diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa6a14242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+    - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: make
+      run: make
+      working-directory: ./ninjam/server
+    - name: target
+      run: mkdir target
+      working-directory: ./ninjam/server
+    - name: copy-ninjamsrv
+      run: cp ninjamsrv ./target/
+      working-directory: ./ninjam/server
+    - name: copy-cfg
+      run: cp example.cfg ./target/config.cfg
+      working-directory: ./ninjam/server
+    - name: copy-licence
+      run: cp cclicense.txt ./target/cclicense.txt
+      working-directory: ./ninjam/server
+    - name: tar-gz
+      run: tar -czvf ninjam.tar.gz -C target .
+      working-directory: ./ninjam/server/
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ninjamsrv
+        path: ./ninjam/server/target
+    - name: Create Release
+      id: create_release
+      uses: actions/create-release@v1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+        release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
+        draft: false
+        prerelease: false
+    - name: Upload Release Asset
+      id: upload-release-asset 
+      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing it's ID to get its outputs object, which include a `upload_url`. See this blog post for more info: https://jasonet.co/posts/new-features-of-github-actions/#passing-data-to-future-steps 
+        asset_path: ./ninjam/server/ninjam.tar.gz
+        asset_name: ninjam.tar.gz
+        asset_content_type: application/zip
diff --git a/ninjam/server/Dockerfile b/ninjam/server/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed85718f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ninjam/server/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+FROM ubuntu:latest
+
+ENV PATH /usr/local/ninjam:$PATH
+ARG TAG
+ADD https://github.com/zeppelinux/ninjam/releases/download/${TAG}/ninjam.tar.gz /var/tmp/
+
+RUN mkdir -p /var/tmp/ninjam && tar -xzf /var/tmp/ninjam.tar.gz -C /var/tmp/ninjam && rm /var/tmp/ninjam.tar.gz && mv /var/tmp/ninjam /usr/local/
+WORKDIR /usr/local/ninjam
+# forward request and error logs to docker log collector
+#RUN ln -sf /dev/stdout ./ninjamserver.log
+
+EXPOSE 2049
+ENTRYPOINT ["ninjamsrv", "config.cfg"]
diff --git a/ninjam/server/example.cfg b/ninjam/server/example.cfg
index 3c9894b42..296808e67 100644
--- a/ninjam/server/example.cfg
+++ b/ninjam/server/example.cfg
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ DefaultBPI 8
 # write PID file (non-windows version only)
 # PIDFile ninjamserver.pid
 
-# LogFile ninjamserver.log
+LogFile ninjamserver.log
 
 
 # set keep-alive interval in seconds. should probably not bother
diff --git a/ninjam/server/helm/Chart.yaml b/ninjam/server/helm/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e4f0eda51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ninjam/server/helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+appVersion: "1.0"
+description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
+name: ninjam-server
+version: 0.1.0
diff --git a/ninjam/server/helm/templates/NOTES.txt b/ninjam/server/helm/templates/NOTES.txt
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/ninjam/server/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/ninjam/server/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..783b5b1e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ninjam/server/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+{{/* vim: set filetype=mustache: */}}
+{{/*
+Expand the name of the chart.
+*/}}
+{{- define "ninjam-server.name" -}}
+{{- default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Create a default fully qualified app name.
+We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
+If release name contains chart name it will be used as a full name.
+*/}}
+{{- define "ninjam-server.fullname" -}}
+{{- if .Values.fullnameOverride -}}
+{{- .Values.fullnameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- else -}}
+{{- $name := default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride -}}
+{{- if contains $name .Release.Name -}}
+{{- .Release.Name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- else -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name $name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- end -}}
+
+{{/*
+Create chart name and version as used by the chart label.
+*/}}
+{{- define "ninjam-server.chart" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/ninjam/server/helm/templates/config-map.yaml b/ninjam/server/helm/templates/config-map.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1277d03fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ninjam/server/helm/templates/config-map.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ConfigMap
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "ninjam-server.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "ninjam-server.fullname" . }}
+    chart: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Chart.Version }}"
+    release: "{{ .Release.Name }}"
+    heritage: "{{ .Release.Service }}"
+data:
+  config.cfg: |
+    # only one port line allowed (last one will be used)
+    # these are comments
+    Port 2049
+       
+    # limit connections of normal users to 10
+    MaxUsers 10
+    
+    # limit normal users to 32 channels each, anonymous users to 2
+    MaxChannels 32 2
+    
+    ServerLicense cclicense.txt
+    
+    #anonymoususers yes or no, or multi (to allow multiple users of the same name from the same IP)
+    AnonymousUsers no
+    AnonymousUsersCanChat yes
+    AnonymousMaskIP yes  # shows just the nn.nn.nn.x instead of full IP. 
