diff --git a/latex/thesis/.latexmkrc b/latex/thesis/.latexmkrc
index 8b28af7..ec82bbc 100644
--- a/latex/thesis/.latexmkrc
+++ b/latex/thesis/.latexmkrc
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-$pdflatex="pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode %O %S";
+$pdflatex="pdflatex -shell-escape -interaction=nonstopmode %O %S";
 $out_dir = 'build';