diff --git a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/auto-complete/AutoCompleteManager.coffee b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/auto-complete/AutoCompleteManager.coffee
index 23e653ae54..4bdcb4512c 100644
--- a/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/auto-complete/AutoCompleteManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/public/coffee/ide/editor/directives/aceEditor/auto-complete/AutoCompleteManager.coffee
@@ -46,14 +46,22 @@ define [
 			ReferencesCompleter =
 				getCompletions: (editor, session, pos, prefix, callback) ->
 					if references.keys
-						result = references.keys.map (key) -> {
-							caption: key,
-							snippet: key,
-							meta: "reference",
-							score: 10000
-						}
-						console.log result
-						callback null, result
+						range = new Range(pos.row, 0, pos.row, pos.column)
+						lineUpToCursor = editor.getSession().getTextRange(range)
+						commandFragment = getLastCommandFragment(lineUpToCursor)
+						console.log commandFragment
+						if commandFragment == '\\cite{'
+							console.log ">> yes"
+							result = references.keys.map (key) -> {
+								caption: key,
+								snippet: key,
+								meta: "reference",
+								score: 10000
+							}
+							console.log ">> reference keys #{result.length}"
+							callback null, result
+						else
+							callback null, []
 
 			@editor.completers = [@suggestionManager, SnippetCompleter, ReferencesCompleter]