diff --git a/scripts/slides_to_html.sh b/scripts/slides_to_html.sh
index 8c189be..4e20d7c 100755
--- a/scripts/slides_to_html.sh
+++ b/scripts/slides_to_html.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,11 @@ SLIDE_LEVEL=2
 my_header=$(<./templates/html_header.md)
 headEscapedForSed=${my_header//$'\n'/\\$'\n'}
 
-sed -e "s|SLIDEHEAD|$headEscapedForSed|g" slides.md | pandoc -s --mathjax -t revealjs -o html/slides.html --slide-level=$SLIDE_LEVEL --highlight-style=$HIGHLIGHT_STYLE -V revealjs-url=https://unpkg.com/reveal.js@5.0.0 --template=./templates/template.revealjs
+for filename in  $*
+do
+  echo compiling $filename
+  file_out=`echo $filename | sed -e 's/\.md/\.html/g'`
+  sed -e "s|SLIDEHEAD|$headEscapedForSed|g" $filename | pandoc -s --mathjax -t revealjs -o html/$file_out --slide-level=$SLIDE_LEVEL --highlight-style=$HIGHLIGHT_STYLE -V revealjs-url=https://unpkg.com/reveal.js@5.0.0 --template=./templates/template.revealjs
+  echo output $file_out
+
+done
diff --git a/scripts/slides_to_pdf.sh b/scripts/slides_to_pdf.sh
index 6036ca8..513b3ec 100755
--- a/scripts/slides_to_pdf.sh
+++ b/scripts/slides_to_pdf.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,11 @@ SLIDE_LEVEL=2
 my_header=$(<./templates/pdf_header.md)
 headEscapedForSed=${my_header//$'\n'/\\$'\n'}
 
-sed -e "s|SLIDEHEAD|$headEscapedForSed|g" slides.md | pandoc -t beamer  -o slides.pdf --slide-level=$SLIDE_LEVEL --highlight-style=$HIGHLIGHT_STYLE -H ./templates/code-style.tex
+for filename in  $*
+do
+  echo compiling $filename
+  file_out=`echo $filename | sed -e 's/\.md/\.pdf/g'`
+  sed -e "s|SLIDEHEAD|$headEscapedForSed|g" $filename | pandoc -t beamer  -o $file_out --slide-level=$SLIDE_LEVEL --highlight-style=$HIGHLIGHT_STYLE -H ./templates/code-style.tex
+  echo output $file_out
+
+done
diff --git a/watch_compile.sh b/watch_compile.sh
index d17db0e..87298b6 100755
--- a/watch_compile.sh
+++ b/watch_compile.sh
@@ -12,9 +12,12 @@ esac
 
 echo using $script
 
-$script
+slide_files=("./slides.md" ) # if more files are need add them here
+
+echo ${slide_files[@]}
+$script ${slide_files[@]}
 while [ 1 -eq 1 ]
 do
-  inotifywait ./slides.md
-  $script
+  file=$(inotifywait ${slide_files[@]})
+  $script ${file%%\ *}
 done