@@ -88,7 +88,9 @@ docToJATS opts (Pandoc meta blocks) = do
8888 mapM (elementToJATS opts' startLvl) elements
8989 notes <- reverse . map snd <$> gets jatsNotes
9090 backs <- mapM (elementToJATS opts' startLvl) backElements
91− let fns = inTagsIndented "fn-group" $ vcat notes
91+ let fns = if null notes
92+ then mempty
93+ else inTagsIndented "fn-group" $ vcat notes
9294 let back = render' $ vcat backs $$ fns
9395 let date = case getField "date" metadata -- an object
9496 `mplus`