diff --git a/compas_python_utils/detailed_evolution_plotter/plot_detailed_evolution.py b/compas_python_utils/detailed_evolution_plotter/plot_detailed_evolution.py
index a197f8aa1..963ccd5c5 100644
--- a/compas_python_utils/detailed_evolution_plotter/plot_detailed_evolution.py
+++ b/compas_python_utils/detailed_evolution_plotter/plot_detailed_evolution.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 ###################################################################
 
 import os, sys
+import shutil
 import numpy as np
 import h5py as h5
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ def run_main_plotter(data_path, outdir='.', show=True):
 
 fontparams = {
     "font.serif": "Times New Roman",
-    "text.usetex": "True",
+    "text.usetex": str(shutil.which("latex") is not None),
     "axes.grid": "True",
     "grid.color": "gray",
     "grid.linestyle": ":",
diff --git a/py_tests/test_plot_detailed_evolution.py b/py_tests/test_plot_detailed_evolution.py
index c6ebee8d5..a287cde91 100644
--- a/py_tests/test_plot_detailed_evolution.py
+++ b/py_tests/test_plot_detailed_evolution.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 from compas_python_utils.detailed_evolution_plotter import plot_detailed_evolution
 
 
-@pytest.mark.skip(reason="RuntimeError: Failed to process string with tex because latex could not be found")
 def test_plotter(example_compas_output_path, capsys, test_archive_dir):
     data_path = example_compas_output_path
     bse_detailed_out_path = os.path.join(