diff --git a/prepare_tei.py b/prepare_tei.py
index f99fcf4..f618684 100644
--- a/prepare_tei.py
+++ b/prepare_tei.py
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@ def convert_citations(string):
"""
+ inline_citation_pattern = re.compile(r"(§|§|§)(§|§|§)(?P.+?)(\!(?P.*?))?(§|§|§)(§|§|§)")
+ inline_citations = re.findall(inline_citation_pattern, string)
+ logging.info("Found %s inline citations." % len(inline_citations))
+ string = re.sub(inline_citation_pattern, r"", string)
citation_pattern = re.compile(r"(§|§|§)(?P.+?)(\!(?P.*?))?(§|§|§)")
citations = re.findall(citation_pattern, string)