diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4ad97d..7b8b3d8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ temp/
 
 ## main build output
 main.pdf
+chapter/out.tex
 
 ## IDE and Editor files
 .idea/**
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index df7d0b7..30d72cb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,18 @@ latexmk:
     - ci_commit_sha_short=`git rev-parse --short $CI_COMMIT_SHA`
     - mv main.pdf main@$ci_commit_sha_short.pdf
 
+#pandoc_latexmk:
+#  image: pandoc/latex
+#  stage: build
+#  artifacts:
+#    paths:
+#      - main*.pdf
+#    expire_in: 2d
+#  script:
+#    - pandoc --filter pandoc-crossref --filter pandoc-citeproc -M cref=true --top-level-division=chapter --bibliography library/library.bib --biblatex -o chapter/out.tex chapter/*.md
+#    - latexmk main.tex
+#    - ci_commit_sha_short=`git rev-parse --short $CI_COMMIT_SHA`
+#    - mv main.pdf main@$ci_commit_sha_short.pdf
 
 hunspell_chapters:
   image: tmaier/hunspell:latest
diff --git a/.vscode/tasks.json b/.vscode/tasks.json
index 09f8121..ab79652 100644
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@@ -11,12 +11,23 @@
                 "kind": "build",
                 "isDefault": true
             },
-            "dependsOn": "clean"
+            "dependsOrder": "sequence",
+            "dependsOn": ["clean"]
         },
         {
             "label": "clean",
             "type": "shell",
             "command": "latexmk -C"
+        },
+        {
+            "label": "pandoc",
+            "type": "shell",
+            "command": [
+                "pandoc --filter pandoc-crossref --filter pandoc-citeproc ",
+                "-M cref=true --top-level-division=chapter ",
+                "--bibliography library/library.bib --biblatex ",
+                "-o chapter/out.tex chapter/*.md"
+            ]
         }
     ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.tex b/main.tex
index 28543b7..bdb090c 100644
--- a/main.tex
+++ b/main.tex
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@
   %   \input{chapter/myfile}
   %   \newpage
 
+  % when using pandoc workflow instead, uncomment the following
+  % \input{chapter/out.tex}
+  % \newpage
+
   %%%%%%%%%%%%%
   %% closing %%
   %%%%%%%%%%%%%