diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ebb55aa5e..c109d4a11 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ default: _site
 	jupyter nbconvert --to notebook --allow-errors --ExecutePreprocessor.timeout=120 --execute --stdout $< > $@
 
 notes.pdf: combined.ipynb $(PNGS) Makefile
-	jupyter nbconvert --to pdf --template latex.tplx $<
+	jupyter nbconvert --to pdf --template latex_template $<
 	mv combined.pdf notes.pdf
 
 combined.ipynb: $(EXECUTED)
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ combined.ipynb: $(EXECUTED)
 	sed -i -e 's/\.svg/\.png/g' $@
 
 notes.tex: combined.ipynb $(PNGS) Makefile
-	jupyter nbconvert --to latex --template latex.tplx $<
+	jupyter nbconvert --to latex --template latex_template $<
 	mv combined.tex notes.tex
 
 notebooks.zip: ${NBV2}
diff --git a/latex_template/conf.json b/latex_template/conf.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a26896770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/latex_template/conf.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "base_template": "latex",
+    "mimetypes": {
+        "text/latex": true,
+        "text/tex": true,
+        "application/pdf": true
+    }
+}
diff --git a/latex.tplx b/latex_template/index.tex.j2
similarity index 97%
rename from latex.tplx
rename to latex_template/index.tex.j2
index 1cee9fbd4..71565aaec 100644
--- a/latex.tplx
+++ b/latex_template/index.tex.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 % Default to the notebook output style
 ((* if not cell_style is defined *))
-    ((* set cell_style = 'style_ipython.tplx' *))
+    ((* set cell_style = 'style_ipython.tex.j2' *))
 ((* endif *))
 
 % Inherit from the specified cell style.