diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f097c58..29c33ef 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ CHECKPGFREALJOBNAME=true
 #shut the make up
 VERBOSE ?= @
 
-PRINTF ?= echo -e
+PRINTF ?= printf
 
 # all extensions which should be deleted with make clean
 TEXEXT=log aux toc synctex.gz synctex.gz\(busy\) pdfsync