diff --git a/thesis/thesis.tex b/thesis/thesis.tex
index 26320b3..f386cc4 100644
--- a/thesis/thesis.tex
+++ b/thesis/thesis.tex
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@
   \end{mytitlepage}
 \end{titlepage}
 
-
 \onecolumn
 \clearpage
 \begin{mytitlepage}
@@ -516,6 +515,7 @@
 \clearpage
 
 \pagenumbering{roman}
+\setcounter{page}{4}
 
 \chapter*{ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS}
 \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{ACKNOWLEDGMENTS} 
@@ -4966,7 +4966,8 @@ Complete output from this code is shown below:
 
 \input{../code/washing_out.tex}
 
-\chapter{REFERENCES}
+\chapter*{REFERENCES}
+\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{REFERENCES}
 \renewcommand{\chapter}[2]{} % noop the original bib section header
 
 \bibliography{references}