diff --git a/IncludeFilter.hs b/IncludeFilter.hs
index 6aa3387..53d0f76 100644
--- a/IncludeFilter.hs
+++ b/IncludeFilter.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
 
+{-# LANGUAGE ViewPatterns #-}
+
 {-
 The MIT License (MIT)
 
@@ -51,30 +53,64 @@ will be inserted and not parsed.
 
 Note: the metadata from the included source files are discarded.
 
+Alternatively, use one of the following to increase all the header levels in the
+included file. The first option is a shortcut for incrementing the level by 1.
+The second demonstrates an increase of 2.
+
+> ```include-indented
+
+> ```{ .include header-change=2 }
+
+If the header level is increased, the title from the included file is inserted at the
+beginning of the included file as a header, at the level of the header level change. For
+example, if the header is incremented by 1, the title is inserted as a level 1 heading.
+
 -}
 
 import           Control.Monad
 import           Data.List
+import qualified Data.Char as C
+import qualified Data.Map as Map
+import           Control.Error (readMay, fromMaybe)
 import           System.Directory
 
 import           Text.Pandoc
+import           Text.Pandoc.Shared (uniqueIdent, stringify)
 import           Text.Pandoc.Error
 import           Text.Pandoc.JSON
-
-stripPandoc :: Either PandocError Pandoc -> [Block]
-stripPandoc p =
-  case p of
-    Left _ -> [Null]
-    Right (Pandoc _ blocks) -> blocks
+import           Text.Pandoc.Walk
+
+stripPandoc :: Int -> Either PandocError Pandoc -> [Block]
+stripPandoc _ (Left _) = [Null]
+stripPandoc changeInHeaderLevel (Right (Pandoc meta blocks)) = maybe id (:) (title meta) $ modBlocks
+    where
+         modBlocks = modifyHeaderLevelBlockWith changeInHeaderLevel <$> blocks
+         title (Meta (Map.lookup "title" -> Just (MetaInlines inls))) = do
+             guard $ changeInHeaderLevel > 0
+             Just $ Header changeInHeaderLevel (titleRef inls,["section-title"],[]) inls
+         title _ = Nothing
+         -- WARNING titleRef doesn't check that titles are unique; for that try uniqueIdent.
+         titleRef = stringify . fmap (lowerCase . dashFromSpace)
+         dashFromSpace Space = Str "-"
+         dashFromSpace x = x
+         lowerCase (Str x) = Str (fmap C.toLower x)
+         lowerCase x = x
+
+modifyHeaderLevelBlockWith :: Int -> Block -> Block
+modifyHeaderLevelBlockWith n (Header int att inls) = Header (int + n) att inls
+modifyHeaderLevelBlockWith _ x = x
+
+modifyHeaderLevelWith :: Int -> Pandoc -> Pandoc
+modifyHeaderLevelWith n = walk (modifyHeaderLevelBlockWith n)
 
 ioReadMarkdown :: String -> IO(Either PandocError Pandoc)
 ioReadMarkdown content = return $! readMarkdown def content
 
-getContent :: String -> IO [Block]
-getContent file = do
+getContent :: Int -> String -> IO [Block]
+getContent changeInHeaderLevel file = do
   c <- readFile file
   p <- ioReadMarkdown c
-  return $! stripPandoc p
+  return $! stripPandoc changeInHeaderLevel p
 
 getProcessableFileList :: String -> IO [String]
 getProcessableFileList list = do
@@ -82,15 +118,21 @@ getProcessableFileList list = do
   let files = filter (\x -> not $ "#" `isPrefixOf` x) f
   filterM doesFileExist files
 
