In the org-html-mathjax-options variable description , say #+MATHJAX: path:"http://url/MATHjax.js" can be ued to set the variable org-html-mathjax-options to `((path "http://url/MATHjax.js") but it not work. Set the variable in .emacs is OK, but in Org file, +MATHJAX: path: "http://somepath/Mathjax.js" is not work. Emacs : GNU Emacs 24.5.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw scroll bars) of 2016-07-20 on localhost.localdomain Package: Org-mode version 8.2.10 (release_8.2.10 @ /usr/local/share/emacs/24.5/lisp/org/) current state: ============== (setq org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe org-src-native-tab-command-maybe org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook org-babel-speed-command-hook) org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-html-format-drawer-function '(lambda (name contents) contents) org-latex-format-inlinetask-function 'ignore org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-ascii-format-inlinetask-function 'org-ascii-format-inlinetask-default org-latex-format-headline-function 'org-latex-format-headline-default-function org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current) org-latex-format-drawer-function '(lambda (name contents) contents) org-html-postamble nil org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5] #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes) org-ascii-format-drawer-function '(lambda (name contents width) contents) org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point org-babel-execute-safely-maybe) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-html-mathjax-options '((path "http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=TeX-AMS-MML_HTMLorMML") ) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-html-format-headline-function 'ignore org-html-format-inlinetask-function 'ignore org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer) )