diff --git a/doerg/doerg-tex/index.js b/doerg/doerg-tex/index.js
index ea6e854..d9156c3 100755
--- a/doerg/doerg-tex/index.js
+++ b/doerg/doerg-tex/index.js
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ function do_command (cmd) {
 	    return null
 	}
     } catch (e) {
+	console.error (e)
 	return {type: "error", error: e}
     }
 }
 
 function main () {
     const options = commandLineArgs (cli_spec)
-    console.error (options)
     macros = load_preambles (options.preamble)
     const decoder = new DecoderStream ()
     const encoder = new EncoderStream ()
diff --git a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/repl.clj b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/repl.clj
index 613032b..fd407e6 100644
--- a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/repl.clj
+++ b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/repl.clj
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   "/home/msyds/org/20250512144715-natural_transformation_category_theory.org"
   #_
   "/home/msyds/org/20251021155921-path_action.org"
-  "/tmp/t.org")
+  "test/net/deertopia/doerg/tex-test.org")
 
 (defn- force-create-sym-link [path target]
   (fs/delete-if-exists path)
diff --git a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/tex.clj b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/tex.clj
index 39403f2..bbe4f95 100644
--- a/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/tex.clj
+++ b/doerg/src/net/deertopia/doerg/tex.clj
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
     (if (re-matches #"(?s)\\begin\{.+?}(.*?)\\end\{.+?}" s)
       (render-temml-display s)
       (if-let [[_ inner] (re-matches #"(?s)\\\((.*)\\\)" s)]
-        (render-temml-inline s)
+        (render-temml-inline inner)
         (throw (ex-info "weird" {:snippet s}))))))
 
 ;; hackky....
diff --git a/doerg/test/net/deertopia/doerg/tex-test.org b/doerg/test/net/deertopia/doerg/tex-test.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50c3f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doerg/test/net/deertopia/doerg/tex-test.org
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#+title: aghhh
+#+latex_header: \usepackage{ifxetex}
+
+- blah blah prose prose prose \(c = \sqrt{x^2 + y^2}\), alal.
+- this thing is \(x\)
+- another thing \(y\)
+- this thing is also \(x\) and uses the same svg
+- ifxetex: \(\ifxetex alalala\fi \)
+
+balahahahahahaj
+\begin{align*}
+x &= y
+\\ &= zzz.
+\end{align*}
+awawawa
+
+cool ass tbale
+\begin{tabular}{|c|c|c|}
+blah & glah & zlah
+\\ abdwa & www &dj
+\end{tabular}