diff --git a/src/lenaisten/lev-templates.mk b/src/lenaisten/compile-md.mk
similarity index 88%
rename from src/lenaisten/lev-templates.mk
rename to src/lenaisten/compile-md.mk
index 8c6d08b..615c750 100644
--- a/src/lenaisten/lev-templates.mk
+++ b/src/lenaisten/compile-md.mk
@@ -10,10 +10,8 @@ compile_md = pandoc \
 	--from markdown \
 	--to $(3) \
 	--template $(2) \
-	--variable colorlinks:true \
-	--variable csquotes:true \
-	--variable hyperrefoptions:pdfa \
-	--variable lang:de-DE \
+	$(addprefix --variable ,$(PANDOCVARS)) \
+	$(PANDOCFLAGS) \
 	--output $(4)
 
 GSFLAGS := \
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ convert_pdfa = /opt/pdfa/bin/gs-919-linux_x86_64 \
 # 3: output file
 md2pdf = $(call compile_md,$(1),$(2),pdf,-) | $(call postprocess_pdf,-,$(3))
 
-# convert markdown to PDF
+# convert markdown to PDF/A 2-b
 # 1: input file
 # 2: pandoc template
 # 3: output file
diff --git a/src/lev-protokoll.mk b/src/lev-protokoll.mk
index a1ed352..892dd68 100644
--- a/src/lev-protokoll.mk
+++ b/src/lev-protokoll.mk
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #%SRCPAT% \.prot\.md
 
-include /opt/lenaisten/lev-templates.mk
+include /opt/lenaisten/compile-md.mk
+
+PANDOCVARS := \
+	colorlinks:true \
+	csquotes:true \
+	hyperrefoptions:pdfa \
+	lang:de-DE
 
 suffixPub :=
 suffixInt := _intern
@@ -9,9 +15,9 @@ mdFiles     := $(wildcard *.prot.md)
 mdSuffix    =  $(patsubst %.prot.md,%$(1),$(mdFiles))
 
 pdfFilesPub := $(call mdSuffix,$(suffixPub).pdf)
-texFilesPub := $(call mdSuffix,$(suffixPub).tex)
-
 pdfFilesInt := $(call mdSuffix,$(suffixInt).pdf)
+
+texFilesPub := $(call mdSuffix,$(suffixPub).tex)
 texFilesInt := $(call mdSuffix,$(suffixInt).tex)
 
 .PHONY: all autodoc