diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c828ef..278812b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ _minted*
 *.swo
 
 main.pdf
+listings-mode.tex
 exercise-mode.tex
 public
 exercises/*/*.pdf
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index faa6053..7d8a57a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ tasks: exercises/**/*
 # Compile a preview PDF containing all contents
 preview: main.tex
 	echo "\newcommand\exercisemode{any}" > exercise-mode.tex
+	echo "\newcommand\listingsmode{minted}" > listings-mode.tex
 	pdflatex -shell-escape main.tex
 	@echo
 	@echo
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ publication-dir:
 # Compile a printable PDF without exercises
 publication-pdf-without-exercises: clean publication-dir main.tex
 	echo "\newcommand\exercisemode{none}" > exercise-mode.tex
+	echo "\newcommand\listingsmode{minted}" > listings-mode.tex
 	pdflatex -shell-escape -jobname=script-only main.tex
 	pdflatex -shell-escape -jobname=script-only main.tex
 	pdflatex -shell-escape -jobname=script-only main.tex
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ publication-pdf-without-exercises: clean publication-dir main.tex
 # Compile a printable PDF with exercises and without solutions
 publication-pdf-with-exercises: clean publication-dir main.tex
 	echo "\newcommand\exercisemode{exercises}" > exercise-mode.tex
+	echo "\newcommand\listingsmode{minted}" > listings-mode.tex
 	pdflatex -shell-escape -jobname=script-with-exercises main.tex
 	pdflatex -shell-escape -jobname=script-with-exercises main.tex
 	pdflatex -shell-escape -jobname=script-with-exercises main.tex
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ publication-pdf-with-exercises: clean publication-dir main.tex
 # Compile a printable PDF with exercises and solutions
 publication-pdf-with-solutions: clean publication-dir main.tex
 	echo "\newcommand\exercisemode{solutions}" > exercise-mode.tex
+	echo "\newcommand\listingsmode{minted}" > listings-mode.tex
 	pdflatex -shell-escape -jobname=script-with-solutions main.tex
 	pdflatex -shell-escape -jobname=script-with-solutions main.tex
 	pdflatex -shell-escape -jobname=script-with-solutions main.tex
diff --git a/commands.tex b/commands.tex
index 36c776f..70ceddd 100644
--- a/commands.tex
+++ b/commands.tex
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@
 	\rule{\widefigurewidth}{0.4pt}
 }
 
+% Listings mode
+% =============
+% The listings mode can be chosen by writing one of the following to the listings-mode.tex file before compilation:
+% \newcommand\listingsmode{default}   % to use lstlistings
+% \newcommand\listingsmode{minted}    % for a script with exercises only
+% The following lines include that file or make \listingsmode default to 'default' so that any derivatives of this project will work even without the file.
+\IfFileExists{listings-mode.tex}{
+	\input{listings-mode.tex}
+}{
+	\newcommand\listingsmode{default}
+}
+
 % Shell command
 % ==============
 % Mono-spaced text without syntax highlighting.
@@ -58,7 +70,11 @@
 % Mono-spaced text without syntax highlighting.
 % Intended for LaTeX package names.
 \newcommand\pkg[1]{%
-	\texttt{#1}%
+	\ifthenelse{\equal{\listingsmode}{minted}}{%
+		\texttt{#1}%
+	}{%
+		\texttt{#1}%
+	}
 }
 
 % File paths