diff --git a/src/generate.jl b/src/generate.jl
index aaf41d95..6d4a3efc 100644
--- a/src/generate.jl
+++ b/src/generate.jl
@@ -92,8 +92,9 @@ function makedemos(source::String, templates::Union{Dict, Nothing} = nothing;
                    branch::String = "gh-pages",
                    edit_branch::String = "master",
                    credit = true,
-                   throw_error = false)
-
+                   throw_error = false,
+                   kwargs...
+    )
     if !(basename(pwd()) == "docs" || basename(root) == "docs" || root == preview_build_dir())
         # special cases that warnings are not printed:
         # 1. called from `docs/make.jl`
@@ -194,7 +195,9 @@ function makedemos(source::String, templates::Union{Dict, Nothing} = nothing;
                     src = src,
                     credit = credit,
                     nbviewer_root_url = get_nbviewer_root_url(branch),
-                    throw_error=throw_error)
+                    throw_error=throw_error,
+                    kwargs...
+        )
         isnothing(templates) || save_cover(joinpath(absolute_root, "covers"), page)
         isnothing(templates) || generate(joinpath(absolute_root, "index.md"), page, templates)
 
diff --git a/src/types/julia.jl b/src/types/julia.jl
index cf853d6e..b2ee4cad 100644
--- a/src/types/julia.jl
+++ b/src/types/julia.jl
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ function save_democards(card_dir::String,
                         src="src",
                         throw_error = false,
                         properties = Dict{String, Any}(),
+                        literate_kwargs = (),
                         kwargs...)
     isdir(card_dir) || mkpath(card_dir)
     @debug card.path
@@ -228,7 +229,11 @@ function save_democards(card_dir::String,
     end
 
     # 3. markdown
-    @suppress Literate.markdown(src_path, card_dir; credit=false) # manually add credit later
+    @suppress Literate.markdown(
+        src_path, card_dir;
+        credit=false,            # manually add credit later
+        literate_kwargs...
+    )
     # remove meta info generated by Literate.jl
     contents = readlines(md_path)
     offsets = findall(x->startswith(x, "```"), contents)