diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/outline/outline-parser.js b/services/web/frontend/js/features/outline/outline-parser.js
index 9b7af66b37..4e5f9d7762 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/outline/outline-parser.js
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/outline/outline-parser.js
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ function matchOutline(content) {
 }
 
 const DISPLAY_TITLE_REGEX = new RegExp('([^\\\\]*)\\\\([^{]+){([^}]+)}(.*)')
+const END_OF_TITLE_REGEX = new RegExp('^([^{}]*?({[^{}]*?}[^{}]*?)*)}')
 /*
  * Attempt to improve the display of the outline title for titles with commands.
  * Either skip the command (for labels) or display the command's content instead
@@ -61,11 +62,19 @@ const DISPLAY_TITLE_REGEX = new RegExp('([^\\\\]*)\\\\([^{]+){([^}]+)}(.*)')
  */
 function matchDisplayTitle(title) {
   const closingBracketPosition = title.indexOf('}')
+
   if (closingBracketPosition < 0) {
     // simple title (no commands)
     return title
   }
 
+  // if there is anything outside the title def on the line, remove it
+  // before proceeding
+  const titleOnlyMatch = title.match(END_OF_TITLE_REGEX)
+  if (titleOnlyMatch) {
+    title = titleOnlyMatch[1]
+  }
+
   const titleMatch = title.match(DISPLAY_TITLE_REGEX)
   if (!titleMatch) {
     // no contained commands; strip everything after the first closing bracket
diff --git a/services/web/test/frontend/features/outline/outline-parser.test.js b/services/web/test/frontend/features/outline/outline-parser.test.js
index da220d6baa..7af793d31a 100644
--- a/services/web/test/frontend/features/outline/outline-parser.test.js
+++ b/services/web/test/frontend/features/outline/outline-parser.test.js
@@ -47,13 +47,27 @@ describe('OutlineParser', function() {
       \\section{Label after \\label{foo}}
       \\section{Label \\label{foo} between}
       \\section{TT \\texttt{Bar}}
-    `
+      \\section{plain title}
+      `
       const outline = matchOutline(content)
       expect(outline).to.deep.equal([
         { line: 2, title: ' Label before', level: 40 },
         { line: 3, title: 'Label after ', level: 40 },
         { line: 4, title: 'Label  between', level: 40 },
-        { line: 5, title: 'TT Bar', level: 40 }
+        { line: 5, title: 'TT Bar', level: 40 },
+        { line: 6, title: 'plain title', level: 40 }
+      ])
+    })
+
+    it('removes spurious commands after title definition', function() {
+      const content = `
+      \\section{Plain title} more text \\href{link}{link}
+      \\section{\\label{foo} Label before} more text \\href{link}{link}
+      `
+      const outline = matchOutline(content)
+      expect(outline).to.deep.equal([
+        { line: 2, title: 'Plain title', level: 40 },
+        { line: 3, title: ' Label before', level: 40 }
       ])
     })