diff --git a/src/Writers/LaTeXWriter.jl b/src/Writers/LaTeXWriter.jl
index aa9578f34f0..f93f0bdb431 100644
--- a/src/Writers/LaTeXWriter.jl
+++ b/src/Writers/LaTeXWriter.jl
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ function compile_tex(texfile)
         Sys.which("latexmk") === nothing && (@error "LaTeXWriter: latexmk command not found."; return false)
         @info "LaTeXWriter: using latexmk to compile tex."
         try
-            piperun(`latexmk -f -interaction=nonstopmode -view=none -lualatex -shell-escape $file`)
+            piperun(`latexmk -f -interaction=nonstopmode -view=none -lualatex -shell-escape $texfile`)
             return true
         catch err
             logs = cp(pwd(), mktempdir(); force=true)