi.tag)
         else:
@@ -1213,10 +1221,8 @@ def handle_refs_default(ref):
         entry_content = entry.find("t:term", namespaces=NS_MAP)
         try:
             sortkey = entry_content.get("sortKey")
-            print("sortkey found")
         except AttributeError:
             sortkey = ""
-            print("no sortkey")
         entry_text = ""
         if len(sortkey) > 0:
             entry_text = f"{sortkey}@"