diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3e524c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+name: Build and Publish Image
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build and publish image
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: farting-lizards/expenses_server_fastapi
+          path: expenses_server_fastapi
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: farting-lizards/expenses-react
+          path: expenses-react
+
+      # this the last so we end up inside the cloned directory
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: expenses-container
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 16
+
+      - name: Build code
+        id: build-code
+        env:
+          DISABLE_ESLINT_PLUGIN: "true"
+        run: |
+          cd expenses-container \
+          && bash -x ./build.sh --skip-image-build ../expenses-react ../expenses_server_fastapi
+
+      - name: Get current date
+        id: date
+        run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date +'%Y%m%d%H%M%S')"
+
+      - name: Build Image
+        id: build-image
+        uses: redhat-actions/buildah-build@v2
+        with:
+          image: expenses
+          tags: latest ${{ github.sha }} ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+          containerfiles: |
+            ./Dockerfile.prod
+
+      - name: Push To quay.io
+        id: push-to-quay
+        uses: redhat-actions/push-to-registry@v2
+        with:
+          image: ${{ steps.build-image.outputs.image }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.build-image.outputs.tags }}
+          registry: quay.io/farting_lizards
+          username: ${{ secrets.QUAY_USER }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Print image url
+        run: |
+          echo "Image pushed to ${{ steps.push-to-quay.outputs.registry-paths }}"
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 476c641..e49a1f8 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ function help() {
             If specified, will only build the container, but not copy
             any code or files from the frontend or the backend
 
+        --skip-image-build
+            If specified, it will not build the container image (usually for CI)
+
     Arguments:
         PATH_TO_FRONTEND_REPO
             Path to the directory containing the frontend code.
@@ -37,6 +40,7 @@ EOH
 
 function main() {
     local do_build=true
+    local do_image_build=true
     if [[ $# -lt 3 ]]; then
         echo "Not enough arguments passed"
         help
@@ -54,6 +58,10 @@ function main() {
         do_build=false
         shift
     fi
+    if [[ "$1" == "--skip-image-build" ]]; then
+        do_image_build=false
+        shift
+    fi
     local fe_path="${1:?No frontend path passed}"
     local be_path="${2:?No backend path passed}"
     local env="${3:-}"
@@ -75,7 +83,9 @@ function main() {
         copyFrontend "$fe_path" "src/static"
     fi
 
-    buildContainer "$arch" "$dockerfile"
+    if $do_image_build; then
+        buildContainer "$arch" "$dockerfile"
+    fi
 
 }