diff --git a/.local/bin/compiler b/.local/bin/compiler
index 4092306e..9127087d 100755
--- a/.local/bin/compiler
+++ b/.local/bin/compiler
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ cd "$dir" || exit 1
 
 textype() { \
 	command="pdflatex"
-  texroot=$(grep -Poi "^ *% *\! *tex root *= *\w+(?:\.\w*)?" "$file" | cut -d "=" -f 2 | tr -d "[:blank:]")
+  texroot=$(readlink -f "$(grep -Poi "^ *% *\! *tex root *= *\w+(?:\.\w*)?" "$file" | cut -d "=" -f 2 | tr -d "[:blank:]")")
   [ -n "$texroot" ] && base=$texroot && echo "Compiling from TeX root: $texroot"
 	( head -n5 "$file" | grep -qi 'xelatex' ) && command="xelatex"
 	$command --output-directory="$dir" "$base" &&