diff --git a/architecture.md b/architecture.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43c562a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/architecture.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Architecture
+
+This document is intended to explain how the Plenum Bot works.
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a351283..a67e886 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 use std::env;
 use std::error::Error;
+use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::io::IsTerminal;
+use std::os::linux::raw::stat;
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 use chrono::{Local, NaiveDate};
@@ -9,18 +12,14 @@ use clap::{Arg, Command};
 use colored::Colorize;
 use regex::Regex;
 
-use std::fmt::Display;
-use std::io::IsTerminal;
-
+use cccron_lib::{trace_var, trace_var_, verboseln};
 use cccron_lib::config_spec::{self, CfgField, CfgGroup, CfgSpec};
-use cccron_lib::key_value::KeyValueStore as KV;
-
 use cccron_lib::date;
 use cccron_lib::email::{self, Email, SimpleEmail};
 use cccron_lib::hedgedoc::{self, HedgeDoc};
 use cccron_lib::is_dry_run;
+use cccron_lib::key_value::{KeyValueStore as KV, KeyValueStore};
 use cccron_lib::mediawiki::{self, Mediawiki};
-use cccron_lib::{verboseln,trace_var,trace_var_};
 use cccron_lib::NYI;
 
 /* ***** Config Spec ***** */
@@ -93,6 +92,14 @@ fn today() -> NaiveDate {
         .map(|v| NaiveDate::parse_from_str(&v, "%F").expect("'TODAY' hat nicht format YYYY-MM-DD"))
         .unwrap_or(Local::now().date_naive())
 }
+/// Gets either the state from the config or overrides it with the state from
+/// the environment variable `STATE_OVERRIDE` (for testing purposes.)
+fn state(config: &KeyValueStore) -> ProgramState {
+    match env::var("STATE_OVERRIDE") {
+        Ok(val) => ProgramState::parse(&val),
+        Err(_e) => ProgramState::parse(&config["state-name"])
+    }
+}
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 struct Args {
@@ -182,7 +189,7 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
     let nearest_plenum_days = date::get_matching_dates_around(today, plenum_spec);
     trace_var!(nearest_plenum_days);
     // figure out where we are
-    let mut last_state = ProgramState::parse(&config["state-name"]);
+    let mut last_state = state(&config);
     let last_run = config.get("state-last-run").unwrap_or_default();
     let last_run = NaiveDate::parse_from_str(&last_run, "%Y-%m-%d").unwrap_or_default();
     trace_var!(last_run);
diff --git a/src/mediawiki.rs b/src/mediawiki.rs
index 37df128..420bef0 100644
--- a/src/mediawiki.rs
+++ b/src/mediawiki.rs
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ use reqwest::blocking::Client;
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde_json::json;
 
-use crate::config_spec::{CfgField, CfgGroup};
 use crate::{trace_var, verboseln};
+use crate::config_spec::{CfgField, CfgGroup};
 
 pub const CONFIG: CfgGroup<'static> = CfgGroup {
     name: "wiki",
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ pub fn pad_ins_wiki(old_pad_content: String, wiki: &Mediawiki) -> Result<(), Box
 fn pandoc_convert(markdown: String) -> Result<String, Box<dyn Error>> {
     let (output, errors, status) = crate::pipe(
         "pandoc",
-        &mut ["--from", "markdown", "--to", "mediawiki", "--no-highlight"],
+        &mut ["--from", "markdown-auto_identifiers", "--to", "mediawiki", "--no-highlight"],
         markdown,
     )?;
     if status.success() {