diff --git a/.github/workflows/scala-build-test-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/scala-build-test-publish.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7738008e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scala-build-test-publish.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Scala Build, Test and Publish
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore:
+      - master
+      - main
+
+env:
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}      
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build | Test | Publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Setup JDK
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      with:
+        distribution: temurin
+        java-version: 8
+        cache: sbt
+
+    - name: run build
+      run: sbt assembly
+
+    - name: run tests
+      run: sbt -v +test
+
+    - name: publish package
+      run: sbt publish            
+
+
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index c6d7dbdb..b7f89076 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 name := "Ignition-Core"
 
-version := "1.0"
+organization := "chaordic"
+
+version := "1.2.4"
+
+ThisBuild / versionScheme := Some("early-semver")
 
 scalaVersion := "2.11.12"
 
@@ -30,3 +34,9 @@ libraryDependencies += "org.joda" % "joda-convert" % "1.8.2"
 libraryDependencies += "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "1.7.25"
 
 libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.0.3"
+
+githubOwner := "chaordic"
+githubRepository := "ignition-core"
+publishMavenStyle := true
+githubTokenSource := TokenSource.GitConfig("github.token")  || TokenSource.Environment("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+
diff --git a/project/build.properties b/project/build.properties
index 7c58a83a..563a014d 100644
--- a/project/build.properties
+++ b/project/build.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-sbt.version=1.2.6
+sbt.version=1.7.2
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e58861c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "1.2.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.codecommit" % "sbt-github-packages" % "0.5.3")