diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
similarity index 93%
rename from .github/workflows/build-deploy.yml
rename to .github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 23479b05..c04f556f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Build and Deploy
+name: Deploy
 permissions: {}
 
 on:
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@ jobs:
           npm ci
           echo "✅ Dependencies installed successfully"
 
-      # for now we run without building
-      # - name: Build the application
-      #   working-directory: /home/vb2007/prod/discordbot
-      #   run: |
-      #     npm run build
-      #     echo "Application built successfully"
-
       - name: Deploying possible new commands
         working-directory: /home/vb2007/prod/discordbot
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-release.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b17753f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Release on GitHub
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    #requires gh cli on the runner: https://github.com/cli/cli/blob/trunk/docs/install_linux.md
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 #fetch full history for changelog generation
+
+      - name: Get version from package.json
+        id: package-version
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+          echo "version=v$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "raw_version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Check if tag already exists
+        id: tag-check
+        run: |
+          if git tag -l "${{ steps.package-version.outputs.version }}" | grep -q "${{ steps.package-version.outputs.version }}"; then
+            echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        if: steps.tag-check.outputs.exists == 'false'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          gh release create "${{ steps.package-version.outputs.version }}" \
+            --title "${{ steps.package-version.outputs.version }}" \
+            --generate-notes \
+            --latest \
+            ./src/data/commandData.csv
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index aeb81104..7feb10b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "discordbot",
-  "version": "4.0.1",
+  "version": "4.1.1",
   "description": "A simple discord bot of mine developed with discord.js (Node.js).",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "index.js",