diff --git a/src/mmt-stex/src/info/kwarc/mmt/stex/parsing/stex/STeXRules.scala b/src/mmt-stex/src/info/kwarc/mmt/stex/parsing/stex/STeXRules.scala
index 55b3051cd..720680f2e 100644
--- a/src/mmt-stex/src/info/kwarc/mmt/stex/parsing/stex/STeXRules.scala
+++ b/src/mmt-stex/src/info/kwarc/mmt/stex/parsing/stex/STeXRules.scala
@@ -865,6 +865,7 @@ abstract class InlineStatementRule extends StatementRule with MacroRule {
           ret.addError("No symbol " + s + " found")
         case _ =>
       }
+      parser.readArgument
       ret
     }
   }