diff --git a/services/clsi/app/js/LatexRunner.js b/services/clsi/app/js/LatexRunner.js
index e8748bd4fe..e296c2e020 100644
--- a/services/clsi/app/js/LatexRunner.js
+++ b/services/clsi/app/js/LatexRunner.js
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ function _buildLatexCommand(mainFile, opts = {}) {
     'latexmk',
     '-cd',
     '-jobname=output',
-    '-auxdir=$COMPILE_DIR',
+    '-auxdir=./',
     '-outdir=$COMPILE_DIR',
     '-synctex=1',
     '-interaction=batchmode'