diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
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+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Use Bash shell expansion
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 #The program that you use for viewing pdf files
-PDFVIEWER = evince
+PDFVIEWER = xdg-open
 # Change name of this if you change the name of demo_student_thesis.tex, should be name of the main tex file
 TEXMAINFILE = demo_student_thesis.tex
 # Name that you would like for your resulting pdf file, without extension.