diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d94d697..4f1f4eb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,31 +1,28 @@
-# ---> Go
-# If you prefer the allow list template instead of the deny list, see community template:
-# https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/community/Golang/Go.AllowList.gitignore
+# Allowlisting gitignore template for GO projects prevents us
+# from adding various unwanted local files, such as generated
+# files, developer configurations or IDE-specific files etc.
 #
-# Binaries for programs and plugins
-*.exe
-*.exe~
-*.dll
-*.so
-*.dylib
+# Recommended: Go.AllowList.gitignore
 
-# Test binary, built with `go test -c`
-*.test
+# Ignore everything
+*
 
-# Output of the go coverage tool, specifically when used with LiteIDE
-*.out
+# But not these files...
+!/.gitignore
 
-# Dependency directories (remove the comment below to include it)
-# vendor/
+!*.go
+!go.sum
+!go.mod
 
-# Go workspace file
-go.work
+!examples/*
 
-bin/
+!*.md
+!LICENSE
 
-examples/testing/
+!Makefile
 
-*.yaml
-!examples/*.yaml
+# Woodpecker CI
+!.woodpecker/*
 
-test/
+# ...even if they are in subdirectories
+!*/
diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index d4a07bf..053205a 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
             "type": "go",
             "request": "launch",
             "mode": "auto",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/cmd/certwarden-deploy/main.go",
             "args": ["--config", "${workspaceFolder}/config.yaml", "--dry-run"]
         },
         {
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
             "type": "go",
             "request": "launch",
             "mode": "auto",
-            "program": "${workspaceFolder}",
+            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/cmd/certwarden-deploy/main.go",
             "args": ["--config", "${workspaceFolder}/config.yaml", "--verbose"]
         }
     ]
diff --git a/.woodpecker/build-and-deploy.yml b/.woodpecker/build-and-deploy.yml
index f79927f..30837c8 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/build-and-deploy.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker/build-and-deploy.yml
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ steps:
       - APP_NAME=certwarden-deploy
       - FORGE=https://code.lila.network
     commands:
-      - apk add --update --no-cache xz curl jq
-      - go mod download
-      - go build -o output/$APP_NAME-${CI_COMMIT_TAG##v}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM} main.go
-      - cd output
-      - xz --keep --compress $APP_NAME-${CI_COMMIT_TAG##v}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}
-      - sha256sum $APP_NAME-${CI_COMMIT_TAG##v}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM} >> $APP_NAME-${CI_COMMIT_TAG##v}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}.sha256
-      - sha256sum $APP_NAME-${CI_COMMIT_TAG##v}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}.xz >> $APP_NAME-${CI_COMMIT_TAG##v}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}.xz.sha256
+      - apk add --update --no-cache xz curl jq make
+      - make build
+      - cd bin/
+      - mv $APP_NAME $APP_NAME-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}
+      - xz --keep --compress $APP_NAME-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}
+      - sha256sum $APP_NAME-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM} >> $APP_NAME-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}.sha256
+      - sha256sum $APP_NAME-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}.xz >> $APP_NAME-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}.xz.sha256
       - |-
         export RELEASE_ID=`curl --location "$FORGE/api/v1/repos/$CI_REPO/releases?limit=10" \
         --header 'Accept: application/json' -s -S \
@@ -35,23 +35,23 @@ steps:
         curl --location "$FORGE/api/v1/repos/$CI_REPO/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets" \
         --header "Authorization: token $FORGEJO_APIKEY" \
         --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' -s -S \
-        --form "attachment=@$APP_NAME-${CI_COMMIT_TAG##v}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM};type=application/octet-stream" \
+        --form "attachment=@$APP_NAME-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM};type=application/octet-stream" \
         --fail-with-body        
       - |-
         curl --location "$FORGE/api/v1/repos/$CI_REPO/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets" \
         --header "Authorization: token $FORGEJO_APIKEY" \
         --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' -s -S \
-        --form "attachment=@$APP_NAME-${CI_COMMIT_TAG##v}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}.xz;type=application/octet-stream" \
+        --form "attachment=@$APP_NAME-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}.xz;type=application/octet-stream" \
         --fail-with-body        
       - |-
         curl --location "$FORGE/api/v1/repos/$CI_REPO/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets" \
         --header "Authorization: token $FORGEJO_APIKEY" \
         --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' -s -S \
-        --form "attachment=@$APP_NAME-${CI_COMMIT_TAG##v}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}.sha256;type=application/octet-stream" \
+        --form "attachment=@$APP_NAME-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}.sha256;type=application/octet-stream" \
         --fail-with-body        
       - |-
         curl --location "$FORGE/api/v1/repos/$CI_REPO/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets" \
         --header "Authorization: token $FORGEJO_APIKEY" \
         --header 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' -s -S \
-        --form "attachment=@$APP_NAME-${CI_COMMIT_TAG##v}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}.xz.sha256;type=application/octet-stream" \
+        --form "attachment=@$APP_NAME-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}${GOARM}.xz.sha256;type=application/octet-stream" \
         --fail-with-body        
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3213134..5cc7774 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+## [0.2.2] - 2024-07-30
+
+### Changed
+- changed the way the version string is handled internally
+- CI pipeline changed
+- documentation is now more sophisticated and has a new theme
+
+### Added
+- Makefile
+
 ## [0.2.1] - 2024-07-12
 ### Fixed
 - Configuration validation did not work as intended
@@ -40,7 +50,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - some documentation
 
