--- loncom/xml/lontexconvert.pm	2017/10/07 00:50:57	1.120
+++ loncom/xml/lontexconvert.pm	2019/02/15 20:56:22	1.122
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # TeX Conversion Module
 #
-# $Id: lontexconvert.pm,v 1.120 2017/10/07 00:50:57 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lontexconvert.pm,v 1.122 2019/02/15 20:56:22 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -271,11 +271,19 @@ sub displaystyle {
 
 sub MathJax_converted {
     my $texstring=shift;
-    my $tag='math/tex;';
-    if (&displaystyle($texstring)) { $tag='math/tex; mode=display'; }
+    my ($tag,$startspan,$endspan);
+    $tag='math/tex;';
+    if (&displaystyle($texstring)) {
+        $tag='math/tex; mode=display';
+        $startspan='';
+        $endspan='';
+    } else {
+        $startspan='<span style="display:inline-block;">';
+        $endspan='</span>';
+    }
     &clean_out_math_mode($texstring);
-    return &MathJax_header().
-      '<script type="'.$tag.'">'.$$texstring.'</script>';
+    return &MathJax_header().$startspan.
+      '<script type="'.$tag.'">'.$$texstring.'</script>'.$endspan;
 }
 
 {
@@ -313,7 +321,7 @@ sub tex_engine {
     if (exists($env{'form.texengine'})) {
 	if ($env{'form.texengine'} ne '') {
             if (lc($env{'form.texengine'}) eq 'jsmath') {
-                return 'MathJax'; 
+                return 'MathJax';
             }
             return $env{'form.texengine'};
         }
@@ -336,7 +344,7 @@ sub tex_engine {
     if ($domdefaults{'texengine'} ne '') {
         return $domdefaults{'texengine'};
     }
-    return 'MathJax';
+    return $Apache::lonnet::deftex;
 }
 
 sub init_math_support {