diff --git a/U_BDS_general_template.Rmd b/U_BDS_general_template.Rmd
index b6f5efd0ce42d473d91e880869f6adcf03e7a8be..ef670b9ffe374f23640e9cd1896aab18a47b849b 100644
--- a/U_BDS_general_template.Rmd
+++ b/U_BDS_general_template.Rmd
@@ -1,17 +1,15 @@
 ---
 title: "Title"
 author: 
-- name: Nilesh Kumar | nileshkr@uab.edu | <https://www.uab.edu/cores/ircp/bds>
-date: `r Sys.Date()`
+  - name: "Nilesh Kumar | nileshkr@uab.edu | <https://www.uab.edu/cores/ircp/bds>"
+date: "`r format(Sys.Date(), ' %B %d %Y')`"
 output:
   html_document:
-    css: style.css
-    toc: yes
-    toc_float: yes
+    css: "style.css"
+    toc: true
+    toc_float: true
     includes:
-      after_body: U_BDS_authorship_note.html
-  pdf_document:
-    toc: yes
+      after_body: "U_BDS_authorship_note.html"
 ---
 
 ```{r setup, include=FALSE}