diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-examples.yml b/.github/workflows/build-examples.yml
index cbd2b20..648a8f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-examples.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ jobs:
         tlmgr install awesomebox fontawesome5
         # packages only needed for some examples (example boxes-with-pandoc-latex-environment-and-tcolorbox)
         tlmgr install tcolorbox pgf etoolbox environ trimspaces
+    - name: Generate a temporary release with single file template versions
+      run: bash ./tools/release.sh 0.0.0
     - name: Build examples
       run: cd examples && bash build-examples.sh && cd ..
     - name: Add generated example files
diff --git a/examples/basic-example/build.sh b/examples/basic-example/build.sh
index 69bb949..9529db2 100644
--- a/examples/basic-example/build.sh
+++ b/examples/basic-example/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings
diff --git a/examples/basic-example/document.pdf b/examples/basic-example/document.pdf
index 54b3d98..b2d291f 100644
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diff --git a/examples/beamer/build.sh b/examples/beamer/build.sh
index 1a175eb..2d2b762 100644
--- a/examples/beamer/build.sh
+++ b/examples/beamer/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --to beamer --template "../../template/eisvogel.beamer" --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --to beamer --template "../../dist/eisvogel.beamer" --listings
diff --git a/examples/beamer/document.pdf b/examples/beamer/document.pdf
index a957e24..ce172d5 100644
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diff --git a/examples/book/build.sh b/examples/book/build.sh
index c9d5154..0d38159 100644
--- a/examples/book/build.sh
+++ b/examples/book/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings --top-level-division="chapter"
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings --top-level-division="chapter"
diff --git a/examples/book/document.pdf b/examples/book/document.pdf
index a0fe460..af413b2 100644
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diff --git a/examples/boxes-with-pandoc-latex-environment-and-awesomebox/build.sh b/examples/boxes-with-pandoc-latex-environment-and-awesomebox/build.sh
index a05b8b8..6a52de3 100644
--- a/examples/boxes-with-pandoc-latex-environment-and-awesomebox/build.sh
+++ b/examples/boxes-with-pandoc-latex-environment-and-awesomebox/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --filter pandoc-latex-environment --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --filter pandoc-latex-environment --listings
diff --git a/examples/boxes-with-pandoc-latex-environment-and-awesomebox/document.pdf b/examples/boxes-with-pandoc-latex-environment-and-awesomebox/document.pdf
index e228abb..54d4ca3 100644
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diff --git a/examples/boxes-with-pandoc-latex-environment-and-tcolorbox/build.sh b/examples/boxes-with-pandoc-latex-environment-and-tcolorbox/build.sh
index a05b8b8..6a52de3 100644
--- a/examples/boxes-with-pandoc-latex-environment-and-tcolorbox/build.sh
+++ b/examples/boxes-with-pandoc-latex-environment-and-tcolorbox/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --filter pandoc-latex-environment --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --filter pandoc-latex-environment --listings
diff --git a/examples/boxes-with-pandoc-latex-environment-and-tcolorbox/document.pdf b/examples/boxes-with-pandoc-latex-environment-and-tcolorbox/document.pdf
index d2b3e76..38369b1 100644
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diff --git a/examples/code-blocks-listings/build.sh b/examples/code-blocks-listings/build.sh
index 69bb949..9529db2 100644
--- a/examples/code-blocks-listings/build.sh
+++ b/examples/code-blocks-listings/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings
diff --git a/examples/code-blocks-listings/document.pdf b/examples/code-blocks-listings/document.pdf
index 7b34bd7..44cb821 100644
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diff --git a/examples/code-blocks-without-listings/build.sh b/examples/code-blocks-without-listings/build.sh
index 15e42c9..ad8af02 100644
--- a/examples/code-blocks-without-listings/build.sh
+++ b/examples/code-blocks-without-listings/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --highlight-style kate
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --highlight-style kate
diff --git a/examples/code-blocks-without-listings/document.pdf b/examples/code-blocks-without-listings/document.pdf
index 15787ec..2f1cadc 100644
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diff --git a/examples/header-and-footer/build.sh b/examples/header-and-footer/build.sh
index 69bb949..9529db2 100644
--- a/examples/header-and-footer/build.sh
+++ b/examples/header-and-footer/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings
diff --git a/examples/header-and-footer/document.pdf b/examples/header-and-footer/document.pdf
index 82d1686..d694b0c 100644
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diff --git a/examples/images-and-tables/build.sh b/examples/images-and-tables/build.sh
index 69bb949..9529db2 100644
--- a/examples/images-and-tables/build.sh
+++ b/examples/images-and-tables/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings
diff --git a/examples/images-and-tables/document.pdf b/examples/images-and-tables/document.pdf
index 1602b2d..b17dd21 100644
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diff --git a/examples/language-chinese/build.sh b/examples/language-chinese/build.sh
index 6414351..ba6992c 100644
--- a/examples/language-chinese/build.sh
+++ b/examples/language-chinese/build.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # No lang option (-V lang=zh) here because Chinese is unsupported in polyglossia and babel.
