Hi I ran into a confusing error due to missing language for a code block. Given attached issue.org which contains: #+BEGIN_SRC if (a > 1) { } #+END_SRC if you convert to pdf using the attached issue_repro.el via: emacs --batch -L /path/to/org/install/emacs/site-lisp/org -l issue_repro.el where /path/to/org/install/emacs/site-lisp/org is version 9.1.14 and I'm running emacs 25.1.1, you'll see this error $ emacs --batch -L /local-ssd/ciolfi/sbtools/apps/emacs-add-ons/install-25/org/install/emacs/site-lisp/org -l issue_repro.el Loading 00debian-vars... : Debug on Error enabled globally Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil) intern(nil) org-latex-src-block((src-block ..... Could this be handled more gracefully? Thanks John Emacs : GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.11) of 2017-09-15, modified by Debian Package: Org mode version 9.1.14 (9.1.14-dist @ .../org/install/emacs/site-lisp/org/)