diff --git a/layouts/partials/article/components/mdtexbug.html b/layouts/partials/article/components/mdtexbug.html
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+<!-- ref: https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/braces-in-latex-get-escaped/39742/5 https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/use-goldmark-mathjax-extension/25721/8 https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/mathjax-rendering-problems-due-to-backslashes-interpretation-by-markdown-processor/30482 -->
+{{ $content := .RawContent }}
+<!-- this fixes issues with \\ not working correctly -->
+{{ $content = $content | replaceRE "\\\\\\\\" "\\\\\\\\" }}
+<!-- this fixes earlier issues with braces  -->
+{{ $content = $content | replaceRE "\\\\{" "\\\\{" }} 
+{{ $content = $content | replaceRE "\\\\}" "\\\\}" }}
+<!-- this fixes issues with _ preceding a { or a \ -->
+{{ $content = $content | replaceRE "\\_\\{" "\\_{" }}
+{{ $content = $content | replaceRE "\\_\\\\" "\\_\\" }}
+
+{{ $content | .Page.RenderString | safeHTML }}