diff --git a/bin/anthology/formatter.py b/bin/anthology/formatter.py
index ad78724690..f323920908 100644
--- a/bin/anthology/formatter.py
+++ b/bin/anthology/formatter.py
@@ -174,6 +174,9 @@ def as_text(self, element):
         element = deepcopy(element)
         for sub in element.iterfind(".//tex-math"):
             sub.text = self.texmath.to_unicode(sub)
+            sub.tail = (
+                None  # tail is contained within return value of texmath.to_unicode()
+            )
         retval = etree.tostring(element, encoding="unicode", method="text")
         return remove_extra_whitespace(retval)
 
diff --git a/bin/anthology/texmath.py b/bin/anthology/texmath.py
index dedb347c9c..82eff7bc0e 100644
--- a/bin/anthology/texmath.py
+++ b/bin/anthology/texmath.py
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ def _parse_command(self, code, trg):
     def _parse_fraction(self, args, trg):
         if len(args) != 2:
             log.warn(f"Couldn't parse \\frac: got {len(args)} arguments, expected 2")
-            self._append_unparsed({'name': 'frac', 'args': args}, trg)
+            self._append_unparsed(TexCmd("frac", args=args), trg)
         else:
             # Represent numerator of fraction as superscript
             sx = etree.Element("sup")