diff --git a/report/report_base.tmpl b/report/report_base.tmpl
index 0994312..6676172 100644
--- a/report/report_base.tmpl
+++ b/report/report_base.tmpl
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
 \setcounter{lofdepth}{2} % we want subfigures in the list of figures
 \usepackage{sansmath}
 \sansmath
-\usepackage{svg}
-\svgsetup{inkscapelatex=false} % this is important to not have jumbled plot labels
+\usepackage[off]{svg-extract}
+ % inkscapelatex=false is important to not have jumbled plot labels as a result of latex trying to render plot/axis labels with the default latex fonts.
+\svgsetup{inkscapelatex=false,clean=true,inkscapepath=svgsubdir}
+\pdfsuppresswarningpagegroup=1 % pdflatex complains svg-turned-pdf files
 \usepackage{meta}
 \usepackage[affil-it]{authblk}