-processFiles :: [String] -> IO [Block]
-processFiles toProcess =
-  fmap concat (mapM getContent toProcess)
+processFiles :: Int -> [String] -> IO [Block]
+processFiles changeInHeaderLevel toProcess =
+  fmap concat (getContent changeInHeaderLevel `mapM` toProcess)
 
 doInclude :: Block -> IO [Block]
-doInclude (CodeBlock (_, classes, _) list)
+doInclude (CodeBlock (_, classes, options) list)
   | "include" `elem` classes = do
     let toProcess = getProcessableFileList list
-    processFiles =<< toProcess
+        changeInHeaderLevel = fromMaybe 0 $ readMay =<< "header-change" `lookup` options
+    processFiles changeInHeaderLevel =<< toProcess
+  | "include-indented" `elem` classes =
+    doInclude $ CodeBlock ("", newClasses, newOptions) list
+        where
+            newClasses = ("include" :) . delete "include-indented" $ classes
+            newOptions = ("header-change","1") : options
 doInclude x = return [x]
 
 main :: IO ()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 222c668..28e2296 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,14 +10,11 @@ The Code Blocks like the following will include every file in a new line. The
 reference paths should be either absolute or relative to the folder where the
 pandoc command will be executed.
 
-```markdown
-```include
-/absolute/file/path.md
-relative/to/the/command/root.md
-#do/not/include/this.md
-```
-```
-
+    ```include
+    /absolute/file/path.md
+    relative/to/the/command/root.md
+    #do/not/include/this.md
+    ```
 If the file does not exist, it will be skipped completely. No warnings, no
 residue, nothing. Putting an `#` as the first character in the line will make the
 filter skip that file.
@@ -27,6 +24,19 @@ will be inserted and not parsed.
 
 *Note: the metadata from the included source files are discarded.*
 
+Alternatively, use one of the following to increase all the header levels in the
+included file. The first option is a shortcut for incrementing the level by 1.
+The second demonstrates an increase of 2.
+
+    ```include-indented
+
+    ```{ .include header-change=2 }
+
+
+If the header level is increased, the title from the included file is inserted at the
+beginning of the included file as a header, at the level of the header level change. For
+example, if the header is incremented by 1, the title is inserted as a level 1 heading.
+
 ## Installation
 One could either install it using the Cabal packaging system by running:
 
@@ -50,6 +60,12 @@ All this does in the background is pipelining the output of Pandoc and the last
 pandoc --from markdown --to json input.md | runhaskell IncludeFilter.hs | pandoc --from json --to latex
 ```
 
+If using *pandoc-include* together with [*pandoc-citeproc*](https://github.com/jgm/pandoc-citeproc) one has to pay attention to the order of the filters: 1. *pandoc-include*, 2. *pandoc-citeproc*.
+
+```
+pandoc -o output.md --filter pandoc-include --filter pandoc-citeproc input.md
+```
+
 ## License
 Copyright ©2015 [Dániel Stein](https://twitter.com/steindani)
 
diff --git a/pandoc-include.cabal b/pandoc-include.cabal
index 3469ae6..0fa8ad0 100644
--- a/pandoc-include.cabal
+++ b/pandoc-include.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                 pandoc-include
-Version:              0.0.1
+Version:              0.0.2
 Synopsis:             Include other Markdown files
 Description:          A Pandoc filter that replaces include labeled
                       Code Blocks with the contents of the referenced
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ Source-repository     head
 
 Library
   Build-Depends:      base >= 4.6 && < 5,
+                      containers >= 0.3,
+                      errors >= 2.0.0,
                       text >= 0.11,
                       pandoc >= 1.13.0.0,
                       pandoc-types >= 1.12.0.0,
@@ -35,6 +37,8 @@ Library
 
 Executable pandoc-include
   Build-Depends:      base >= 4.6,
+                      containers >= 0.3,
+                      errors >= 2.0.0,
                       text >= 0.11,
                       pandoc >= 1.13.0.0,
                       pandoc-types >= 1.12.0.0,
diff --git a/stack.yaml b/stack.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6100053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stack.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+flags: {}
+resolver: lts-6.4
+packages:
+- '.'
+extra-deps: []
diff --git a/test/alpha.md b/test/alpha.md
index 5c09417..5ff1fc3 100644
--- a/test/alpha.md
+++ b/test/alpha.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+% The Title is Alpha
+% An author
+% 11 Aug 2016
+
 # Alpha!
 
 Text from alpha.
diff --git a/test/input.md b/test/input.md
index 000f668..cb8c99a 100644
--- a/test/input.md
+++ b/test/input.md
@@ -11,4 +11,12 @@ gamma.md
 beta.md
 ```
 
+```include-indented
+alpha.md
+```
+
+```{ .include header-change=2 }
+alpha.md
+```
+
 text