diff --git a/lib/asciidoctor-bibtex/extensions.rb b/lib/asciidoctor-bibtex/extensions.rb
index 7d96d7b..aafef56 100644
--- a/lib/asciidoctor-bibtex/extensions.rb
+++ b/lib/asciidoctor-bibtex/extensions.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def process(document)
 
         # Fild bibtex file automatically if not supplied.
         if bibtex_file.empty?
-          bibtex_file = AsciidoctorBibtex::PathUtils.find_bibfile document.basedir
+          bibtex_file = AsciidoctorBibtex::PathUtils.find_bibfile document.base_dir
         end
         if bibtex_file.empty?
           bibtex_file = AsciidoctorBibtex::PathUtils.find_bibfile '.'
@@ -100,7 +100,10 @@ def process(document)
         # First pass: extract all citations.
         prose_blocks.each do |block|
           if block.context == :list_item || block.context == :table_cell
-            line = block.text
+            # NOTE: we access the instance variable @text for raw text.
+            # Otherwise the footnotes in the text will be pre-processed and
+            # ghost footnotes will be inserted (as of asciidoctor 2.0.10).
+            line = block.instance_variable_get(:@text)
             unless line.nil? || line.empty?
               processor.process_citation_macros line
             end
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ def process(document)
               processor.process_citation_macros line
             end
           else
-            line = block.title
+            line = block.instance_variable_get(:@title)
             processor.process_citation_macros line
           end
         end
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ def process(document)
             # NOTE: we access the instance variable @text for raw text.
             line = block.instance_variable_get(:@title)
             line = processor.replace_citation_macros(line)
-            # line = processor.replace_bibitem_macros(line)
+            line = processor.replace_bibitem_macros(line)
             block.title = line
           end
         end
diff --git a/samples/dup-of-footnotes/test.adoc b/samples/dup-of-footnotes/test.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e34688
--- /dev/null
+++ b/samples/dup-of-footnotes/test.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+= Test File
+
+== Heading 1
+
+Some text with footnote footnote:[words0]
+
+Some text with footnote footnote:[words1]
+
+* Some list text with footnote footnote:[list0]
+* Some list text with footnote footnote:[list1]
diff --git a/samples/dup-of-footnotes/test.bib b/samples/dup-of-footnotes/test.bib
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29