diff --git a/templates/minimal.tmpl b/templates/minimal.tmpl
index ab82f86b..c97eda9d 100644
--- a/templates/minimal.tmpl
+++ b/templates/minimal.tmpl
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 %%:]
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 % begin document
-\documentclass[\getbooktype,\getbookoptions,\getmainfontsize]{crepbook}
+\documentclass[\getbooktype,\getbookoptions,\getmainfontsize,noshading]{crepbook}
 \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
 \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
 \usepackage{lmodern}