diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 917b55662fa02385c539827d2324b4ebf6e1b623..c468217b5f1de9da2c06d89b7b5c3f51faabdf72 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ main.sagetex.sout.tmp: ${SAGETEXSCRIPT} ${PYPLOTFILES}
 	PYTHONPATH=./sagetexscripts/ sage ${SAGETEXSCRIPT}
 
 ${SAGETEXSCRIPT}: ${TEXFILES}
-	latexmk || echo this shoud fail
+	lualatex ${MAINTEXFILE} || echo this shoud fail
 
 filtered_sage.txt: ${MAINTEXFILE} filter_sage.sed
 	./filter_sage.sed ${MAINTEXFILE} > $@