diff --git a/demo/3-numbering-and-bullet-points.ts b/demo/3-numbering-and-bullet-points.ts
index 3e6aaa644d..9242fd59fe 100644
--- a/demo/3-numbering-and-bullet-points.ts
+++ b/demo/3-numbering-and-bullet-points.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Numbering and bullet points example
 // Import from 'docx' rather than '../build' if you install from npm
 import * as fs from "fs";
-import { AlignmentType, convertInchesToTwip, Document, HeadingLevel, LevelFormat, Packer, Paragraph } from "../build";
+import { AlignmentType, convertInchesToTwip, Document, Footer, Header, HeadingLevel, LevelFormat, Packer, Paragraph } from "../build";
 
 const doc = new Document({
     numbering: {
@@ -119,6 +119,46 @@ const doc = new Document({
     },
     sections: [
         {
+            headers: {
+                default: new Header({
+                    children: [
+                        new Paragraph({
+                            text: "Hey you",
+                            numbering: {
+                                reference: "my-crazy-numbering",
+                                level: 0,
+                            },
+                        }),
+                        new Paragraph({
+                            text: "What's up fam",
+                            numbering: {
+                                reference: "my-crazy-numbering",
+                                level: 1,
+                            },
+                        }),
+                    ],
+                }),
+            },
+            footers: {
+                default: new Footer({
+                    children: [
+                        new Paragraph({
+                            text: "Hey you",
+                            numbering: {
+                                reference: "my-crazy-numbering",
+                                level: 0,
+                            },
+                        }),
+                        new Paragraph({
+                            text: "What's up fam",
+                            numbering: {
+                                reference: "my-crazy-numbering",
+                                level: 1,
+                            },
+                        }),
+                    ],
+                }),
+            },
             children: [
                 new Paragraph({
                     text: "Hey you",
diff --git a/src/export/packer/next-compiler.ts b/src/export/packer/next-compiler.ts
index 2afe0fde98..4d7ce6ffd2 100644
--- a/src/export/packer/next-compiler.ts
+++ b/src/export/packer/next-compiler.ts
@@ -279,8 +279,10 @@ export class Compiler {
                 // TODO: 0 needs to be changed when headers get relationships of their own
                 const xmlData = this.imageReplacer.replace(tempXmlData, mediaDatas, 0);
 
+                const referenedXmlData = this.numberingReplacer.replace(xmlData, file.Numbering.ConcreteNumbering);
+
                 return {
-                    data: xmlData,
+                    data: referenedXmlData,
                     path: `word/header${index + 1}.xml`,
                 };
             }),
@@ -301,8 +303,10 @@ export class Compiler {
                 // TODO: 0 needs to be changed when headers get relationships of their own
                 const xmlData = this.imageReplacer.replace(tempXmlData, mediaDatas, 0);
 
+                const referenedXmlData = this.numberingReplacer.replace(xmlData, file.Numbering.ConcreteNumbering);
+
                 return {
-                    data: xmlData,
+                    data: referenedXmlData,
                     path: `word/footer${index + 1}.xml`,
                 };
             }),