diff --git a/searx/templates/simple/base.html b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
index 1b8999003..a71198bb8 100644
--- a/searx/templates/simple/base.html
+++ b/searx/templates/simple/base.html
@@ -42,14 +42,14 @@
 
     <nav id="links_on_top">
       {%- from 'simple/icons.html' import icon_big -%}
-      {%- block linkto_about -%}
+      <!-- {%- block linkto_about -%}
         <a href="{{ url_for('info', pagename='about') }}" class="link_on_top_about">{{ icon_big('information-circle-outline') }}<span>{{ _('About') }}</span></a>
-      {%- endblock -%}
-      {%- block linkto_donate -%}
+      {%- endblock -%} -->
+      <!-- {%- block linkto_donate -%}
         {%- if donation_url -%}
         <a href="{{ donation_url }}" class="link_on_top_donate">{{ icon_big('heart-outline') }}<span>{{ _('Donate') }}</span></a>
         {%- endif -%}
-      {%- endblock -%}
+      {%- endblock -%} -->
       {%- block linkto_preferences -%}
         <a href="{{ url_for('preferences') }}" class="link_on_top_preferences">{{ icon_big('menu-outline') }}<span>{{ _('Preferences') }}</span></a>
       {%- endblock -%}
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 9e23807ef..56d944fd9 100755
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ def search():
                 gpt = gpt.replace(urls,url_pair[urls])
             if gpt and gpt!="":
                 for i in range(1,10):
-                    gpt.replace("["+i+"]","[^"+i+"]")
+                    gpt.replace("["+str(i)+"]","[^"+str(i)+"]")
                 gpt =  markdown.markdown( gpt , extensions=['footnotes'])
                 for urls in url_pair.keys():
                     gpt = gpt.replace("#fn:"+urls.replace("https://url",""),url_pair[urls])