diff --git a/.changeset/thirty-islands-pump.md b/.changeset/thirty-islands-pump.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ca1b0ec4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thirty-islands-pump.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'myst-to-typst': patch
+---
+
+Fix inlinecode when there are children
diff --git a/packages/myst-to-typst/src/index.ts b/packages/myst-to-typst/src/index.ts
index e402d3d0b..389802042 100644
--- a/packages/myst-to-typst/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/myst-to-typst/src/index.ts
@@ -182,14 +182,16 @@ const handlers: Record<string, Handler> = {
   },
   inlineCode(node, state) {
     let ticks = '`';
+    // inlineCode can sometimes have children (e.g. from latex)
+    const value = toText(node);
     // Double ticks create empty inline code; we never want that for start/end
-    while (ticks === '``' || node.value.includes(ticks)) {
+    while (ticks === '``' || value.includes(ticks)) {
       ticks += '`';
     }
     state.write(ticks);
-    if (node.value.startsWith('`')) state.write(' ');
-    state.write(node.value);
-    if (node.value.endsWith('`')) state.write(' ');
+    if (value.startsWith('`')) state.write(' ');
+    state.write(value);
+    if (value.endsWith('`')) state.write(' ');
     state.write(ticks);
   },
   subscript(node, state) {
@@ -206,8 +208,6 @@ const handlers: Record<string, Handler> = {
     state.ensureNewLine();
   },
   abbreviation(node, state) {
-    // TODO: \newacronym{gcd}{GCD}{Greatest Common Divisor}
-    // https://www.overleaf.com/learn/latex/glossaries
     state.renderChildren(node, true);
   },
   link: linkHandler,