diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fc3336ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+name: Build and Publish Geoweaver App
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types:
+      - published
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          java-version: '11'
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+
+      - name: Build with Maven
+        run: mvn clean install -DskipTests
+
+      - name: Install XML parsing tools
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-utils
+
+      - name: Extract version from pom.xml
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(xmllint --xpath "/*[local-name()='project']/*[local-name()='version']/text()" $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/pom.xml)
+          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Append version to DEBIAN/control
+        run: |
+          echo "Version: ${{ env.VERSION }}" >> $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/linux-deployment/DEBIAN/control
+          
+      - name: Set execute permissions for postinst script
+        run: chmod 755 $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/linux-deployment/DEBIAN/postinst
+
+      - name: Copy geoweaver.jar to linux-deployment directory
+        run: cp $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/target/geoweaver.jar $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/linux-deployment/usr/local/bin/
+
+      - name: Make geoweaver.sh executable
+        run: chmod +x $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/linux-deployment/usr/local/bin/geoweaver.sh
+
+      - name: Build deb package
+        run: |
+          cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/linux-deployment
+          dpkg-deb --build . geoweaver.deb
+
+      - name: Upload Geoweaver Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: geoweaver-artifacts
+          path: |
+            target/*.jar
+            pom.xml
+            linux-deployment/*.deb
+
+  release:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Install XML parsing tools
+        run: sudo apt install libxml2-utils
+
+      - name: Install jq
+        run: sudo apt-get install jq
+
+      - name: Download Geoweaver Artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: geoweaver-artifacts
+
+      - name: Get ID and upload URL of the latest release
+        run: |
+          RESPONSE=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/latest")
+          UPLOAD_URL=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r .upload_url)
+          RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r .id)
+          echo "UPLOAD_URL=$UPLOAD_URL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "RELEASE_ID=$RELEASE_ID" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Set release title to version
+        run: |
+          curl -X PATCH \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" \
+            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+            https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/${{ env.RELEASE_ID }} \
+            -d '{"name": "${{ env.VERSION }}"}'
+
+      - name: Upload JAR Asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ env.UPLOAD_URL }}
+          asset_path: /home/runner/work/geoweaver-deployment-test/geoweaver-deployment-test/target/geoweaver.jar
+          asset_name: geoweaver.jar
+          asset_content_type: application/java-archive
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
+
+      - name: Upload DEB Asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ env.UPLOAD_URL }}
+          asset_path: /home/runner/work/geoweaver-deployment-test/geoweaver-deployment-test/linux-deployment/geoweaver.deb
+          asset_name: geoweaver.deb
+          asset_content_type: application/vnd.debian.binary-package
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
diff --git a/linux-deployment/DEBIAN/control b/linux-deployment/DEBIAN/control
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eee0f2b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux-deployment/DEBIAN/control
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Package: geoweaver
+Architecture: all
+Maintainer: Geoweaver team <geoweaver.app@gmail.com> 
+Description: Geoweaver
+Depends: openjdk-11-jre
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/linux-deployment/DEBIAN/postinst b/linux-deployment/DEBIAN/postinst
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3ee00871e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux-deployment/DEBIAN/postinst
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+update-desktop-database
+
diff --git a/linux-deployment/usr/local/bin/geoweaver.png b/linux-deployment/usr/local/bin/geoweaver.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1b7119b5
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diff --git a/linux-deployment/usr/local/bin/geoweaver.sh b/linux-deployment/usr/local/bin/geoweaver.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..29cd77b82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux-deployment/usr/local/bin/geoweaver.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+java -jar /usr/local/bin/geoweaver.jar &
+SERVER_PID=$!
+
+# Wait for the server to start (adjust the time as needed)
+sleep 7
+
+# Open the URL in the default web browser
+xdg-open http://localhost:8070/Geoweaver
+
+# Wait for the server to complete before exiting
+wait $SERVER_PID
diff --git a/linux-deployment/usr/share/applications/geoweaver.desktop b/linux-deployment/usr/share/applications/geoweaver.desktop
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..11df09bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/linux-deployment/usr/share/applications/geoweaver.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Name=Geoweaver
+Comment=Geoweaver Application
+Exec=/usr/local/bin/geoweaver.sh
+Icon=/usr/local/bin/geoweaver.png
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+Categories=Utility;
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 70bdb40e7..8a4dda258 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	</parent>
 	<groupId>com.gw</groupId>
 	<artifactId>geoweaver</artifactId>
-	<version>1.2.1</version>
+	<version>1.2.2</version>
 	<name>geoweaver</name>
 	<description>A lightweight workflow management software for organizing data analysis workflows, 
 	preserving history of every workflow run, and improving scientist producitvity and workflow FAIRness,
diff --git a/src/main/resources/static/js/gw.js b/src/main/resources/static/js/gw.js
index 50e436120..776c8b568 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/static/js/gw.js
+++ b/src/main/resources/static/js/gw.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ edu = {
 							
 					sponsor: "ESIPLab incubator project, NASA ACCESS project, NSF Geoinformatics project, NSF Cybertraining project",
 					
-					version: "1.2.1",
+					version: "1.2.2",
 					
 					author: "open source contributors",