 
-[unreleased]: https://code.lila.network/adoralaura/certwarden-deploy/compare/0.2.1...HEAD
+[unreleased]: https://code.lila.network/adoralaura/certwarden-deploy/compare/0.2.2...HEAD
+[0.2.2]: https://code.lila.network/adoralaura/certwarden-deploy/compare/0.2.1...0.2.2
 [0.2.1]: https://code.lila.network/adoralaura/certwarden-deploy/compare/0.2.0...0.2.1
 [0.2.0]: https://code.lila.network/adoralaura/certwarden-deploy/compare/0.1.1...0.2.0
 [0.1.1]: https://code.lila.network/adoralaura/certwarden-deploy/compare/0.1.0...0.1.1
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cd8f31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Set the default Go build flags
+GOFLAGS = -ldflags='-w -s -X constants.Version=$(VERSION)'
+
+# Build the application
+build:
+	go build $(GOFLAGS) -o bin/certwarden-deploy cmd/certwarden-deploy/main.go 
+
+# Clean the build artifacts
+clean:
+	rm -rf bin
+
+# Set a version for the build
+VERSION := $(shell git describe --tags --always)
diff --git a/cmd/certwarden-deploy/root.go b/cmd/certwarden-deploy/main.go
similarity index 86%
rename from cmd/certwarden-deploy/root.go
rename to cmd/certwarden-deploy/main.go
index 6bbbceb..bce2d8d 100644
--- a/cmd/certwarden-deploy/root.go
+++ b/cmd/certwarden-deploy/main.go
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Copyright © 2024 Laura Kalb <dev@lauka.net>
 The code of this project is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.
 */
-package cmd
+package main
 
 import (
 	"os"
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"code.lila.network/adoralaura/certwarden-deploy/internal/configuration"
 )
 
-// Execute adds all child commands to the root command and sets flags appropriately.
-// This is called by main.main(). It only needs to happen once to the rootCmd.
-func Execute() {
+func main() {
 	err := cli.RootCmd.Execute()
 	if err != nil {
 		os.Exit(1)
diff --git a/internal/constants/constants.go b/internal/constants/constants.go
index 75f2492..a427830 100644
--- a/internal/constants/constants.go
+++ b/internal/constants/constants.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package constants
 
-const Version = "0.2.1"
+var Version string
+
+var UserAgent = "certwarden-deploy/" + Version + " +https://code.lila.network/adoralaura/certwarden-deploy"
+
 const CertificateApiPath = "/certwarden/api/v1/download/certificates/"
 const KeyApiPath = "/certwarden/api/v1/download/privatekeys/"
 const ApiKeyHeaderName = "X-API-Key"
-const UserAgent = "certwarden-deploy/" + Version + " +https://code.lila.network/adoralaura/certwarden-deploy"
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 588fd19..0000000
--- a/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright © 2024 Laura Kalb <dev@lauka.net>
-The code of this project is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.
-*/
-package main
-
-import cmd "code.lila.network/adoralaura/certwarden-deploy/cmd/certwarden-deploy"
-
-func main() {
-	cmd.Execute()
-}