diff --git a/bin/compiler b/bin/compiler
index f56f2ad1..4b501a26 100755
--- a/bin/compiler
+++ b/bin/compiler
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ mdtype(){ \
 	command=${2:-"default"}
 	echo "$command"
 	case "$command" in
-		"fplreport") pandoc "$file" --template fellowship.latex --pdf-engine=xelatex -o "${base}.pdf" ;;
-		"letter") pandoc "$file" --template template-letter.tex -o "${base}.pdf" ;;
-		*) pandoc "$file" -o "$base".pdf ;;
+		"fplreport") pandoc "$file" --metadata-file="$HOME/.dotfiles/pandoc/defaults.yaml" --template fellowship.latex --pdf-engine=xelatex -o "${base}.pdf" ;;
+		"letter") pandoc "$file" --metadata-file="$HOME/.dotfiles/pandoc/defaults.yaml" --template template-letter.tex -o "${base}.pdf" ;;
+		*) pandoc "$file" --metadata-file="$HOME/.dotfiles/pandoc/defaults.yaml" -o "$base".pdf ;;
 	esac
 }
 
diff --git a/pandoc/defaults.yaml b/pandoc/defaults.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..28edaa52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pandoc/defaults.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+colorlinks: true