diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f652964..2f6ce90 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ A clean **pandoc LaTeX template** to convert your markdown files to PDF or LaTeX
 1.  Install pandoc from <http://pandoc.org/>. You also need to install [LaTeX](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Installation#Distributions).
 2.  Download the latest version of the Eisvogel template from [the release page](https://github.com/Wandmalfarbe/pandoc-latex-template/releases/latest).
 3.  Extract the downloaded ZIP archive and open the folder.
-4.  Move the template `eisvogel.tex` to your pandoc templates folder and rename the file to `eisvogel.latex`. The location of the templates folder depends on your operating system:
+4.  Move the template `eisvogel.latex` to your pandoc templates folder. The location of the templates folder depends on your operating system:
       - Unix, Linux, macOS: `/Users/USERNAME/.local/share/pandoc/templates/` or `/Users/USERNAME/.pandoc/templates/`
       - Windows Vista or later: `C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\pandoc\templates\`
 
diff --git a/tools/release.sh b/tools/release.sh
index f5d737e..8e150d1 100644
--- a/tools/release.sh
+++ b/tools/release.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@
 rm -rf "dist"
 mkdir "dist"
 
+cp "eisvogel.tex" "eisvogel.latex"
+
 # create .zip files
-zip -r -X --exclude="*.DS_Store*" "dist/Eisvogel-${1}.zip" "examples" "eisvogel.tex" "icon.png" "LICENSE" "README.md" "CHANGELOG.md"
+zip -r -X --exclude="*.DS_Store*" "dist/Eisvogel-${1}.zip" "examples" "eisvogel.latex" "icon.png" "LICENSE" "README.md" "CHANGELOG.md"
 cp "dist/Eisvogel-${1}.zip" "dist/Eisvogel.zip"
 
 # create .tar.gz files
-tar --exclude="*.DS_Store*" --include="examples" --include="eisvogel.tex" --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"
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+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"
+
+rm "eisvogel.latex"
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