diff --git a/class/convert.php b/class/convert.php
index 97ed2e5..9d342f0 100644
--- a/class/convert.php
+++ b/class/convert.php
@@ -177,4 +177,37 @@ class MCI_Footnotes_Convert {
 		// return a single arrow
 		return $l_arr_Arrows[$p_int_Index];
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Displays a Variable.
+	 *
+	 * @author Stefan Herndler
+	 * @since 1.5.0
+	 * @param mixed $p_mixed_Value
+	 */
+	public static function debug($p_mixed_Value) {
+		if (empty($p_mixed_Value)) {
+			var_dump($p_mixed_Value);
+
+		} else if (is_array($p_mixed_Value)) {
+			printf("<pre>");
+			print_r($p_mixed_Value);
+			printf("</pre>");
+
+		} else if (is_object($p_mixed_Value)) {
+			printf("<pre>");
+			print_r($p_mixed_Value);
+			printf("</pre>");
+
+		} else if (is_numeric($p_mixed_Value) || is_int($p_mixed_Value)) {
+			echo $p_mixed_Value;
+
+		} else if (is_date($p_mixed_Value)) {
+			echo $p_mixed_Value;
+
+		} else {
+			echo $p_mixed_Value;
+		}
+		echo "<br/>";
+	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/class/dashboard/subpage-main.php b/class/dashboard/subpage-main.php
index c426233..88aa892 100644
--- a/class/dashboard/subpage-main.php
+++ b/class/dashboard/subpage-main.php
@@ -136,14 +136,14 @@ class MCI_Footnotes_Layout_Settings extends MCI_Footnotes_LayoutEngine {
 		// options for the start of the footnotes short code
 		$l_arr_ShortCodeStart = array(
 			"((" => "((",
-			"<fn>" => htmlspecialchars("<fn>"),
+			htmlspecialchars("<fn>") => htmlspecialchars("<fn>"),
 			"[ref]" => "[ref]",
 			"userdefined" => __('user defined', MCI_Footnotes_Config::C_STR_PLUGIN_NAME)
 		);
 		// options for the end of the footnotes short code
 		$l_arr_ShortCodeEnd = array(
 			"))" => "))",
-			"</fn>" => htmlspecialchars("</fn>"),
+			htmlspecialchars("</fn>") => htmlspecialchars("</fn>"),
 			"[/ref]" => "[/ref]",
 			"userdefined" => __('user defined', MCI_Footnotes_Config::C_STR_PLUGIN_NAME)
 		);
diff --git a/templates/public/reference-container-body.html b/templates/public/reference-container-body.html
index c82a747..f97b8ee 100755
--- a/templates/public/reference-container-body.html
+++ b/templates/public/reference-container-body.html
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <tr>
-	<td>[[index]].</td>
+	<td style="border:none !important; max-width:10% !important;">[[index]].</td>
 	<td><a class="footnote_plugin_link" href="#footnote_plugin_tooltip_[[index-int]]"
 		   name="footnote_plugin_reference_[[index-int]]"
 		   id="footnote_plugin_reference_[[index-int]]">[[arrow]]</a></td>