diff --git a/tei2imxml.py b/tei2imxml.py
index 13bb997..cbb13fd 100755
--- a/tei2imxml.py
+++ b/tei2imxml.py
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ def render_reference(list_of_xml_elements, cited_data):
 
         element = etree.SubElement(reference, "abbr", type="authoryear")
         element.text = cited_data[citekey][1]
-        element = etree.SubElement(reference, "abbr", type="title")
+        element = etree.SubElement(reference, "abbr", type="year")
         element.text = cited_data[citekey][2]
 # def render_reference ends here
 
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ def handle_refs_hyperimage(ref):
                 pagerange = ", " + format_pagerange(pagerange_start, pagerange_end)
             cited_range[0].tag = "tagtobestripped"
 
-        if cite_render == 'inline':
+        if cite_render == 'year':
             try:
                 formatted_citation = cited_data[citekey][1] + pagerange
             except KeyError: