diff --git a/src/converter.C b/src/converter.C
index 82f74c372a..1c56579c00 100644
--- a/src/converter.C
+++ b/src/converter.C
@@ -256,15 +256,16 @@ void Converters::sort()
 }
 
 
-bool Converters::usePdflatex(Graph::EdgePath const & path)
+OutputParams::FLAVOR Converters::getFlavor(Graph::EdgePath const & path)
 {
 	for (Graph::EdgePath::const_iterator cit = path.begin();
 	     cit != path.end(); ++cit) {
 		Converter const & conv = converterlist_[*cit];
 		if (conv.latex)
-			return contains(conv.to, "pdf");
+			if (contains(conv.to, "pdf"))
+				return OutputParams::PDFLATEX;
 	}
-	return false;
+	return OutputParams::LATEX;
 }
 
 
@@ -284,8 +285,7 @@ bool Converters::convert(Buffer const * buffer,
 		return false;
 	}
 	OutputParams runparams;
-	runparams.flavor = usePdflatex(edgepath) ?
-		OutputParams::PDFLATEX : OutputParams::LATEX;
+	runparams.flavor = getFlavor(edgepath);
 
 	string path = OnlyPath(from_file);
 	Path p(path);
diff --git a/src/converter.h b/src/converter.h
index b24f017e79..801b4c3cbf 100644
--- a/src/converter.h
+++ b/src/converter.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #define CONVERTER_H
 
 #include "graph.h"
+#include "outputparams.h"
 
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ public:
 	///
 	Graph::EdgePath const getPath(std::string const & from, std::string const & to);
 	///
-	bool usePdflatex(Graph::EdgePath const & path);
+	OutputParams::FLAVOR getFlavor(Graph::EdgePath const & path);
 	///
 	bool convert(Buffer const * buffer,
 		     std::string const & from_file, std::string const & to_file_base,
diff --git a/src/exporter.C b/src/exporter.C
index dc267c0349..a58c23e6a1 100644
--- a/src/exporter.C
+++ b/src/exporter.C
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ bool Exporter::Export(Buffer * buffer, string const & format,
 			Graph::EdgePath p =
 				converters.getPath(*it,	format);
 			if (!p.empty()) {
-				if (converters.usePdflatex(p))
-					runparams.flavor = OutputParams::PDFLATEX;
+				runparams.flavor = converters.getFlavor(p);
 				backend_format = *it;
 				break;
 			}