diff --git a/TeX/pre_eoa.tex b/TeX/pre_eoa.tex
index 16faa6c..51a2f76 100755
--- a/TeX/pre_eoa.tex
+++ b/TeX/pre_eoa.tex
@@ -372,8 +372,8 @@
 }
 % New command for numbered chapters
 \newcommand{\EOAchapter}[2]{
-  \setcounter{footnotealph}{0}
-  \setcounter{footnotearabic}{0}
+\setcounter{footnotealph}{0}
+\setcounter{footnotearabic}{0}
 \chapter[#2]{#2}
 \chaptermark{#1}
 \ifthenelse{\boolean{anthology}}{
@@ -618,22 +618,19 @@
 
 
 %%%%%%%%%%%% Footnote Sets 
-
 \usepackage{etex}
 \usepackage{bigfoot}
-\reserveinserts{50}
+\usepackage{alphalph}
+% Allocate some extra registers so that we don't run out when
+% declaring footnotes
+\reserveinserts{4}
+
 \DeclareNewFootnote{arabic}[arabic]
 \DeclareNewFootnote{alph}[alph]
-
-
-
-\usepackage{alphalph}
+%allow for more than 26 alpha-numbered footnotes per chater
+%(aa,ab,ac,...)
 \renewcommand{\thefootnotealph}{\emph{\alphalph{\value{footnotealph}}}}
 
 \newcommand{\EOAfnalph}[1]{\protect\footnotealph{#1}}
 \newcommand{\EOAfnarabic}[1]{\protect\footnotearabic{#1}}
-
-
-
-
 %%%%%%%%%%%% Footnote Sets  --end