diff --git a/.latexmkrc b/.latexmkrc
index 1e5733f71ed31fd1b281d1abfa2da91de0aaba8b..fb54638ca82bdca84eea53e745ef2c0106e57d3a 100644
--- a/.latexmkrc
+++ b/.latexmkrc
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@
 $pdf_mode= 4 ;
 @default_files = ('.maindir/tex/main.tex');
 $out_dir = '.maindir/out';
+# my okular stops currently with a segmentation fault
+# so I use another viewer: evince
+# start is necessary to start evince detached, otherwise latexmk -pvc is blocked by evince running
+# I am not sure if this would work with file names with blanks. Bad idea anyway!
+$pdf_previewer = "start evince %O %S"