diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
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+stages:
+        - build
+        - release
+
+build:
+        stage: build
+        image: registry.gitlab.com/wolutator/build-env-arduino:latest
+        tags:
+                - hottis
+                - linux
+                - docker
+        variables:
+                GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
+        artifacts:
+                name: "$CI_JOB_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
+                paths:
+                        - sketch.esp8266.esp8266.nodemcu.bin
+        except:
+                - tags
+        script:
+                - pushd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/libraries/esp8266boilerplate/ConfigGenerator && ./configGen.sh && popd
+                - env ARDUINO_SKETCHBOOK_DIR=$CI_PROJECT_DIR arduino-cli compile --fqbn=esp8266:esp8266:nodemcu $CI_PROJECT_DIR/sketch
+                - cp sketch/sketch.esp8266.esp8266.nodemcu.* .
+
+
+release:
+        stage: release
+        image: registry.gitlab.com/wolutator/base-build-env
+        tags:
+                - hottis
+                - linux
+                - docker
+        dependencies:
+                - build
+        only:
+                refs:
+                        - release
+        script:
+                - gitlabreleaseuploader.py -p $PRIVATE_TOKEN -i $CI_PROJECT_ID -u $CI_PROJECT_URL
+                  -f sketch.esp8266.esp8266.nodemcu.bin -F releaseInfo.json -T $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+
diff --git a/releaseInfo.json b/releaseInfo.json
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+{
+    "releaseTag": "v0.0.1",
+    "createReleaseTag": "true",
+    "releaseName": "initial",
+    "description": "initial automatic build"
+}
+  
+