diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/paper/task_paper.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/paper/task_paper.py
index af802f4c..ce5ec0f4 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/paper/task_paper.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/paper/task_paper.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import shutil
 
 import pytask
+from pytask_latex import compilation_steps as cs
 
 from {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.config import BLD
 from {{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.config import PAPER_DIR
@@ -11,16 +12,12 @@
 for document in documents:
 
 
-    @pytask.mark.depends_on(
-        [
-            BLD / "figures" / "marital_status-figure.png",
-            PAPER_DIR / "refs.bib",
-            BLD / "latex" / "estimation_table.tex",
-        ]
-    )
     @pytask.mark.latex(
         script=PAPER_DIR / f"{document}.tex",
-        document=BLD / "latex" / f"{document}.pdf"
+        document=BLD / "latex" / f"{document}.pdf",
+    compilation_steps=cs.latexmk(
+        options=("--pdf", "--interaction=nonstopmode", "--synctex=1", "--cd")
+    )
     )
     @pytask.mark.task(id=document)
     def task_compile_documents():
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/paper/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.tex b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/paper/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.tex
index 71b95577..14db9b47 100755
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/paper/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.tex
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/paper/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}.tex
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ \section{Introduction} % (fold)
 \end{figure}
 
 
-\input{../bld/latex/estimation_table}
+\input{../tables/estimation_table.tex}
 
 % section introduction (end)
 
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
index 84b50f11..8cc51c6f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/pyproject.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ requires = ["setuptools>=45", "wheel", "setuptools_scm[toml]>=6.0"]
 write_to = "src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}/_version.py"
 
 [tool.pytask.ini_options]
-paths = ["./src/{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}", "./paper"]
+infer_latex_dependencies = true
 
 {% if cookiecutter.add_mypy == "yes" %}
 [tool.mypy]
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config.py
index 07ccd079..672e65d4 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/src/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config.py
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 TEST_DIR = SRC.joinpath("..", "..", "tests").resolve()
 PAPER_DIR = SRC.joinpath("..", "..", "paper").resolve()
 
-FIGURES_DIR = BLD.joinpath("figures").resolve())
-TABLES_DIR = BLD.joinpath("tables").resolve())
+FIGURES_DIR = BLD.joinpath("figures").resolve()
+TABLES_DIR = BLD.joinpath("tables").resolve()
 
 
 GROUPS = ["marital_status", "qualification"]