diff --git a/docs/build_notebooks.jl b/docs/build_notebooks.jl
index 0cacbdf..65812fe 100644
--- a/docs/build_notebooks.jl
+++ b/docs/build_notebooks.jl
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function run_notebooks()
                 Base.showerror(Base.STDOUT, error)
             end
             try
-                run(`ipython nbconvert tutorials/$ipynb --to pdf --output=$bn`)
+                run(`ipython nbconvert tutorials/$ipynb --to latex --output=$bn`)
             catch error
                 warn("unable to convert notebook to tex format")
                 Base.showerror(Base.STDOUT, error)