diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/commands.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/commands.ts
index 54fbe97f3a..947280b8eb 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/commands.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/commands.ts
@@ -191,3 +191,21 @@ export const enterNode = (
     })
   }
 }
+
+const texOrPdfArgument = { tex: 0, pdf: 1 }
+
+export const texOrPdfString = (
+  state: EditorState,
+  node: SyntaxNode,
+  version: keyof typeof texOrPdfArgument
+) => {
+  const commandName = getCommandName(node.node, state, ['CtrlSeq'])
+  if (commandName === '\\texorpdfstring') {
+    const argumentNode = node
+      .getChildren('TextArgument')
+      [texOrPdfArgument[version]]?.getChild('LongArg')
+    if (argumentNode) {
+      return state.doc.sliceString(argumentNode.from, argumentNode.to)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/outline.ts b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/outline.ts
index 97b094483d..b1fda8aa5b 100644
--- a/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/outline.ts
+++ b/services/web/frontend/js/features/source-editor/utils/tree-operations/outline.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { NodeIntersectsChangeFn, ProjectionItem } from './projection'
 import * as tokens from '../../lezer-latex/latex.terms.mjs'
 import { getEnvironmentArguments, getEnvironmentName } from './environments'
 import { PartialFlatOutline } from '@/features/ide-react/context/outline-context'
+import { texOrPdfString } from './commands'
 
 export type Outline = {
   line: number
@@ -89,18 +90,10 @@ const getEntryText = (state: EditorState, node: SyntaxNodeRef): string => {
     }
 
     // Handle the texorpdfstring command
-    if (
-      token.type.name === 'Command' &&
-      token.node.firstChild?.firstChild != null
-    ) {
-      let command = token.node.firstChild.firstChild
-      let commandName = state.doc.sliceString(command.from + 1, command.to)
-      let textArguments = token.node.firstChild.getChildren('TextArgument')
-      if (commandName == 'texorpdfstring' && textArguments.length >= 2) {
-        let pdfstring = textArguments[1]
-        titleParts.push(
-          state.doc.sliceString(pdfstring.from + 1, pdfstring.to - 1)
-        )
+    if (token.type.is('UnknownCommand')) {
+      const pdfString = texOrPdfString(state, token.node, 'pdf')
+      if (pdfString) {
+        titleParts.push(pdfString)
         return false
       }
     }