diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-stable.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-stable.yml
index 6eb5c5b0..e10c87f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-stable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-stable.yml
@@ -116,23 +116,20 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@latest
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: "v${{ env.VERSION }}"
-          release_name: "v${{ env.VERSION }}"
-          body: |
-            See the [changelog](CHANGELOG.md) for details.
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
+          tag: ${{ env.VERSION }}
+        run: |
+          gh release create "v$tag" \
+            --repo="$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
+            --title="v$tag" \
+            --notes="See the [changelog](CHANGELOG.md) for details."
 
   dispatch:
     needs: deploy
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        repo: ['oscarlevin/pretext-docker', 'pretextbook/html-static']
+        repo: ['pretextbook/pretext-docker', 'pretextbook/html-static']
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Repository Dispatch
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a01324f4..ee3085e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,14 @@ Instructions: Add a subsection under `[Unreleased]` for additions, fixes, change
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Publisher controlled page breaks for PDF output
+
+### Changes
+
+- Simplified course template
+
 ## [2.34.0] - 2026-01-02
 
 Includes updates to core through commit: [a7a0894](https://github.com/PreTeXtBook/pretext/commit/a7a089448b50916f7d114d9459185b049f96ccc8)
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 85b1f84b..0a7e0a1e 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1969,15 +1969,15 @@ reference = "pypi-public"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "prefig"
-version = "0.4.6"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "An authoring system for mathematical diagrams"
 optional = true
 python-versions = ">=3.10,<4.0"
 groups = ["main"]
 markers = "extra == \"prefigure\" or extra == \"all\""
 files = [
-    {file = "prefig-0.4.6-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c291ebacf146cc9bdd0afddc370d301da51191feb5c275e00774f8c65492b88b"},
-    {file = "prefig-0.4.6.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:7d8543d5a543071c29ad214d8c9261d6689145ba793950c0e97b6ce21ee5ced4"},
+    {file = "prefig-0.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:2c5126a0b81dd863451a4cfe20a19613bf9e590f4d2194c9ac2a8ec23ff95e15"},
+    {file = "prefig-0.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:332b2c217058db7dd7540e55b3fd995ab64368d4627303144d7bf5c915b2a546"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -3471,4 +3471,4 @@ prefigure = ["prefig"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.1"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "03998de1f09921cebd9ca6ab44d0af9e75bfe78fbf360c4dc35dc1de3dc253e9"
+content-hash = "a828809c4b3507c3d01f6d46bacdea29bd3169eb6f7dce9d5a15124663dd7630"
diff --git a/pretext/__init__.py b/pretext/__init__.py
index 9ff72b84..98a6a60f 100644
--- a/pretext/__init__.py
+++ b/pretext/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 VERSION = get_version("pretext", Path(__file__).parent.parent)
 
 
-CORE_COMMIT = "a7a089448b50916f7d114d9459185b049f96ccc8"
+CORE_COMMIT = "d95a31b8ed95f8152b8fe66ddf8754f62ad65e24"
 
 
 def activate() -> None:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 13d3f8d7..09f34a16 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ plastex = "^3"
 jinja2 = "^3"
 coloraide = "^4"
 pelican = { extras = ["markdown"], version = "^4.10", optional = true }
-prefig = { extras = ["text"], version = "^0.4.6", optional = true }
+prefig = { extras = ["text"], version = "^0.5.0", optional = true }
 citeproc-py = "^0"
 
 
diff --git a/templates/course/README.md b/templates/course/README.md
index 7223f3d0..48a9daa1 100644
--- a/templates/course/README.md
+++ b/templates/course/README.md
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ The course template includes a single PreTeXt "book" that contains (as chapters)
 You can build the course using
 
 ```bash
-pretext build web
+pretext build course
 ```
 
 and view it with
 
 ```bash
-pretext view web
+pretext view course
 ```
 
 Also included is the start of a slide deck.  This is a single file in the `source/slides` folder.  You could use this for all the slides in a course (as a single slideshow), or create separate slideshows.  In that case, you might want to build those separate ones with something like,
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ Also included is the start of a slide deck.  This is a single file in the `sourc
 pretext build slides -i source/slides/chapter2.ptx
 ```
 
+In either case, you will need to uncomment the "slide" targets inside `project.ptx`.
+
 ### Creating a landing page for multiple targets
 
 Build the entire course with:
@@ -32,7 +34,7 @@ Build the entire course with:
 pretext build --deploys
 ```
 
-This will build both the course "book" and the slide deck.  You can create a landing page with links to each of these automatically with the command,
+This will build the course "book" (and the slide deck if you uncomment that target in `project.ptx`).  You can create a landing page with links to each of these automatically with the command,
 
 ```bash
 pretext deploy --stage-only
diff --git a/templates/course/project.ptx b/templates/course/project.ptx
index 1fdadb70..2558dc13 100644
--- a/templates/course/project.ptx
+++ b/templates/course/project.ptx
@@ -9,12 +9,16 @@
     <target name="print" source="main.ptx" format="pdf"
             output-filename="course.pdf" publication="publication.ptx" />
 
+    <!--
     <target name="slides" source="slides/slides.ptx" format="revealjs"
             publication="publication-slides.ptx" deploy-dir="slides"
             output-filename="index.html"/>
+    -->
+    <!-- 
     <target name="slides-annotated" source="slides/slides.ptx" format="revealjs"
             publication="publication-slides-annotated.ptx" deploy-dir="slides-annotated"
             output-filename="index.html"/>
+    -->
 
 
 
diff --git a/templates/course/source/slides/slides.ptx b/templates/course/source/slides/slides.ptx
index f45de416..201a7dd8 100644
--- a/templates/course/source/slides/slides.ptx
+++ b/templates/course/source/slides/slides.ptx
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!-- This is a sample slide deck to get started with.  If you want the slides to be built, -->
+<!-- you must go to `project.ptx` and uncomment the slides targets (starting on line 12)   -->
 
 <pretext xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
   <!-- Include the docinfo common to the course, in the parent folder (..) -->
diff --git a/templates/installPandoc.sh b/templates/installPandoc.sh
index dd5c18ea..8f7c8797 100644
--- a/templates/installPandoc.sh
+++ b/templates/installPandoc.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,14 @@
 # This file was automatically generated with PreTeXt {VERSION}.
 # If you modify this file, PreTeXt will no longer automatically update it.
 
-wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.8.3/pandoc-3.8.3-1-amd64.deb -O pandoc.deb
+# Detect architecture and download appropriate Pandoc version
+if uname -m | grep -q "aarch64\|arm64"; then
+    # ARM architecture
+    wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.8.3/pandoc-3.8.3-1-arm64.deb -O pandoc.deb
+else
+    # x86/amd64 architecture
+    wget https://github.com/jgm/pandoc/releases/download/3.8.3/pandoc-3.8.3-1-amd64.deb -O pandoc.deb
+fi
 
 # wait for 60 second and then double check that no other script is using apt-get:
 sleep 60