diff --git a/luamml-amsmath.lua b/luamml-amsmath.lua
index bbf33fe..48732f3 100644
--- a/luamml-amsmath.lua
+++ b/luamml-amsmath.lua
@@ -60,6 +60,21 @@ local function add_intent_continued_row (table)
   end
 end
 
+-- This function add an intent =":pause-medium" on every second mtd in a table
+-- currently it is also on the first (after the label) but this could be changed
+-- used in __luamml_amsmath_finalize_table:n for 
+-- 'align' or 'alignat' or 'flalign' or  'xalignat' or 'xxalignat'
+local function add_intent_pause (mmltable)
+  for mtrindex,mtrtable in ipairs(mmltable) do
+    for mtdindex,mtdtable in ipairs(mtrtable) do
+      if (mtdindex % 2 == 0) then
+       mtdtable['intent']=':pause-medium'
+      end 
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+
 -- debug function for tables
 -- activate with \directlua{debugmtable=2} or \directlua{debugmtable='split'}
 local function debug_mtable (mtable,kind)
@@ -140,6 +155,7 @@ lua.get_functions_table()[funcid] = function()
   -- this should perhaps be configurable and extendable
   if kind == 'align' or 'alignat' or 'flalign' or  'xalignat' or 'xxalignat' then
    mml_table.intent=":system-of-equations"
+   add_intent_pause (mml_table)
   end
   local columns = node.count(node.id'align_record', tex.lists.align_head)//2
   mml_table.columnalign = kind == 'align' and 'left '..string.rep('right left', columns, ' ') or nil