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings --pdf-engine "xelatex" -V CJKmainfont="HiraginoSans-W4"
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings --pdf-engine "xelatex" -V CJKmainfont="HiraginoSans-W4"
diff --git a/examples/language-german/build.sh b/examples/language-german/build.sh
index 69bb949..9529db2 100644
--- a/examples/language-german/build.sh
+++ b/examples/language-german/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings
diff --git a/examples/language-german/document.pdf b/examples/language-german/document.pdf
index b5bc630..3eaa9c3 100644
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diff --git a/examples/language-japanese/build.sh b/examples/language-japanese/build.sh
index 7aecb68..6a02a87 100644
--- a/examples/language-japanese/build.sh
+++ b/examples/language-japanese/build.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # No lang option (-V lang=jp) here because Japanese unsupported in polyglossia.
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings --pdf-engine "xelatex" -V CJKmainfont="HiraginoSans-W4"
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings --pdf-engine "xelatex" -V CJKmainfont="HiraginoSans-W4"
diff --git a/examples/page-background/build.sh b/examples/page-background/build.sh
index 69bb949..9529db2 100644
--- a/examples/page-background/build.sh
+++ b/examples/page-background/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings
diff --git a/examples/page-background/document.pdf b/examples/page-background/document.pdf
index be8fbb6..3000f87 100644
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diff --git a/examples/table-of-contents/build.sh b/examples/table-of-contents/build.sh
index 3cecb50..31ed117 100644
--- a/examples/table-of-contents/build.sh
+++ b/examples/table-of-contents/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex"
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex"
diff --git a/examples/table-of-contents/document.pdf b/examples/table-of-contents/document.pdf
index 46f723f..3d5ba55 100644
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diff --git a/examples/title-page-background/build.sh b/examples/title-page-background/build.sh
index 69bb949..9529db2 100644
--- a/examples/title-page-background/build.sh
+++ b/examples/title-page-background/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings
diff --git a/examples/title-page-background/document.pdf b/examples/title-page-background/document.pdf
index 94dda9d..ec44544 100644
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diff --git a/examples/title-page-custom/build.sh b/examples/title-page-custom/build.sh
index 69bb949..9529db2 100644
--- a/examples/title-page-custom/build.sh
+++ b/examples/title-page-custom/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings
diff --git a/examples/title-page-custom/document.pdf b/examples/title-page-custom/document.pdf
index 18caad2..aae7cec 100644
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diff --git a/examples/title-page-default/build.sh b/examples/title-page-default/build.sh
index 69bb949..9529db2 100644
--- a/examples/title-page-default/build.sh
+++ b/examples/title-page-default/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings
diff --git a/examples/title-page-default/document.pdf b/examples/title-page-default/document.pdf
index e4cf3e6..6b541dc 100644
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diff --git a/examples/title-page-green/build.sh b/examples/title-page-green/build.sh
index 69bb949..9529db2 100644
--- a/examples/title-page-green/build.sh
+++ b/examples/title-page-green/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings
diff --git a/examples/title-page-green/document.pdf b/examples/title-page-green/document.pdf
index 02de8c3..323b537 100644
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diff --git a/examples/title-page-logo/build.sh b/examples/title-page-logo/build.sh
index 69bb949..9529db2 100644
--- a/examples/title-page-logo/build.sh
+++ b/examples/title-page-logo/build.sh
@@ -1 +1 @@
-pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../template/eisvogel.latex" --listings
+pandoc "document.md" -o "document.pdf" --from markdown --template "../../dist/eisvogel.latex" --listings
diff --git a/examples/title-page-logo/document.pdf b/examples/title-page-logo/document.pdf
index f6d1d28..62271ff 100644
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diff --git a/template/after-header-includes.latex b/template-multi-file/after-header-includes.latex
similarity index 100%
rename from template/after-header-includes.latex
rename to template-multi-file/after-header-includes.latex
diff --git a/template/common.latex b/template-multi-file/common.latex
similarity index 100%
rename from template/common.latex
rename to template-multi-file/common.latex
diff --git a/template/eisvogel-added.latex b/template-multi-file/eisvogel-added.latex
similarity index 100%
rename from template/eisvogel-added.latex
rename to template-multi-file/eisvogel-added.latex
diff --git a/template/eisvogel-titlepage.latex b/template-multi-file/eisvogel-title-page.latex
similarity index 100%
rename from template/eisvogel-titlepage.latex
rename to template-multi-file/eisvogel-title-page.latex
diff --git a/template/eisvogel.beamer b/template-multi-file/eisvogel.beamer
similarity index 100%
rename from template/eisvogel.beamer
rename to template-multi-file/eisvogel.beamer
diff --git a/template/eisvogel.latex b/template-multi-file/eisvogel.latex
similarity index 99%
rename from template/eisvogel.latex
rename to template-multi-file/eisvogel.latex
index 42b40e7..8277a29 100644
--- a/template/eisvogel.latex
+++ b/template-multi-file/eisvogel.latex
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ $eisvogel-added.latex()$
 
