diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.paper_repo_name}}/_latex-templates/scitepress-template.tex b/{{cookiecutter.paper_repo_name}}/_latex-templates/scitepress-template.tex
index abdc729..cb6065f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.paper_repo_name}}/_latex-templates/scitepress-template.tex
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.paper_repo_name}}/_latex-templates/scitepress-template.tex
@@ -44,8 +44,9 @@
   \input{abstract}
 }
 
-\input{main}
+\onecolumn \maketitle \normalsize \setcounter{footnote}{0} \vfill
 
+\input{main}
 
 \bibliographystyle{apalike}
 {\small