diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index deced6d..725291e 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Create Gitea Release
+name: Release and Build Image
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -18,9 +18,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           TAG="${GITHUB_REF_NAME:-${GITHUB_REF##refs/tags/}}"
           VERSION="${TAG#v}"
+          IMAGE_REGISTRY="${{ gitea.server_url }}"
+          IMAGE_REGISTRY="${IMAGE_REGISTRY#http://}"
+          IMAGE_REGISTRY="${IMAGE_REGISTRY#https://}"
+          IMAGE_NAME="${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/${{ gitea.repository }}"
 
           echo "TAG=$TAG" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "IMAGE_NAME=$IMAGE_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
 
           if [[ "$TAG" == *-* ]]; then
             echo "PRERELEASE=true" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -31,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract matching CHANGELOG section
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          python <<'PY'
+          python3 - <<'PY'
           import os
           import re
           from pathlib import Path
@@ -46,10 +51,6 @@ jobs:
 
           text = changelog_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 
-          # Matches headings like:
-          # ## 1.2.3
-          # ## 1.2.3-alpha.0
-          # ## [1.2.3]
           pattern = re.compile(
               rf"^##\s+\[?{re.escape(version)}\]?(?:\s*-.*)?\n(.*?)(?=^##\s|\Z)",
               re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL,
@@ -67,6 +68,42 @@ jobs:
           Path("release_body.md").write_text(body + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
           PY
 
+      - name: Log in to Gitea container registry
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          REGISTRY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_USERNAME }}
+          REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          echo "$REGISTRY_TOKEN" | docker login "${IMAGE_NAME%%/*}" -u "$REGISTRY_USERNAME" --password-stdin
+
+      - name: Build Docker image
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          docker build \
+            -t "$IMAGE_NAME:$TAG" \
+            -t "$IMAGE_NAME:latest" \
+            .
+
+      - name: Push version tag
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          docker push "$IMAGE_NAME:$TAG"
+
+      - name: Push latest tag
+        if: ${{ !contains(env.TAG, '-') }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          docker push "$IMAGE_NAME:latest"
+
+      - name: Push prerelease channel tag
+        if: ${{ contains(env.TAG, '-') }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          CHANNEL="${TAG#*-}"
+          CHANNEL="${CHANNEL%%.*}"
+          docker tag "$IMAGE_NAME:$TAG" "$IMAGE_NAME:$CHANNEL"
+          docker push "$IMAGE_NAME:$CHANNEL"
+
       - name: Create Gitea release
         env:
           RELEASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
@@ -74,10 +111,11 @@ jobs:
           GITEA_REPOSITORY: ${{ gitea.repository }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          python <<'PY'
+          python3 - <<'PY'
           import json
           import os
           import urllib.request
+          import urllib.error
 
           tag = os.environ["TAG"]
           prerelease = os.environ["PRERELEASE"].lower() == "true"
@@ -88,6 +126,9 @@ jobs:
           with open("release_body.md", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
               body = f.read()
 
+          image_name = os.environ["IMAGE_NAME"]
+          body = body.rstrip() + f"\n\n### Container Image\n\n- `{image_name}:{tag}`\n"
+
           url = f"{server_url}/api/v1/repos/{repo}/releases"
           payload = {
               "tag_name": tag,
@@ -116,4 +157,4 @@ jobs:
               details = e.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
               print(details)
               raise
-          PY 
\ No newline at end of file
+          PY
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/dockerscripts.md b/scripts/dockerscripts.md
index 37282a8..9204abe 100644
--- a/scripts/dockerscripts.md
+++ b/scripts/dockerscripts.md
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ stage the change log file
 
 git commit -m "chore(release): version packages"
 
-git tag v0.0.1-alpha.0 this will be the new version 
+git tag v0.0.1-alpha.0 change this to the same version thats in the pkg.json
 
 then push it 
 
@@ -110,4 +110,5 @@ Release flow
 6. git commit -m "chore(release): version packages"
 7. git tag vX.X.X
 8. git push
-9. git push --tags
\ No newline at end of file
+9. git push --tags
+