+    
+    
+    AllowHiddenUsers no   # set to yes to allow people without channels to not appear in the user list
+    
+    
+    #ACL list lets you specify in order a list, first match is used
+    ACL 10.0.0.0/8 deny
+    ACL 192.168.0.0/16 reserve # reserve slots for local
+    ACL 0.0.0.0/0 allow        # allow all
+    
+    
+    #user/password/permissions sets
+    User administrator myadminpass *   # allow all functions
+    User booga anotherpass CBTKRM      # allow chat, bpm/bpi, topic changing, and kicking, a reserved slot, and multiple logins
+    User myuser mypass                 # allow default functions (chat, no topic)
+    
+    # optional user/pass with simple status retrieving permissions (this also has the advantage of having the server do less work)
+    # StatusUserPass username password
+    
+    DefaultTopic "Welcome to NINJAM. Please play nicely."
+    DefaultBPM 120
+    DefaultBPI 8
+    
+    # two parameters: path to log to, and session length (in minutes). 0 for length means 30 seconds.
+    # if the first parameter (path) is empty, no logging is done
+    # SessionArchive . 15
+    
+    
+    # these two require a full restart to update:
+    
+    # write PID file (non-windows version only)
+    # PIDFile ninjamserver.pid
+    
+    # LogFile ninjamserver.log
+    
+    
+    # set keep-alive interval in seconds. should probably not bother
+    # specifying this, the default is 3, which is adequate. 
+    # SetKeepAlive 3
+    
+    # voting system:
+    # SetVotingThreshold 50       # sets threshold to 50%. can be 1-100%, or >100 to disable
+    # SetVotingVoteTimeout 60     # sets timeout before votes are reset, in seconds
+    
+    # MOTDFile motd.txt   # send this text as a privmsg to all users when they connect
diff --git a/ninjam/server/helm/templates/deployment.yaml b/ninjam/server/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4b5db7059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ninjam/server/helm/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "ninjam-server.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "ninjam-server.name" . }}
+    chart: {{ template "ninjam-server.chart" . }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: {{ template "ninjam-server.name" . }}
+      release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      labels:
+        app: {{ template "ninjam-server.name" . }}
+        release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    spec:
+      containers:
+        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+          image: "{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          volumeMounts:
+          - name: config-volume
+            mountPath: /usr/local/ninjam/config.cfg
+            subPath: config.cfg
+          ports:
+            - name: ninjam-tcp
+              containerPort: 2049
+              protocol: TCP
+          resources:
+{{ toYaml .Values.resources | indent 12 }}
+    {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
+      nodeSelector:
+{{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- with .Values.affinity }}
+      affinity:
+{{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
+      tolerations:
+{{ toYaml . | indent 8 }}
+    {{- end }}
+      volumes:
+        - name: config-volume
+          configMap:
+            name: {{ template "ninjam-server.fullname" . }}
diff --git a/ninjam/server/helm/templates/service.yaml b/ninjam/server/helm/templates/service.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e4b71344c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ninjam/server/helm/templates/service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ template "ninjam-server.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    app: {{ template "ninjam-server.name" . }}
+    chart: {{ template "ninjam-server.chart" . }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
+    heritage: {{ .Release.Service }}
+spec:
+  type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
+  ports:
+    - port: {{ .Values.service.port }}
+      targetPort: ninjam-tcp
+      protocol: TCP
+      name: open
+  selector:
+    app: {{ template "ninjam-server.fullname" . }}
+    release: {{ .Release.Name }}
diff --git a/ninjam/server/helm/values.yaml b/ninjam/server/helm/values.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f4a8d2143
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ninjam/server/helm/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+# Default values for teamcity.
+# This is a YAML-formatted file.
+# Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
+
+image:
+  repository: zeppelinux/ninjam-server
+  tag: v0.081
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+
+service:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  port: 2049
+
+# We usually recommend not to specify default resources and to leave this as a conscious
+# choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
+# resources, such as Minikube. If you do want to specify resources, uncomment the following
+# lines, adjust them as necessary, and remove the curly braces after 'resources:'.
+#  limits:
+#    cpu: 800m
+#    memory: 968Mi
+#  requests:
+#    cpu: 600m
+#    memory: 968Mi
+
+nodeSelector: {}
+
+tolerations: []
+
+affinity: {}
diff --git a/ninjam/server/hooks/build b/ninjam/server/hooks/build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e4895682
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ninjam/server/hooks/build
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+docker build --build-arg TAG=$DOCKER_TAG -t $IMAGE_NAME .