diff --git a/doc/manual/btstack_gettingstarted.tex b/doc/manual/btstack_gettingstarted.tex
index f18475d93..9a762328f 100644
--- a/doc/manual/btstack_gettingstarted.tex
+++ b/doc/manual/btstack_gettingstarted.tex
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+\UseRawInputEncoding
 \documentclass[a4paper,titlepage,oneside,12pt]{amsart} %amsart
 \usepackage{graphicx}
 \usepackage[colorlinks=true]{hyperref}
diff --git a/doc/manual/docs/quick_start.md b/doc/manual/docs/quick_start.md
index 3e261cb4c..b3b05777d 100644
--- a/doc/manual/docs/quick_start.md
+++ b/doc/manual/docs/quick_start.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# 
+#
 
 ## General Tools
 
diff --git a/doc/manual/markdown2tex.py b/doc/manual/markdown2tex.py
index 6dda29ab9..cac98b534 100755
--- a/doc/manual/markdown2tex.py
+++ b/doc/manual/markdown2tex.py
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ def main(argv):
                 title   = list(page.keys())[0]
                 md_file = list(page.values())[0]
                 with open(docs_folder +"/"+ md_file, 'r') as mdin:
-                    aout.write("\n\n#"+ title +"\n\n")
+                    
                     for line in mdin:
+                        if line == "#\n":
+                            aout.write("\n\n#"+ title +"\n\n")
+                            continue
                         # remove path from section reference
                         # e.g. [the SPP Counter example](examples/generated/#sec:sppcounterExample)
                         # replace with [the SPP Counter example](#sec:sppcounterExample)