diff --git a/src/ipe-web/src/PdfTeXEngine.ts b/src/ipe-web/src/PdfTeXEngine.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c07756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ipe-web/src/PdfTeXEngine.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,185 @@
+/********************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (C) 2019 Elliott Wen.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0.
+ *
+ * This Source Code may also be made available under the following Secondary
+ * Licenses when the conditions for such availability set forth in the Eclipse
+ * Public License v. 2.0 are satisfied: GNU General Public License, version 2
+ * with the GNU Classpath Exception which is available at
+ * https://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR GPL-2.0 WITH Classpath-exception-2.0
+ ********************************************************************************/
+
+export enum EngineStatus {
+	Init = 1,
+	Ready,
+	Busy,
+	Error,
+}
+
+const ENGINE_PATH = "/swiftlatexpdftex.js";
+
+export class CompileResult {
+	pdf: Uint8Array | undefined = undefined;
+	status: number = -254;
+	log: string = "No log";
+}
+
+export class PdfTeXEngine {
+	private latexWorker: Worker | undefined = undefined;
+	public latexWorkerStatus: EngineStatus = EngineStatus.Init;
+	constructor() {}
+
+	public async loadEngine(): Promise<void> {
+		if (this.latexWorker !== undefined) {
+			throw new Error("Other instance is running, abort()");
+		}
+		this.latexWorkerStatus = EngineStatus.Init;
+		await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+			this.latexWorker = new Worker(ENGINE_PATH);
+			this.latexWorker.onmessage = (ev: any) => {
+				const data: any = ev["data"];
+				const cmd: string = data["result"] as string;
+				if (cmd === "ok") {
+					this.latexWorkerStatus = EngineStatus.Ready;
+					resolve();
+				} else {
+					this.latexWorkerStatus = EngineStatus.Error;
+					reject();
+				}
+			};
+		});
+		this.latexWorker!.onmessage = (_: any) => {};
+		this.latexWorker!.onerror = (_: any) => {};
+	}
+
+	public isReady(): boolean {
+		return this.latexWorkerStatus === EngineStatus.Ready;
+	}
+
+	private checkEngineStatus(): void {
+		if (!this.isReady()) {
+			throw Error("Engine is still spinning or not ready yet!");
+		}
+	}
+
+	public async compileLaTeX(): Promise<CompileResult> {
+		this.checkEngineStatus();
+		this.latexWorkerStatus = EngineStatus.Busy;
+		const start_compile_time = performance.now();
+		const res: CompileResult = await new Promise((resolve, _) => {
+			this.latexWorker!.onmessage = (ev: any) => {
+				const data: any = ev["data"];
+				const cmd: string = data["cmd"] as string;
+				if (cmd !== "compile") return;
+				const result: string = data["result"] as string;
+				const log: string = data["log"] as string;
+				const status: number = data["status"] as number;
+				this.latexWorkerStatus = EngineStatus.Ready;
+				console.log(
+					"Engine compilation finish " +
+						(performance.now() - start_compile_time),
+				);
+				const nice_report = new CompileResult();
+				nice_report.status = status;
+				nice_report.log = log;
+				if (result === "ok") {
+					const pdf: Uint8Array = new Uint8Array(data["pdf"]);
+					nice_report.pdf = pdf;
+				}
+				resolve(nice_report);
+			};
+			this.latexWorker!.postMessage({ cmd: "compilelatex" });
+			console.log("Engine compilation start");
+		});
+		this.latexWorker!.onmessage = (_: any) => {};
+
+		return res;
+	}
+
+	/* Internal Use */
+	public async compileFormat(): Promise<void> {
+		this.checkEngineStatus();
+		this.latexWorkerStatus = EngineStatus.Busy;
+		await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+			this.latexWorker!.onmessage = (ev: any) => {
+				const data: any = ev["data"];
+				const cmd: string = data["cmd"] as string;
+				if (cmd !== "compile") return;
+				const result: string = data["result"] as string;
+				const log: string = data["log"] as string;
+				// const status: number = data['status'] as number;
+				this.latexWorkerStatus = EngineStatus.Ready;
+				if (result === "ok") {
+					const formatArray = data["pdf"]; /* PDF for result */
+					const formatBlob = new Blob([formatArray], {
+						type: "application/octet-stream",
+					});
+					const formatURL = URL.createObjectURL(formatBlob);
+					setTimeout(() => {
+						URL.revokeObjectURL(formatURL);
+					}, 30000);
+					console.log("Download format file via " + formatURL);
+					resolve();
+				} else {
+					reject(log);
+				}
+			};
+			this.latexWorker!.postMessage({ cmd: "compileformat" });
+		});
+		this.latexWorker!.onmessage = (_: any) => {};
+	}
+
+	public setEngineMainFile(filename: string): void {
+		this.checkEngineStatus();
+		if (this.latexWorker !== undefined) {
+			this.latexWorker.postMessage({ cmd: "setmainfile", url: filename });
+		}
+	}
+
+	public writeMemFSFile(filename: string, srccode: string | Uint8Array): void {
+		this.checkEngineStatus();
+		if (this.latexWorker !== undefined) {
+			this.latexWorker.postMessage({
+				cmd: "writefile",
+				url: filename,
+				src: srccode,
+			});
+		}
+	}
+
+	public makeMemFSFolder(folder: string): void {
+		this.checkEngineStatus();
+		if (this.latexWorker !== undefined) {
+			if (folder === "" || folder === "/") {
+				return;
+			}
+			this.latexWorker.postMessage({ cmd: "mkdir", url: folder });
+		}
+	}
+
+	public flushCache(): void {
+		this.checkEngineStatus();
+		if (this.latexWorker !== undefined) {
+			// console.warn('Flushing');
+			this.latexWorker.postMessage({ cmd: "flushcache" });
+		}
+	}
+
+	public setTexliveEndpoint(url: string): void {
+		if (this.latexWorker !== undefined) {
+			this.latexWorker.postMessage({ cmd: "settexliveurl", url: url });
+		}
+	}
+
+	public closeWorker(): void {
+		if (this.latexWorker !== undefined) {
+			this.latexWorker.postMessage({ cmd: "grace" });
+			this.latexWorker = undefined;
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/ipe-web/src/ipeui.ts b/src/ipe-web/src/ipeui.ts
index 18926e1..c0c026a 100644
--- a/src/ipe-web/src/ipeui.ts
+++ b/src/ipe-web/src/ipeui.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import {
 	PopupMenu,
 } from "./popup-menu";
 import { get, removeChildren } from "./util";
+import { PdfTeXEngine } from "./PdfTeXEngine";
 
 interface Action {
 	name: string;
@@ -624,6 +625,15 @@ export class IpeUi {
 				if (pdf != null)
 					this.ipe.FS.writeFile("/tmp/latexrun/ipetemp.pdf", pdf);
 				this.modal.close(null);
+			} else if (true) {
+				console.log("Loading engine");
+				const engine = new PdfTeXEngine();
+				await engine.loadEngine();
+				engine.setTexliveEndpoint("http://localhost:5000");
+				console.log("Run LaTeX");
+				engine.setEngineMainFile("/tmp/latexrun/ipetemp.tex");
+				const r = await engine.compileLaTeX();
+				console.log("Result: ", r);
 			} else {
 				const tarFile = this.ipe.Emval.toValue(
 					this.ipe._createTarball(this.ipe.stringToNewUTF8(texfile)),