diff --git a/latexmkrc b/latexmkrc
index ef8f9b0..a23bceb 100644
--- a/latexmkrc
+++ b/latexmkrc
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 $pdf_mode = 4;
 @default_files = ('index.tex');
 $out_dir = 'output';
-set_tex_cmds( '--shell-escape %O %S' );
-$pdf_previewer = 'start zathura output/index.pdf'
+set_tex_cmds( '-lua=mybatchmode.lua --shell-escape %O %S' );
+$pdf_previewer = "zathura %O %S";
diff --git a/mybatchmode.lua b/mybatchmode.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30180b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mybatchmode.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+texconfig.interaction = 0           -- Activate batchmode
+texconfig.halt_on_error = true -- Stop at first error
+
+callback.register('show_error_message', function(...)
+  texio.write_nl('term and log', status.lasterrorstring)
+  texio.write('term', '.\n')
+end)
+callback.register('show_lua_error_hook', function(...)
+  texio.write_nl('term and log', status.lastluaerrorstring)
+  texio.write('term', '.\n')
+end)