diff --git a/filter.lua b/filter.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33b915b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filter.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+function Image(el)
+    if FORMAT == "latex" then
+        -- convert svg to pdf
+        if string.sub(el.src, -4) == '.svg' then
+            local pdfName = string.gsub(el.src, "svg", "pdf")
+            pandoc.pipe('inkscape.exe', { el.src, '--export-filename', pdfName}, '')
+            el.src = pdfName
+            return el
+        end
+    end
+end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/report.qmd b/report.qmd
index 9574dcb..ff48a9b 100644
--- a/report.qmd
+++ b/report.qmd
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ bibliography: citations.bib
 
 execute:
   cache: true
+
+filters:
+  - filter.lua
 ---
 
 ## Introduction