diff --git a/.github/workflows/ghcr.yml b/.github/workflows/ghcr.yml
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@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# This workflow uses actions that are not certified by GitHub.
+# They are provided by a third-party and are governed by
+# separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support
+# documentation.
+
+# GitHub recommends pinning actions to a commit SHA.
+# To get a newer version, you will need to update the SHA.
+# You can also reference a tag or branch, but the action may change without warning.
+
+#
+name: Create and publish a Docker image on gchr.io
+
+#push on main and on published
+on:
+    push:
+      branches:
+        - main
+    release:
+      types: [published]
+
+# Defines two custom environment variables for the workflow. These are used for the Container registry domain, and a name for the Docker image that this workflow builds.
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+# There is a single job in this workflow. It's configured to run on the latest available version of Ubuntu.
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Sets the permissions granted to the `GITHUB_TOKEN` for the actions in this job.
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      # 
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      # Uses the `docker/login-action` action to log in to the Container registry registry using the account and password that will publish the packages. Once published, the packages are scoped to the account defined here.
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@65b78e6e13532edd9afa3aa52ac7964289d1a9c1
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      # This step uses [docker/metadata-action](https://github.com/docker/metadata-action#about) to extract tags and labels that will be applied to the specified image. The `id` "meta" allows the output of this step to be referenced in a subsequent step. The `images` value provides the base name for the tags and labels.
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@9ec57ed1fcdbf14dcef7dfbe97b2010124a938b7
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+      # This step uses the `docker/build-push-action` action to build the image, based on your repository's `Dockerfile`. If the build succeeds, it pushes the image to GitHub Packages.
+      # It uses the `context` parameter to define the build's context as the set of files located in the specified path. For more information, see "[Usage](https://github.com/docker/build-push-action#usage)" in the README of the `docker/build-push-action` repository.
+      # It uses the `tags` and `labels` parameters to tag and label the image with the output from the "meta" step.
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@f2a1d5e99d037542a71f64918e516c093c6f3fc4
+        with:
+          context: webapp
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
diff --git a/webapp/Dockerfile b/webapp/Dockerfile
index 17a2d5a..1a7c553 100644
--- a/webapp/Dockerfile
+++ b/webapp/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 FROM node:lts-alpine
 
+# current version
+LABEL version="1.0b5"
+
 # Set the working directory inside the container
 WORKDIR /wis2box-webapp