diff --git a/make_latex.sh b/make_latex.sh
index 4276c8a..88b9547 100755
--- a/make_latex.sh
+++ b/make_latex.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,43 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
 if [ ! -f "$1" ]; then
     echo "File $1 not found!"
     echo "Usage: make_latex.sh <markdown-file>"
     exit
 fi 
 
+NEWNAME=modified.md
+
+echo "Preparing working dir..."
+rm -rf workdir
+mkdir workdir
+cp "$1" "workdir/$NEWNAME"
+cd workdir
+
+echo "Generating modified Markdown file..."
+
+# prefix every _ with an \
+sed -i -e 's/_/\\_/g' "$NEWNAME"
+
+# remove tags section at the front
+sed -i -e 's/tags:.*//g' "$NEWNAME"
+sed -i -e 's/---$//g' "$NEWNAME"
+
+#remove markdown links
+sed -i -e 's/\[.*\](.*)//g' "$NEWNAME"
+
+# remove html tags
+sed -i -e 's/<div id="page-break-after"\/>/\\pagebreak/g' "$NEWNAME"
+sed -i -e 's/<[a-zA-Z ]*>\(.*\)<\/[a-zA-Z =]*>/\1/g' "$NEWNAME"
+sed -i -e 's/<.*\/>//g' "$NEWNAME"
+
+
 echo "Generating LaTeX file..."
 echo "\documentclass[a4paper, 11pt]{article}
 
 \usepackage[hybrid]{markdown}
 
 \begin{document}
-\markdownInput{$1}
+\markdownInput{$NEWNAME}
 \end{document}" > file.tex
 
 echo "Installing packages..."