diff --git a/d2js/js/test/unit/basic.test.js b/d2js/js/test/unit/basic.test.js
index 8b7bcea33..063c02b7e 100644
--- a/d2js/js/test/unit/basic.test.js
+++ b/d2js/js/test/unit/basic.test.js
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ describe("D2 Unit Tests", () => {
     await d2.worker.terminate();
   }, 20000);
 
+  test("latex works", async () => {
+    const d2 = new D2();
+    const result = await d2.compile("x: |latex \\frac{f(x+h)-f(x)}{h} |");
+    const svg = await d2.render(result.diagram);
+    expect(svg).toContain("<svg");
+    expect(svg).toContain("</svg>");
+    await d2.worker.terminate();
+  }, 20000);
+
   test("handles syntax errors correctly", async () => {
     const d2 = new D2();
     try {
diff --git a/d2renderers/d2latex/latex.go b/d2renderers/d2latex/latex.go
index a822b2c7b..2431a2f0c 100644
--- a/d2renderers/d2latex/latex.go
+++ b/d2renderers/d2latex/latex.go
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 
-	"github.com/dop251/goja"
-
+	"oss.terrastruct.com/d2/lib/jsrunner"
 	"oss.terrastruct.com/util-go/xdefer"
 )
 
@@ -29,21 +28,24 @@ var svgRe = regexp.MustCompile(`<svg[^>]+width="([0-9\.]+)ex" height="([0-9\.]+)
 
 func Render(s string) (_ string, err error) {
 	defer xdefer.Errorf(&err, "latex failed to parse")
-	vm := goja.New()
+	runner := jsrunner.NewJSRunner()
 
-	if _, err := vm.RunString(polyfillsJS); err != nil {
+	if _, err := runner.RunString(polyfillsJS); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	if _, err := vm.RunString(mathjaxJS); err != nil {
+	if _, err := runner.RunString(mathjaxJS); err != nil {
+		// Known issue that a harmless error occurs in JS: https://github.com/mathjax/MathJax/issues/3289
+		if runner.Engine() == jsrunner.Goja {
+			return "", err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if _, err := runner.RunString(setupJS); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	if _, err := vm.RunString(setupJS); err != nil {
-		return "", err
-	}
-
-	val, err := vm.RunString(fmt.Sprintf(`adaptor.innerHTML(html.convert(`+"`"+"%s`"+`, {
+	val, err := runner.RunString(fmt.Sprintf(`adaptor.innerHTML(html.convert(`+"`"+"%s`"+`, {
   em: %d,
   ex: %d,
 }))`, s, pxPerEx*2, pxPerEx))
diff --git a/d2renderers/d2latex/setup.js b/d2renderers/d2latex/setup.js
index c1b9c9113..d154a138f 100644
--- a/d2renderers/d2latex/setup.js
+++ b/d2renderers/d2latex/setup.js
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ const html = MathJax._.mathjax.mathjax.document('', {
   InputJax: new MathJax._.input.tex_ts.TeX({ packages: ['base', 'mathtools', 'ams', 'amscd', 'braket', 'cancel', 'cases', 'color', 'gensymb', 'mhchem', 'physics'] }),
   OutputJax: new MathJax._.output.svg_ts.SVG(),
 });
+
+if (typeof globalThis !== 'undefined') {
+  globalThis.adaptor = adaptor;
+  globalThis.html = html;
+}
diff --git a/lib/jsrunner/js.go b/lib/jsrunner/js.go
index 50ca70aab..18d8d54cc 100644
--- a/lib/jsrunner/js.go
+++ b/lib/jsrunner/js.go
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ func (j *jsRunner) MustGet(key string) (JSValue, error) {
 	return &jsValue{val: result}, nil
 }
 
-func (j *jsRunner) RunString(code string) (JSValue, error) {
+func (j *jsRunner) RunString(code string) (_ JSValue, err error) {
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("panic: %v", r)
+		}
+	}()
 	result := j.global.Call("eval", code)
 	return &jsValue{val: result}, nil
 }