 \begin{document}
 
-$eisvogel-titlepage.latex()$
+$eisvogel-title-page.latex()$
 
 $if(has-frontmatter)$
 \frontmatter
diff --git a/template/fonts.latex b/template-multi-file/fonts.latex
similarity index 100%
rename from template/fonts.latex
rename to template-multi-file/fonts.latex
diff --git a/template/hypersetup.latex b/template-multi-file/hypersetup.latex
similarity index 100%
rename from template/hypersetup.latex
rename to template-multi-file/hypersetup.latex
diff --git a/template/passoptions.latex b/template-multi-file/passoptions.latex
similarity index 100%
rename from template/passoptions.latex
rename to template-multi-file/passoptions.latex
diff --git a/tools/release.sh b/tools/release.sh
index 8e150d1..7aabc1f 100644
--- a/tools/release.sh
+++ b/tools/release.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,53 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-rm -rf "dist"
-mkdir "dist"
+distFolderName="dist"
+archiveFolderName="Eisvogel-${1}"
+archiveFolder="${distFolderName}/${archiveFolderName}"
 
-cp "eisvogel.tex" "eisvogel.latex"
+rm -rf "${distFolderName}"
+mkdir "${distFolderName}"
+mkdir "${distFolderName}/${archiveFolderName}"
 
-# create .zip files
-zip -r -X --exclude="*.DS_Store*" "dist/Eisvogel-${1}.zip" "examples" "eisvogel.latex" "icon.png" "LICENSE" "README.md" "CHANGELOG.md"
-cp "dist/Eisvogel-${1}.zip" "dist/Eisvogel.zip"
+# create single template file for latex
+cp "template-multi-file/eisvogel.latex" "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.latex"
 
