diff --git a/templates/latex.eld b/templates/latex.eld
index cb8806c..e836e9a 100644
--- a/templates/latex.eld
+++ b/templates/latex.eld
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-latex-mode
+latex-mode LaTeX-mode
 
 ;; taken from https://github.com/minad/tempel/blob/5b09f612cfd805dba5e90bf06580583cab045499/README.org#template-file-format
 (abstract "\\begin{abstract}\n" r> n> "\\end{abstract}")