diff --git a/book/figures/vars.tex b/book/figures/vars.tex
index b4bc120..d87e959 100644
--- a/book/figures/vars.tex
+++ b/book/figures/vars.tex
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 \documentclass[tikz]{standalone}
 \usepackage{tikz}
+\usepackage{pgfplots}
 \usepackage[mode=match, reset-text-family=false]{siunitx}
 \DeclareSIUnit\degF{\text{°}F}
 \input{flowcharts_tikz.tex}
diff --git a/book/makefile b/book/makefile
index 788fa6f..57bfa2a 100644
--- a/book/makefile
+++ b/book/makefile
@@ -90,11 +90,10 @@ tgt_figures := $(patsubst %.tex, %.png,$(src_figures))
 
 # TODO: check if it works on github CI
 %.png: %.tex
-	@echo "\input{./vars.tex}" > $@.in
-	# \b is backspace..
-	@echo "\\\begin{document}" >> $@.in
+	@printf '%s\n' "\input{./vars.tex}" > $@.in
+	@printf '%s\n' "\begin{document}" >> $@.in
 	@cat $< >> $@.in
-	@echo "\\\end{document}" >> $@.in
+	@printf '%s\n' "\end{document}" >> $@.in
 	$(LATEX) $@.in
 	figures/export_figures.sh $@.pdf