diff --git a/tei2imxml.py b/tei2imxml.py
index 5270c60..5daa47b 100644
--- a/tei2imxml.py
+++ b/tei2imxml.py
@@ -618,17 +618,20 @@ def assign_ids(xml_tree, data):
         sections = chapter.findall(".//div2")
         section_counter = 1
         for section in sections:
-            section_number = "%d.%d" % (chapter_counter, section_counter)
-            section.set("id-text", section_number)
-            secdict[section.get("id")] = section_number
 
-            subsection_counter = 1
-            subsections = section.findall(".//div3")
+            if section.get('rend') != "nonumber":
+                section_number = "%d.%d" % (chapter_counter, section_counter)
+                section.set("id-text", section_number)
+                secdict[section.get("id")] = section_number
+
+                subsection_counter = 1
+                subsections = section.findall(".//div3")
             for subsection in subsections:
-                subsection_number = "%d.%d.%d" % (chapter_counter, section_counter, subsection_counter)
-                subsection.set("id-text", subsection_number)
-                secdict[subsection.get("id")] = subsection_number
-                subsection_counter += 1
+                if subsection.get('rend') != "nonumber":
+                    subsection_number = "%d.%d.%d" % (chapter_counter, section_counter, subsection_counter)
+                    subsection.set("id-text", subsection_number)
+                    secdict[subsection.get("id")] = subsection_number
+                    subsection_counter += 1
 
             section_counter += 1
         chapter_counter += 1
@@ -899,7 +902,10 @@ def fix_bib_entries(div_snippet):
         element_counter += 1
 
     assigned_ids, data_to_pickle = assign_ids(resulting_tree, data)
-    xml_root = assigned_ids.getroot()
+
+    updated_xml_tree = update_ids(assigned_ids)
+
+    xml_root = updated_xml_tree.getroot()
 
     xml_root.tag = "Book"
 
@@ -931,7 +937,7 @@ def fix_bib_entries(div_snippet):
     logging.info("Wrote %s." % output_filename)
 
     # Remove namespace info (brute force solution)
-    bad_ns_string =  'xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"'
+    bad_ns_string =  ' xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0"'
     with open(output_filename, 'r') as textfile:
         xml_as_string = textfile.read()