diff --git a/backend/src/Tools/MathComps.Cli.Handouts/BuildCommand.cs b/backend/src/Tools/MathComps.Cli.Handouts/BuildCommand.cs
index 8378db4..961d338 100644
--- a/backend/src/Tools/MathComps.Cli.Handouts/BuildCommand.cs
+++ b/backend/src/Tools/MathComps.Cli.Handouts/BuildCommand.cs
@@ -519,8 +519,11 @@ private static void CompileTexFile(
             var compilerParts = compiler.Split(' ', StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);
             var compilerExecutable = compilerParts[0];
 
-            // Pass each flag as its own argv entry plus the input .tex filename at the end
-            string[] arguments = [.. compilerParts.Skip(1), texFile.Name];
+            // Pass each flag as its own argv entry, then inject \def\PUBLISH{} before \input
+            // reads the .tex. The template defaults \ReviewModetrue so manual local compiles
+            // render inline review content; the \PUBLISH sentinel flips it off, producing
+            // the publish form (where hints and solutions are not below statements but at the end)
+            string[] arguments = [.. compilerParts.Skip(1), $@"\def\PUBLISH{{}}\input {texFile.Name}"];
 
             // Run the compiler; ProcessRunner drains stdout/stderr and reports the exit code
             var result = ProcessRunner.Run(compilerExecutable, arguments, workingDirectory.FullName);
diff --git a/data/handouts/_template.tex b/data/handouts/_template.tex
index ed3ee29..da4e06e 100644
--- a/data/handouts/_template.tex
+++ b/data/handouts/_template.tex
@@ -24,9 +24,13 @@
 \newif\ifDisplayTexts
 \DisplayTextstrue
 
-% Toggle to inline hints/solutions under each Problem and Exercise (review mode)
+% Toggle to inline hints/solutions under each Problem and Exercise (review mode).
+% Defaults to TRUE so manual local compiles render the inline review form; the
+% Handouts CLI defines \PUBLISH before it reads the handout via \input, which
+% flips this off and produces the publish form.
 \newif\ifReviewMode
-\ReviewModefalse
+\ReviewModetrue
+\ifdefined\PUBLISH\ReviewModefalse\fi
 
 % Render #1 if solutions should be inline (review mode OR display-texts), else #2
 \long\def\IfShowingTexts#1#2{\ifReviewMode#1\else\ifDisplayTexts#1\else#2\fi\fi}
diff --git a/data/handouts/angle-basics-1.sk.tex b/data/handouts/angle-basics-1.sk.tex
index ae442b4..b27efda 100644
--- a/data/handouts/angle-basics-1.sk.tex
+++ b/data/handouts/angle-basics-1.sk.tex
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 \setlanguage{SK}
 
-\ReviewModetrue
-
 \Title{Základy počítania uhlov}
 
 \MathcompsLink{zaklady-pocitania-uhlov-1}