diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 192dc86..28dbbe8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ RUN /rocker_scripts/install_R_source.sh && \
 
 COPY scripts /scripts
 RUN /scripts/install_sys_deps.sh && \
-    /scripts/install_r_pkgs.R 
+    /scripts/install_r_pkgs.R
+
+# TinyTex is installed in /root/.TinyTex and then linked to /root/bin, for it to be found we link to a location found in PATH
+RUN ln -s /root/.TinyTeX/bin/*/* /usr/local/bin/
 
 # Cleanup
 RUN rm -rf /rocker_scripts /scripts 
diff --git a/scripts/install_sys_deps.sh b/scripts/install_sys_deps.sh
index 06a77e9..6db5377 100755
--- a/scripts/install_sys_deps.sh
+++ b/scripts/install_sys_deps.sh
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ lbzip2 \
 rsync \
 qpdf \
 wget \
-texlive-latex-base\
 "
-# texlive-latex-base because it contains `pdflatex`
 apt-get update -y
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
 apt-get install -q -y ${pkgs_to_install}