diff --git a/whitepaper/index.md b/whitepaper/index.md
index fa52f55..8ee4ea2 100644
--- a/whitepaper/index.md
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@@ -64,7 +64,11 @@ Stateful zkapps are similar, except that the second UTXO containing a hash of th
 
 Users who want to use a stateful zkapp must create a transaction that spends the zkapp and produce a new zkapp as a new UTXO to `0xzkBitcoin` and a UTXO of the hashed verifier key and new state. The funds locked in the updated zkapp must match the following formula: 
 
-$$b_{\text{new}} = b_{\text{old}} + b_{\text{amount\_in}} - b_{\text{amount\_out}}$$
+$$
+\usepackage{underscore}
+\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
+b_{\text{new}} = b_{\text{old}} + b_{\text{amount\_in}} - b_{\text{amount\_out}}
+$$
 
 In other words, the new balance is the old balance plus anything that was deposited and minus anything that was withdrawn.