diff --git a/org/inline.go b/org/inline.go
index f891476..5cb65a9 100644
--- a/org/inline.go
+++ b/org/inline.go
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ func (d *Document) parseFootnoteReference(input string, start int) (int, Node) {
 		name, definition := m[1], m[3]
 		link := FootnoteLink{name, nil}
 		if definition != "" {
-			link.Definition = &FootnoteDefinition{name, d.parseInline(definition), true}
+			paragraph := Paragraph{[]Node{Line{d.parseInline(definition)}}}
+			link.Definition = &FootnoteDefinition{name, []Node{paragraph}, true}
 		}
 		d.Footnotes.add(name, link.Definition)
 		return len(m[0]), link
diff --git a/org/org.go b/org/org.go
index 15ae21b..e728b04 100644
--- a/org/org.go
+++ b/org/org.go
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ func (w *OrgWriter) writeFootnoteLink(l FootnoteLink) {
 	w.WriteString("[fn:" + l.Name)
 	if l.Definition != nil {
 		w.WriteString(":")
-		w.writeNodes(l.Definition.Children...)
+		line := l.Definition.Children[0].(Paragraph).Children[0].(Line)
+		w.writeNodes(line.Children...)
 	}
 	w.WriteString("]")
 }