-# create .tar.gz files
-tar --exclude="*.DS_Store*" --include="examples" --include="eisvogel.latex" --include="icon.png" --include="LICENSE" --include="README.md" --include="CHANGELOG.md" -zcvf "dist/Eisvogel-${1}.tar.gz" *
-cp "dist/Eisvogel-${1}.tar.gz" "dist/Eisvogel.tar.gz"
+# replace partials (latex)
+sed -e '/\$fonts\.latex()\$/ {' -e 'r template-multi-file/fonts.latex' -e 'd' -e '}' -i '' "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.latex"
+sed -e '/\$common\.latex()\$/ {' -e 'r template-multi-file/common.latex' -e 'd' -e '}' -i '' "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.latex"
+sed -e '/\$eisvogel-added\.latex()\$/ {' -e 'r template-multi-file/eisvogel-added.latex' -e 'd' -e '}' -i '' "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.latex"
+sed -e '/\$eisvogel-title-page\.latex()\$/ {' -e 'r template-multi-file/eisvogel-title-page.latex' -e 'd' -e '}' -i '' "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.latex"
+sed -e '/\$after-header-includes\.latex()\$/ {' -e 'r template-multi-file/after-header-includes.latex' -e 'd' -e '}' -i '' "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.latex"
+sed -e '/\$hypersetup\.latex()\$/ {' -e 'r template-multi-file/hypersetup.latex' -e 'd' -e '}' -i '' "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.latex"
+sed -e '/\$passoptions\.latex()\$/ {' -e 'r template-multi-file/passoptions.latex' -e 'd' -e '}' -i '' "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.latex"
 
-rm "eisvogel.latex"
\ No newline at end of file
+# create single template file for beamer
+cp "template-multi-file/eisvogel.beamer" "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.beamer"
+
+# replace partials (beamer)
+sed -e '/\$fonts\.latex()\$/ {' -e 'r template-multi-file/fonts.latex' -e 'd' -e '}' -i '' "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.beamer"
+sed -e '/\$common\.latex()\$/ {' -e 'r template-multi-file/common.latex' -e 'd' -e '}' -i '' "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.beamer"
+# The beamer template has no eisvogel block $eisvogel-added.latex()$
+# The beamer template has no eisvogel titlepage $eisvogel-titlepage.latex()$
+sed -e '/\$after-header-includes\.latex()\$/ {' -e 'r template-multi-file/after-header-includes.latex' -e 'd' -e '}' -i '' "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.beamer"
+sed -e '/\$hypersetup\.latex()\$/ {' -e 'r template-multi-file/hypersetup.latex' -e 'd' -e '}' -i '' "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.beamer"
+sed -e '/\$passoptions\.latex()\$/ {' -e 'r template-multi-file/passoptions.latex' -e 'd' -e '}' -i '' "${distFolderName}/eisvogel.beamer"
+
+
+# create folder for the release eisvogel (ZIP and tar.gz)
+cp -r "examples" "${archiveFolder}/examples"
+cp -r "template-multi-file" "${archiveFolder}/template-multi-file"
+cp "dist/eisvogel.latex" "${archiveFolder}/eisvogel.latex"
+cp "dist/eisvogel.beamer" "${archiveFolder}/eisvogel.beamer"
+cp "icon.png" "${archiveFolder}/icon.png"
+cp "LICENSE" "${archiveFolder}/LICENSE"
+cp "README.md" "${archiveFolder}/README.md"
+cp "CHANGELOG.md" "${archiveFolder}/CHANGELOG.md"
+
+
+cd dist
+
+# create .zip file
+zip -r -X --exclude="*.DS_Store*" "Eisvogel-${1}.zip" "${archiveFolderName}"
+
+# create .tar.gz file
+tar --exclude="*.DS_Store*" -zcvf "Eisvogel-${1}.tar.gz" "Eisvogel-${1}"