diff --git a/src/file/footnotes/footnote/footnote.ts b/src/file/footnotes/footnote/footnote.ts
index 3a655e7c0c..6760e9bb03 100644
--- a/src/file/footnotes/footnote/footnote.ts
+++ b/src/file/footnotes/footnote/footnote.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@ import { Paragraph } from "../../paragraph";
 import { FootnoteAttributes } from "./footnote-attributes";
 import { FootnoteRefRun } from "./run/footnote-ref-run";
 
-export class FootNote extends XmlComponent {
-    constructor(id: number, type?: string) {
+export enum FootnoteType {
+    SEPERATOR = "separator",
+    CONTINUATION_SEPERATOR = "continuationSeparator",
+}
+
+export class Footnote extends XmlComponent {
+    constructor(id: number, type?: FootnoteType) {
         super("w:footnote");
         this.root.push(
             new FootnoteAttributes({
diff --git a/src/file/footnotes/footnotes.ts b/src/file/footnotes/footnotes.ts
index 67f8e36022..fea6141842 100644
--- a/src/file/footnotes/footnotes.ts
+++ b/src/file/footnotes/footnotes.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { XmlComponent } from "file/xml-components";
 import { Paragraph } from "../paragraph";
-import { FootNote } from "./footnote/footnote";
+import { Footnote, FootnoteType } from "./footnote/footnote";
 import { ContinuationSeperatorRun } from "./footnote/run/continuation-seperator-run";
 import { SeperatorRun } from "./footnote/run/seperator-run";
 import { FootnotesAttributes } from "./footnotes-attributes";
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export class FootNotes extends XmlComponent {
             }),
         );
 
-        const begin = new FootNote(-1, "separator");
+        const begin = new Footnote(-1, FootnoteType.SEPERATOR);
         begin.addParagraph(
             new Paragraph().spacing({
                 after: 0,
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class FootNotes extends XmlComponent {
         );
         this.root.push(begin);
 
-        const spacing = new FootNote(0, "continuationSeparator");
+        const spacing = new Footnote(0, FootnoteType.CONTINUATION_SEPERATOR);
         spacing.addParagraph(
             new Paragraph().spacing({
                 after: 0,
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ export class FootNotes extends XmlComponent {
     }
 
     public createFootNote(paragraph: Paragraph): void {
-        const footnote = new FootNote(1);
+        const footnote = new Footnote(1);
         footnote.addParagraph(paragraph);
         this.root.push(footnote);
     }