diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index af2af91..e120bf5 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -59,13 +59,23 @@ export const handler = async function (
     markdown: string,
     implicitFigures: boolean = false
   ) => {
-    // pandoc source format 
-    // If implicitFigures, enable the implicit_figures extension and add image captions
-    const fromString = implicitFigures ? "markdown+implicit_figures" : "markdown-implicit_figures";
+    // Use standard Pandoc style via format name `markdown` 
+    // (see https://pandoc.org/chunkedhtml-demo/3.1-general-options.html)
+    //
+    // The "+implicit_figures" extension wraps images in figures and uses the image's alt text as the caption.
+    // NOTE: The "Figure X." prefix is removed in the LaTeX template via:
+    // ```tex
+    // % Remove "Figure X." prefix from captions
+    // \usepackage{caption}
+    // \captionsetup[figure]{labelformat=empty}
+    // ```
+    //
+    // If `implicitFigures`, enable the `implicit_figures`, disable otherwise...
+    const formatName = implicitFigures ? "markdown+implicit_figures" : "markdown-implicit_figures";
 
     try {
       await pdcTs.Execute({
-        from: fromString,
+        from: formatName,
         to: "latex", // pandoc output format
         pandocArgs,
         spawnOpts: { argv0: "+RTS -M512M -RTS" },
@@ -82,7 +92,7 @@ export const handler = async function (
       }
 
       const TeXoutput = await pdcTs.Execute({
-        from: fromString, 
+        from: formatName, 
         to: "latex", // pandoc output format
         pandocArgs,
         outputToFile: false, // Controls whether the output will be returned as a string or written to a file
diff --git a/src/template.latex b/src/template.latex
index bb8d070..b1ceb8a 100644
--- a/src/template.latex
+++ b/src/template.latex
@@ -220,6 +220,28 @@ $endif$
 \usepackage{float}
 \floatplacement{figure}{H}
 
+% Centre images
+\usepackage{etoolbox}  % For toggle functionality
+
+\newtoggle{infigure} % Create toggle to track if we're inside a figure environment
+\togglefalse{infigure}  % Initialize as false
+
+\pretocmd{\figure}{\toggletrue{infigure}}{}{} % Set toggle when entering/exiting figure environments
+\apptocmd{\endfigure}{\togglefalse{infigure}}{}{}
+
+\let\oldincludegraphics\includegraphics % Save the original includegraphics command
+
+\renewcommand{\includegraphics}[2][]{ % Redefine includegraphics to check if it's already in a figure
+  \iftoggle{infigure}{%
+    \oldincludegraphics[#1]{#2}%
+  }{%
+    \begin{figure}
+      \centering
+      \oldincludegraphics[#1]{#2}
+    \end{figure}%
+  }%
+}
+
 % Remove "Figure X." prefix from captions
 \usepackage{caption}
 \captionsetup[figure]{labelformat=empty}