diff --git a/bboc.tex b/bboc.tex
index 98e4a7f..07d06b0 100644
--- a/bboc.tex
+++ b/bboc.tex
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{book}
+\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,notitlepage]{book}
 \usepackage{authblk}
 \usepackage{csquotes}
 \usepackage[stable]{footmisc}
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@
 \newcommand{\chapterauthor}[1]{\begin{center}\textbf{#1}\end{center}}
 \newcommand{\rauthor}[1]{\begin{flushright}\textbf{#1}\end{flushright}}
 % TODO: dashes to maybe replace: — –
+% counters for arabic and roman footnotes respectively
+\newcounter{afn}
+\newcounter{rfn}
+% roman footnotes. has to be one big 'ol line for LaTeX to not insert lots of whitespace
+\newcommand{\rfootnote}[1]{\setcounter{afn}{\value{footnote}}{\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\Roman{footnote}}\setcounter{footnote}{\value{rfn}}\footnote{#1}\setcounter{rfn}{\value{footnote}}}\setcounter{footnote}{\value{afn}}}
+
+\newcommand{\rfootnotemark}{\setcounter{afn}{\value{footnote}}{\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\Roman{footnote}}\setcounter{footnote}{\value{rfn}}\footnotemark\setcounter{rfn}{\value{footnote}}}\setcounter{footnote}{\value{afn}}}
+\newcommand{\rfootnotetext}[1]{\setcounter{afn}{\value{footnote}}{\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\Roman{footnote}}\setcounter{footnote}{\value{rfn}}\footnotetext{#1}\setcounter{rfn}{\value{footnote}}}\setcounter{footnote}{\value{afn}}}
 
 \title{The Black Book of Capitalism}
 \author{Jean Ziegler, 1998 \and Translated by Based BBOC Anon \and Typeset by \LaTeX\,Anon}
@@ -27,8 +35,7 @@
 
 \begin{document}
 
-\pagenumbering{Roman}
-\def\thepage{} % no page numbers on the cover
+\frontmatter
 \begin{textblock*}{\paperwidth}(0pt,0pt)
 \noindent\includegraphics[height=\paperheight,width=\paperwidth]{ClipboardImage.png}
 \end{textblock*}
@@ -41,27 +48,15 @@ This is the inside of the cover. We could put stuff here.
 
 \maketitle
 
-\pagenumbering{arabic}
 \tableofcontents
 
-\renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Roman{chapter}}
+%\renewcommand{\thechapter}{\Roman{chapter}}
 \counterwithout*{footnote}{chapter}
 \setcounter{footnote}{-1} % this makes the first footnote be 0 so the footnote numbers line up with BBOC Anon
 
-% counters for arabic and roman footnotes respectively
-\newcounter{afn}
-\newcounter{rfn}
-% roman footnotes. has to be one big 'ol line for LaTeX to not insert lots of whitespace
-\newcommand{\rfootnote}[1]{\setcounter{afn}{\value{footnote}}{\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\Roman{footnote}}\setcounter{footnote}{\value{rfn}}\footnote{#1}\setcounter{rfn}{\value{footnote}}}\setcounter{footnote}{\value{afn}}}
-
-\newcommand{\rfootnotemark}{\setcounter{afn}{\value{footnote}}{\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\Roman{footnote}}\setcounter{footnote}{\value{rfn}}\footnotemark\setcounter{rfn}{\value{footnote}}}\setcounter{footnote}{\value{afn}}}
-\newcommand{\rfootnotetext}[1]{\setcounter{afn}{\value{footnote}}{\renewcommand{\thefootnote}{\Roman{footnote}}\setcounter{footnote}{\value{rfn}}\footnotetext{#1}\setcounter{rfn}{\value{footnote}}}\setcounter{footnote}{\value{afn}}}
-
 \input{intro}
 
-\renewcommand{\thechapter}{\arabic{chapter}}
-\setcounter{chapter}{0}
-
+\mainmatter
 \input{01_Capitalisms_origin}
 \input{02_Servile_economy_and_capitalism}
 \input{03_Shoot,_theyre_just_proles}
@@ -95,6 +90,8 @@ This is the inside of the cover. We could put stuff here.
 \input{31_An_ad_is_worth_a_thousand_bombs_Advertisings_crimes_in_modern_warfare_Yves_Frémion}
 \input{32_Even_if_the_abolition_of_capitalism_would_not_be_enough_Monique_and_Roland_Weyl}
 \input{33_Capitalism_and_barbary_Black_table_of_slaughters_and_wars_in_the_XXth_century}
+
+\backmatter
 \input{appendix}
 
 \bibliography{refs}
@@ -112,7 +109,7 @@ This is the inside of the back.
 \newpage{\thispagestyle{empty}}
 This text is behind the back cover image and is invisible.
 
-\def\thepage{}
+%\def\thepage{}
 \begin{textblock*}{\paperwidth}(0pt,0pt)
 \noindent\includegraphics*[height=\paperheight,width=\paperwidth]{Oekaki.png}
 \end{textblock*}