diff --git a/.latexmkrc b/.latexmkrc
index 8e719cab3e03ada1384f514714f358e5ccc5c009..e566f7c0deb3f81215fcf2046348c8c9f551b57f 100644
--- a/.latexmkrc
+++ b/.latexmkrc
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
-$pdf_mode = 1;  # use pdflatex
-$bibtex_use = 2;  # use bibtex
+# use pdflatex
+$pdf_mode = 1;
+
+# use bibtex
+$bibtex_use = 2;
+$clean_ext .= " run.xml";
+
+# use and auxilary folder for temp files
 $aux_dir = './.aux/';
 
 # put the ./src subfolder on searchpath