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 # How to cite MoonDB and python-moondb
 
 
-[https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2019/EPSC-DPS2019-1729.pdf]
-Frigeri, A., Lehnert, K. A., Ji, P.  !(The Python interface to the MoonDB geochemical and petrological database)[https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2019/EPSC-DPS2019-1729.pdf] European Planetary Science Congress 2019
+Frigeri, A., Lehnert, K. A., Ji, P.  (The Python interface to the MoonDB geochemical and petrological database)[https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EPSC-DPS2019/EPSC-DPS2019-1729.pdf] European Planetary Science Congress 2019
 
 __MoonDB__
 Lehnert, K. A., Markey, K., Ji, P., Cai, Y., Hodges, K., Mercer, C., Walker, J. D., Ash, J., Evans, C. and Zeigler, R.