diff --git a/listings/algorithm.tex b/listings/algorithm.tex
index a30b3bbfc3892b6f4a5c4423218e1c2ef951cab3..8aacedbaba607724406dc962196b40522ad45f8a 100644
--- a/listings/algorithm.tex
+++ b/listings/algorithm.tex
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ for $\ell \in \{ 0, 1, \ldots , L \}$ do
 end for
 data $\gets$ Read block $a$ from $S$
 if $op = write$ then
-    $S \gets (S - \{ (a, data) \} ) \cup \{ (a, data^{\mbox{*}} \} )$
+    $S \gets (S - \{ (a, data) \} ) \cup \{ (a, data^{*} \} )$
 end if
 for $\ell \in \{ L, L-1, \ldots , 0 \}$ do
     $S^\prime \gets \{ (a^\prime, data^\prime) \in S : \mathcal{P}(x, \ell) = \mathcal{P}( \text{position}[a^\prime], \ell) \}$
diff --git a/sections/example.tex b/sections/example.tex
index be54d937e4e720c03d9aabe6d4760ada57ddc152..99cd562cafa2f8e3086a6c6bfcf725bbd7cb672f 100644
--- a/sections/example.tex
+++ b/sections/example.tex
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 				\begin{gather*}
 					S = \{ 10, 1, 2, \textcolor{red}{5}, 8, 7, 13, 15 \} \\
 					data = \textsc{DecryptBlock}(\textcolor{red}{5}) \\
-					\textcolor{blue}{5^\prime} \gets \textsc{EncryptData}(data^{\mbox{*}}) \\
+					\textcolor{blue}{5^\prime} \gets \textsc{EncryptData}(data^{*}) \\
 					S = \{ 10, 1, 2, \textcolor{blue}{5^\prime}, 8, 7, 13, 15 \}
 				\end{gather*}
 
diff --git a/sections/path-oram-protocol.tex b/sections/path-oram-protocol.tex
index 4e2b5c8f9bcd5ac37fc793ae6839de182cb3786b..774d13f2f252cfa7c6ac8c56f04afa80a6c39214 100644
--- a/sections/path-oram-protocol.tex
+++ b/sections/path-oram-protocol.tex
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@
 
 	\subsection{The algorithm}
 
-		\newcommand{\algName}{\textsc{Access$(op, a, data^{\mbox{*}})$}}
+		\newcommand{\algName}{\textsc{Access$(op, a, data^{*})$}}
 
 %%% fragile frame
 \begin{frame}[fragile]{Remap block}