# Minted doesn't work properly: random characters in code [closed]

I'm trying to get the minted package to work with a simple example code (java) on macOS:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{minted}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\begin{document}

\begin{minted}[frame=single,linenos,mathescape]{java}
public class Fibonacci {

// The golden ratio $\phi = \frac{1 + \sqrt{5}}{2}$.
public static final double PHI = (1.0 + Math.sqrt(5.0)) / 2.0;

public static double fibonacci(long n) {
if (n &lt; 0) throw new IllegalArgumentException();
return Math.floor(Math.pow(PHI, n) / Math.sqrt(5.0) + 0.5);
}

}
\end{minted}

\end{document}

I'm using TexShop with standard LaTeX compiler. My output looks weird and isn't highlighted at all. There are some weird characters added which I also get in the \PY command in the pygmentize output .tex-file when using it from the terminal. Using the .tex-file created directly with pygmentize gives the same output as using minted in latex.

My output:

What am I doing wrong? It worked perfectly 5 months ago.

## closed as off-topic by TeXnician, Troy, Kurt, Bobyandbob, Torbjørn T.Dec 30 '17 at 18:13

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• Works for me, no strange o. – egreg Nov 15 '16 at 8:35
• @Marvin Kropp: See pygstyle files in a directory _minted-foo. – Akira Kakuto Nov 15 '16 at 10:21
• @Akira Kakuto: Thanks a lot! SOLUTION: Just deleted the _minted-foo folder. Seems to be an interference with previous compilations. – Marvin Kropp Nov 15 '16 at 14:28
• I'm voting to close this question because it was caused by some old files which simply needed to be deleted. – TeXnician Dec 30 '17 at 16:26
• This question and comments just saved my sanity. I would never have thought to delete that troublesome folder without this post. – Placidia Feb 16 '18 at 19:10