diff --git a/tests/TeX/fs2000_corr_ME.mod b/tests/TeX/fs2000_corr_ME.mod
index b0ebe70fd2a809e303104d08088e93cdd654450a..d2b1dc4de38521e0584a6f7eda95a709102c88ed 100644
--- a/tests/TeX/fs2000_corr_ME.mod
+++ b/tests/TeX/fs2000_corr_ME.mod
@@ -185,6 +185,8 @@ stoch_simul(order=1,irf=20,graph_format=eps,periods=0,contemporaneous_correlatio
 collect_latex_files;
 
 //identification(advanced=1,max_dim_cova_group=3,prior_mc=250);
-if system(['pdflatex -halt-on-error -interaction=batchmode ' M_.fname '_TeX_binder.tex'])
+[status, cmdout]=system(['pdflatex -halt-on-error -interaction=nonstopmode ' M_.fname '_TeX_binder.tex']);
+if status
+    cmdout
     error('TeX-File did not compile.')
 end
diff --git a/tests/gsa/ls2003.mod b/tests/gsa/ls2003.mod
index 9443b535f1b8154ef7f2c15bf745d9f299c09061..038ee902099cf577b5f034a9831214e150c15d79 100644
--- a/tests/gsa/ls2003.mod
+++ b/tests/gsa/ls2003.mod
@@ -179,6 +179,8 @@ alpha2_rmse=0, // no correlation analysis
 rmse=1,ppost=1,Nsam=512);
 
 collect_latex_files;
-if system(['pdflatex -halt-on-error -interaction=batchmode ' M_.fname '_TeX_binder.tex'])
+[status, cmdout]=system(['pdflatex -halt-on-error -interaction=nonstopmode ' M_.fname '_TeX_binder.tex']);
+if status
+    cmdout
     error('TeX-File did not compile.')
 end
diff --git a/tests/identification/as2007/as2007.mod b/tests/identification/as2007/as2007.mod
index 8b073460eb21e90f1b8ef72c34757336210908ad..1591a7308cb97c1b0f23ca712ccff975cf04a604 100644
--- a/tests/identification/as2007/as2007.mod
+++ b/tests/identification/as2007/as2007.mod
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ identification(tex);
 identification(tex,advanced=1,max_dim_cova_group=3,prior_mc=250,no_identification_spectrum, no_identification_minimal);
 
 collect_latex_files;
-if system(['pdflatex -halt-on-error -interaction=batchmode ' M_.fname '_TeX_binder.tex'])
+[status, cmdout]=system(['pdflatex -halt-on-error -interaction=nonstopmode ' M_.fname '_TeX_binder.tex']);
+if status
+    cmdout
     error('TeX-File did not compile.')
 end
 close all;
diff --git a/tests/identification/correlated_errors/fs2000_corr.mod b/tests/identification/correlated_errors/fs2000_corr.mod
index c03bb17c1e11bc9c206d4ef8dbc674b146b6827e..c8fb124ce06604fae13a0388418e00cf3c974d92 100644
--- a/tests/identification/correlated_errors/fs2000_corr.mod
+++ b/tests/identification/correlated_errors/fs2000_corr.mod
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ identification(advanced=1,max_dim_cova_group=3,prior_mc=250,tex);
 
 collect_latex_files;
 
-if system(['pdflatex -halt-on-error -interaction=batchmode ' M_.fname '_TeX_binder.tex'])
+[status, cmdout]=system(['pdflatex -halt-on-error -interaction=nonstopmode ' M_.fname '_TeX_binder.tex']);
+if status
+    cmdout
     error('TeX-File did not compile.')
 end
diff --git a/tests/optimal_policy/Ramsey/Ramsey_Example_estimation.mod b/tests/optimal_policy/Ramsey/Ramsey_Example_estimation.mod
index ffd76cff63064c645ebfc66b98ca854e722347a1..57912ea45a9960ef468771d933178c0f154b858d 100644
--- a/tests/optimal_policy/Ramsey/Ramsey_Example_estimation.mod
+++ b/tests/optimal_policy/Ramsey/Ramsey_Example_estimation.mod
@@ -245,6 +245,8 @@ write_latex_original_model(write_equation_tags);
 write_latex_steady_state_model;
 
 collect_latex_files;
-if system(['pdflatex -halt-on-error -interaction=batchmode ' M_.fname '_TeX_binder.tex'])
+[status, cmdout]=system(['pdflatex -halt-on-error -interaction=nonstopmode ' M_.fname '_TeX_binder.tex']);
+if status
+    cmdout
     error('TeX-File did not compile.')
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end
diff --git a/tests/shock_decomposition/ls2003_plot.mod b/tests/shock_decomposition/ls2003_plot.mod
index 2d15d018375f3938e7f2d48646c36db000edc4bc..7852a08c9e47c8c195af3aad75f7ff762f1ab59d 100644
--- a/tests/shock_decomposition/ls2003_plot.mod
+++ b/tests/shock_decomposition/ls2003_plot.mod
@@ -165,6 +165,8 @@ realtime_shock_decomposition(fast_realtime=75) y_obs R_obs pie_obs dq de;
 squeeze_shock_decomposition;
 
 collect_latex_files;
-if system(['pdflatex -halt-on-error -interaction=batchmode ' M_.fname '_TeX_binder.tex'])
+[status, cmdout]=system(['pdflatex -halt-on-error -interaction=nonstopmode ' M_.fname '_TeX_binder.tex']);
+if status
+    cmdout
     error('TeX-File did not compile.')
 end