diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 22061cde4..2067caef6 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -334,6 +334,15 @@
         "@types/node": "*"
       }
     },
+    "@types/cross-spawn": {
+      "version": "6.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-6.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-MtN1pDYdI6D6QFDzy39Q+6c9rl2o/xN7aWGe6oZuzqq5N6+YuwFsWiEAv3dNzvzN9YzU+itpN8lBzFpphQKLAw==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "requires": {
+        "@types/node": "*"
+      }
+    },
     "@types/eslint-visitor-keys": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/eslint-visitor-keys/-/eslint-visitor-keys-1.0.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0089b5948..7e73fc9e2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1644,6 +1644,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@tamuratak/domstubs": "^0.1.1",
     "chokidar": "^3.2.3",
+    "cross-spawn": "^7.0.1",
     "fs-extra": "^5.0.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.1",
     "iconv-lite": "^0.4.24",
@@ -1659,6 +1660,7 @@
     "ws": "^5.1.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@types/cross-spawn": "^6.0.1",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^5.0.0",
     "@types/glob": "^7.1.1",
     "@types/micromatch": "^3.0.0",
@@ -1674,8 +1676,8 @@
     "eslint-plugin-import": "^2.19.1",
     "husky": "^3.0.2",
     "npm-run-all": "^4.1.5",
-    "textmate-bailout": "^1.1.0",
     "rimraf": "^3.0.0",
+    "textmate-bailout": "^1.1.0",
     "typescript": "~3.7.3",
     "vsce": "^1.69.0",
     "webpack": "^4.20.2"
diff --git a/src/providers/latexformatter.ts b/src/providers/latexformatter.ts
index ef1ce56ee..243226a99 100644
--- a/src/providers/latexformatter.ts
+++ b/src/providers/latexformatter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import * as vscode from 'vscode'
 import * as cp from 'child_process'
+import * as cs from 'cross-spawn'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as fs from 'fs'
 import * as os from 'os'
@@ -108,7 +109,8 @@ export class LaTexFormatter {
 
     private format(document: vscode.TextDocument, range?: vscode.Range): Thenable<vscode.TextEdit[]> {
         return new Promise((resolve, _reject) => {
-            const configuration = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('editor', document.uri)
+            const configuration = vscode.workspace.getConfiguration('latex-workshop')
+            const useDocker = configuration.get('docker.enabled') as boolean
 
             if (!vscode.window.activeTextEditor) {
                 return
@@ -132,16 +134,16 @@ export class LaTexFormatter {
             // generate command line arguments
             const args = this.formatterArgs.map(arg => arg
                 // taken from ../components/builder.ts
-                .replace(/%DOC%/g, configuration.get('docker.enabled') ? docfile : doc)
+                .replace(/%DOC%/g, useDocker ? docfile : doc)
                 .replace(/%DOCFILE%/g, docfile)
-                .replace(/%DIR%/g, path.dirname(document.fileName).split(path.sep).join('/'))
+                .replace(/%DIR%/g, useDocker ? '.' : path.dirname(document.fileName).split(path.sep).join('/'))
                 // latexformatter.ts specific tokens
-                .replace(/%TMPFILE%/g, temporaryFile.split(path.sep).join('/'))
+                .replace(/%TMPFILE%/g, useDocker ? path.basename(temporaryFile) : temporaryFile.split(path.sep).join('/'))
                 .replace(/%INDENT%/g, indent))
 
             this.extension.logger.addLogMessage(`Formatting with command ${this.formatter} ${args}`)
             this.extension.manager.setEnvVar()
-            const worker = cp.spawn(this.formatter, args, { stdio: 'pipe', cwd: path.dirname(document.fileName) })
+            const worker = cs.spawn(this.formatter, args, { stdio: 'pipe', cwd: path.dirname(document.fileName) })
             // handle stdout/stderr
             const stdoutBuffer: string[] = []
             const stderrBuffer: string[] = []