diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..43e0f57892ac4bcdeafabde64fdb4d040360ef04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+VERSION=v0.1.0
+
+build:
+	go build -ldflags="-X 'main.Version=${VERSION}'"
+
+tar: build
+	XZ_OPT=-9 tar -cvf midr-${VERSION}.tar.xz midr templates/
diff --git a/build.yml b/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3bb5c8e8fa9f3943052ea36afe49a9519d5d5fbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# this build is meant to be submitted manually
+image: fedora/36
+packages:
+  - rsync
+  - make
+  - go
+
+sources:
+  - https://git.sr.ht/~gabrielgio/midr
+
+secrets:
+  - 008c4f67-b864-47f8-9790-cd32f2ae8516
+
+environment:
+  deploy: builds@gabrielgio.me
+  target: artifacts.gabrielgio.me/midr
+
+tasks:
+  - build: |
+      cd midr
+      make tar
+  - deploy: |
+      cd jnfilter
+      sshopts="ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no"
+      rsync --rsh="$sshopts" -rP *.tar.xz $deploy:/var/www/$target
+
+
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index d5fc7193cef4d950489239a0127c2bf76d75f381..d47424fb5281ab51a6977268de61ff09e4b4455a 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
+
 	"git.sr.ht/~gabrielgio/midr/db"
 	"git.sr.ht/~gabrielgio/midr/routes"
 )
 
+var Version = "development"
+
 func main() {
+	fmt.Println("Version:\t", Version)
 	db.ConnectDb()
 	routes.HandleRequests()
 }