diff --git a/assets/styles/components/specials/_footnotes.scss b/assets/styles/components/specials/_footnotes.scss
index 4d1433c..0ece56d 100644
--- a/assets/styles/components/specials/_footnotes.scss
+++ b/assets/styles/components/specials/_footnotes.scss
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
     footnote-style-position: outside;
 
     .mathjax {
-      width: $footnote-mathjax-width;
+      min-width: $footnote-mathjax-width;
+      max-width: $footnote-mathjax-max-width;
       padding-bottom: $footnote-mathjax-padding-bottom;
     }
   }
diff --git a/assets/styles/variables/_specials.scss b/assets/styles/variables/_specials.scss
index d0bdd61..5eeadbc 100644
--- a/assets/styles/variables/_specials.scss
+++ b/assets/styles/variables/_specials.scss
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ $footnote-blockquote-font-size: 0.95em !default;
 $footnote-number-marker-font-size: $sup-sub-font-size !default;
 $footnote-number-marker-line-height: $sup-sub-line-height !default;
 $footnote-mathjax-width: 3em !default;
+$footnote-mathjax-max-width: 5em !default;
 $footnote-mathjax-padding-bottom: 0.4em !default;
 
 // Endnotes