diff --git a/scripts/config.py b/scripts/config.py
index 5b69cc8..f980d93 100644
--- a/scripts/config.py
+++ b/scripts/config.py
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ DATE_FORMAT = '%a %d %b %Y %H:%M'
 LOCALE = "de_DE.utf8"
 COURSE_IGNORE_FILE = '.courseignore'
 COURSE_INFO_FILE  = 'info.yaml'
+DEFAULT_MASTER_FILE_NAME = 'master.tex'
diff --git a/scripts/lectures.py b/scripts/lectures.py
index b1ea912..4efeb0f 100755
--- a/scripts/lectures.py
+++ b/scripts/lectures.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import re
 import subprocess
 
 
-from config import get_week, DATE_FORMAT, CURRENT_COURSE_ROOT, LOCALE
+from config import get_week, DATE_FORMAT, CURRENT_COURSE_ROOT, LOCALE, DEFAULT_MASTER_FILE_NAME
 
 # TODO
 locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, LOCALE)
@@ -58,7 +58,10 @@ class Lectures(list):
     def __init__(self, course):
         self.course = course
         self.root = course.path
-        self.master_file = self.root / 'master.tex'
+        if 'master_file' in course.info:
+            self.master_file = self.root / course.info['master_file']
+        else:
+            self.master_file = self.root / DEFAULT_MASTER_FILE_NAME
         list.__init__(self, self.read_files())
 
     def read_files(self):