diff --git a/backend/danswer/llm/answering/stream_processing/citation_processing.py b/backend/danswer/llm/answering/stream_processing/citation_processing.py
index d1d1eb078..de80b6f67 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/llm/answering/stream_processing/citation_processing.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/llm/answering/stream_processing/citation_processing.py
@@ -125,6 +125,30 @@ def extract_citations_from_stream(
                         length_to_add -= diff
                         continue
 
+                    # Handle edge case where LLM outputs citation itself
+                    # by allowing it to generate citations on its own.
+                    if curr_segment.startswith("[["):
+                        match = re.match(r"\[\[(\d+)\]\]", curr_segment)
+                        if match:
+                            try:
+                                doc_id = int(match.group(1))
+                                context_llm_doc = context_docs[doc_id - 1]
+                                yield CitationInfo(
+                                    citation_num=target_citation_num,
+                                    document_id=context_llm_doc.document_id,
+                                )
+                            except Exception as e:
+                                logger.warning(
+                                    f"Manual LLM citation didn't properly cite documents {e}"
+                                )
+                        else:
+                            # Will continue attempt on next loops
+                            logger.warning(
+                                "Manual LLM citation wasn't able to close brackets"
+                            )
+
+                        continue
+
                     link = context_llm_doc.link
 
                     # Replace the citation in the current segment
@@ -162,6 +186,7 @@ def extract_citations_from_stream(
                             + curr_segment[end + length_to_add :]
                         )
                         length_to_add += len(curr_segment) - prev_length
+
                     last_citation_end = end + length_to_add
 
             if last_citation_end > 0:
diff --git a/backend/tests/unit/danswer/llm/answering/stream_processing/test_citation_processing.py b/backend/tests/unit/danswer/llm/answering/stream_processing/test_citation_processing.py
index 87d8e0d32..473ccf245 100644
--- a/backend/tests/unit/danswer/llm/answering/stream_processing/test_citation_processing.py
+++ b/backend/tests/unit/danswer/llm/answering/stream_processing/test_citation_processing.py
@@ -257,6 +257,35 @@ def process_text(
             "[[1]](https://0.com)[[2]]()t]",
             ["doc_0", "doc_1"],
         ),
+        (
+            "Citations with extraneous citations",
+            [
+                "[[1]](https://0.com) Citation",
+                " at ",
+                "the beginning. ",
+                "[",
+                "3",
+                "]",
+                " In the mid",
+                "dle. At the end ",
+                "[",
+                "5",
+                "]",
+                ".",
+            ],
+            "[[1]](https://0.com) Citation at the beginning. [[2]]() In the middle. At the end [[3]](https://2.com).",
+            ["doc_0", "doc_1", "doc_2"],
+        ),
+        (
+            "Citations with extraneous citations, split up",
+            [
+                "[[1]](",
+                "https://0.com) Citation at ",
+                "the beginning. ",
+            ],
+            "[[1]](https://0.com) Citation at the beginning. ",
+            ["doc_0"],
+        ),
     ],
 )
 def test_citation_extraction(