diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e810d9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+docs/
+.claude
+.benchmarks
+.venv
+.nf-test
+mouse-tracking-runtime
+nextflow
+support_code
+vm
+*.h5
+*.sh
+tests
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_build-docker-action.yml b/.github/workflows/_build-docker-action.yml
index 2b2b1a1..c7c297a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_build-docker-action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_build-docker-action.yml
@@ -47,4 +47,4 @@ jobs:
         tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
         labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
         cache-from: type=gha
-        cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
\ No newline at end of file
+        cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index 271baf0..f11c78c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Pull Request Checks
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ main, repository-reorganization ]
+    branches: [ main ]
 
 jobs:
   format-lint:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f682b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,140 @@
+name: Build and Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main, master ]
+    paths:
+      - 'pyproject.toml'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  id-token: write
+  packages: write
+
+jobs:
+  format-lint:
+    name: "Format and Lint"
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_format-lint-action.yml
+
+  test:
+    name: "Run Tests"
+    needs: format-lint
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_run-tests-action.yml
+
+  build:
+    name: "Build Docker Image"
+    needs: [format-lint, test]
+    secrets: inherit
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/_build-docker-action.yml
+
+  check-version-changed:
+    name: "Check if version changed"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+      version-changed: ${{ steps.check.outputs.changed }}
+      is-prerelease: ${{ steps.version.outputs.is-prerelease }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 2
+      
+      - name: Get current version
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(grep '^version = ' pyproject.toml | sed 's/version = "\(.*\)"/\1/')
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          
+          # Check if version contains letters (indicating pre-release)
+          if echo "$VERSION" | grep -q '[a-zA-Z]'; then
+            echo "is-prerelease=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "Detected pre-release version: $VERSION"
+          else
+            echo "is-prerelease=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "Detected stable release version: $VERSION"
+          fi
+      
+      - name: Check if version changed
+        id: check
+        run: |
+          if git diff HEAD~1 HEAD --name-only | grep -q pyproject.toml; then
+            if git diff HEAD~1 HEAD pyproject.toml | grep -q '^+version = '; then
+              echo "changed=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+              echo "Version changed in pyproject.toml"
+            else
+              echo "changed=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+              echo "pyproject.toml changed but version did not change"
+            fi
+          else
+            echo "changed=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            echo "pyproject.toml was not changed"
+          fi
+
+  build-package:
+    name: "Build Python Package"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build, check-version-changed]
+    if: needs.check-version-changed.outputs.version-changed == 'true'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+        with:
+          enable-cache: true
+      
+      - name: Set up Python
+        run: uv python install 3.10
+      
+      - name: Build package
+        run: uv build
+      
+      - name: Upload build artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist/
+
+  publish-pypi:
+    name: "Publish to PyPI"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build-package, check-version-changed]
+    if: needs.check-version-changed.outputs.version-changed == 'true'
+    environment: release
+    steps:
+      - name: Download build artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist/
+      
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v4
+      
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        run: uv publish --token ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+        working-directory: .
+
+  create-release:
+    name: "Create GitHub Release"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [publish-pypi, check-version-changed]
+    if: needs.check-version-changed.outputs.version-changed == 'true'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Download build artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist/
+      
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: v${{ needs.check-version-changed.outputs.version }}
+          name: Release v${{ needs.check-version-changed.outputs.version }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: ${{ needs.check-version-changed.outputs.is-prerelease == 'true' }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          files: dist/*
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6c8ecd1..435619c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "mouse-tracking"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 description = "Runtime environment for mouse tracking experiments"
 requires-python = ">=3.10,<3.11"
 packages = ["src/mouse_tracking"]
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index 2b2697b..25d1a3c 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "mouse-tracking"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "absl-py" },