diff --git a/publish_spec.sh b/publish_spec.sh
index 41cbbdefd092b51bf9f6ef40f9ae2f34af2e8fea..fbf6bfbaff83f0261c4637ffff865ff326f649e0 100755
--- a/publish_spec.sh
+++ b/publish_spec.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 DOCKER_IMAGE=pandoc/core:3.0
+PANDOC_FILTER_DOCKER_IMAGE=pandocfilter:latest
 
 echo "\n------ Checking for docker image --------"
 docker pull "$DOCKER_IMAGE"
@@ -26,10 +27,11 @@ if [ ! $specs ] ; then
 fi
 
 for i in *.md ;  do
+	echo "\n------ Preparaing spec --------" 
+	docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/tmp/ -u $(id -u):$(id -g) "$PANDOC_FILTER_DOCKER_IMAGE" pandocFilter -o "/tmp/" "/tmp/$i"
 	echo "\n------ Publishing spec --------" 
 	docker run --rm -v $(pwd):/data -u $(id -u):$(id -g) "$DOCKER_IMAGE" "/data/$i" -f markdown -t docx --reference-doc "Spec-template.docx" -o "${PROJECT_NAME}_${2}.docx" 
 done
 
-echo "\n------ Publishing spec --------" 
 
 exit 0
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