diff --git a/src/slider/convert.py b/src/slider/convert.py
index 945207b15402324d47374e0bf3efdfe8e6d33eb2..07be1fcfb8e2b246678232a294aff95ffe747475 100644
--- a/src/slider/convert.py
+++ b/src/slider/convert.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ def svg2pdf(fin, fout=None, crop=True, text_to_path=False, export_area_page=True
     if crop:
         cmd = ['pdfcrop', fout, fout]
         execute_command(cmd)
-
+    return os.path.abspath(fout)
 
 
 def pdf2svg(fin, fout, page_no=None):