diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous_integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous_integration.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab24ef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous_integration.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Caches Gradle dependencies and wrappers
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper/dists
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle', '**/libs.versions.toml', '**/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
+
+      - name: Run cibuild script
+        id: exec
+        run: ./scripts/cibuild
+
+      - name: Cleanup Gradle Cache
+        run: |
+          sudo rm -f ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/modules-2.lock
+          sudo rm -f ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2/gc.properties
+
+      - name: Create release if this is a tagged workflow
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        with:
+          artifacts: build/libs/${{ steps.exec.outputs.slimjar }},build/libs/${{ steps.exec.outputs.libszip }},build/libs/${{ steps.exec.outputs.fatjar }}
+          name: NiSCore ${{ steps.exec.outputs.version }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 916b6a2..573e847 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
 .idea/
 .gradle/
-jars/
 build/
-*/build/
-mcserver/
-
-EnhancedChat/*.sqlite
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ce22ab5..261652d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,14 +1,22 @@
 plugins {
   id 'java'
-  id 'nu.studer.jooq' version '5.2.1'
-  id 'com.palantir.git-version' version '0.12.3'
+  alias libs.plugins.jooqgradle
+  alias libs.plugins.gitgradle
 }
 
+final git = versionDetails()
+
 group 'space.nerdsin.plugins'
-version gitVersion()
+version "${git.lastTag.substring(1)}.r${git.commitDistance}"
 archivesBaseName = "$pluginName"
 
-sourceCompatibility = targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_16
+final isCiBuilding = System.getenv().get('CI') == 'true'
+
+java {
+  toolchain {
+    languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(17)
+  }
+}
 
 configurations {
   compileJar {}
@@ -18,7 +26,7 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 jooq {
-  version = jooqVersion
+  version = libs.versions.jooq
 
   configurations {
     main {
@@ -62,29 +70,21 @@ jooq {
   }
 }
 
-repositories {
-  mavenCentral()
-  maven { url = 'https://papermc.io/repo/repository/maven-public/' }
-}
-
 dependencies {
-  implementation group: 'com.destroystokyo.paper', name: 'paper-api', version: paperApiVersion
+  implementation libs.paperapi
 
-  compileOnly group: 'org.projectlombok', name: 'lombok', version: lombokVersion
-  annotationProcessor group: 'org.projectlombok', name: 'lombok', version: lombokVersion
+  compileOnly libs.lombok
+  annotationProcessor libs.lombok
 
-  compileJar group: 'com.h2database', name: 'h2', version: h2DatabaseVersion
-  jooqGenerator group: 'com.h2database', name: 'h2', version: h2DatabaseVersion
+  compileJar libs.h2
 
-  compileJar group: 'org.jooq', name: 'jooq'
-  jooqGenerator group: 'org.jooq', name: 'jooq-meta'
-  jooqGenerator group: 'org.jooq', name: 'jooq-meta-extensions'
-  jooqGenerator group: 'org.jooq', name: 'jooq-codegen'
+  compileJar libs.jooq
+  jooqGenerator libs.bundles.jooqgen
 
-  compileJar group: 'org.flywaydb', name: 'flyway-core', version: flywayCoreVersion
+  compileJar libs.flyway
 
-  compileJar group: 'com.google.inject', name: 'guice', version: guiceVersion
-  compileJar group: 'org.reflections', name: 'reflections', version: reflectionsVersion
+  compileJar libs.guice
+  compileJar libs.reflections
 }
 
 jar {
@@ -95,9 +95,16 @@ jar {
     attributes("Class-Path": configurations.compileJar.collect { "libs/${it.getName()}" }.join(' '))
   }
 
-  finalizedBy task("copyLibs", type: Copy) {
+//  finalizedBy task("copyLibs", type: Copy) {
+//    from configurations.compileJar
+//    into tasks.jar.destinationDirectory.dir("libs")
+//  }
+
+  finalizedBy task("zipLibs", type: Zip) {
+    archiveBaseName = "$archivesBaseName-libs"
+    destinationDirectory = tasks.jar.destinationDirectory
+
     from configurations.compileJar
-    into tasks.jar.destinationDirectory.dir("libs")
   }
 }
 
@@ -122,9 +129,7 @@ processResources {
     filter(org.apache.tools.ant.filters.ReplaceTokens, tokens: [
         'name'      : archivesBaseName,
         'class'     : pluginClass,
-        'version'   : (project.version =~ /v([\d]+\.[\d]+\.[\d]+).*/)
-            .with { it[0] }
-            .with { m, ver -> ver },
+        'version'   : git.lastTag.substring(1),
         'apiversion': pluginApiVersion
     ]);
   }
@@ -136,3 +141,17 @@ processResources {
     ]);
   }
 }
+
+task createGitHubActionsVars() {
+  onlyIf { isCiBuilding }
+  doFirst {
+    println "::set-output name=slimjar::${jar.archiveFileName.get()}"
+    println "::set-output name=libszip::${tasks.zipLibs.archiveFileName.get()}"
+    println "::set-output name=fatjar::${fatJar.archiveFileName.get()}"
+    println "::set-output name=version::${project.version}"
+  }
+}
+
+build {
+  finalizedBy createGitHubActionsVars
+}
diff --git a/docker-compose.ci.yml b/docker-compose.ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87b0a45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+version: '2.4'
+
+services:
+  gradle:
+    image: eclipse-temurin:17.0.2_8-jdk-focal
+    environment:
+      - CI=${CI:-}
+    volumes:
+      # gradle caches
+      - ~/.gradle/caches/modules-2:/root/.gradle/caches/modules-2:z
+      - ~/.gradle/wrapper/dists:/root/.gradle/wrapper/dists:z
+      # mount working directory
+      - ./:/opt/build:Z
+    working_dir: /opt/build
+    command: bash -c 'set -x && ./gradlew --no-daemon clean build --stacktrace'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 07f52c4..0000000
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-version: '2.4'
-services:
-  niscore-build:
-    container_name: niscore-build
-    image: adoptopenjdk/openjdk16
-    working_dir: /opt/build
-    entrypoint: bash -c "chmod +x ./gradlew && ./gradlew clean build"
-    environment:
-      GRADLE_USER_HOME: /opt/build/.gradle/caches
-    volumes:
-      - .:/opt/build:Z
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 86ded50..9451c54 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
-# libraries
-paperApiVersion=1.16.5-R0.1-SNAPSHOT
-jooqVersion=3.14.11
-h2DatabaseVersion=1.4.200
-flywayCoreVersion=7.10.0
-lombokVersion=1.18.20
-guiceVersion=5.0.1
-reflectionsVersion=0.9.12
-
-# plugin
 pluginApiVersion=1.13
 pluginClass=space.nerdsin.plugins.PluginCore
 pluginName=NiSCore
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index d58c14b..573b621 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #Sat Oct 19 18:12:56 CDT 2019
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.1-all.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.4-all.zip
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/libs.versions.toml b/libs.versions.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81bc4e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs.versions.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+[versions]
+paper-api = "1.18.1-R0.1-SNAPSHOT"
+jooq = "3.16.4"
+h2 = "2.1.210"
+flyway = "8.5.0"
+lombok = "1.18.22"
+guice = "5.1.0"
+reflections = "0.10.2"
+
+[libraries]
+paperapi = { group = "io.papermc.paper", name = "paper-api", version.ref = "paper-api" }
+lombok = { group = "org.projectlombok", name = "lombok", version.ref = "lombok" }
+h2 = { group = "com.h2database", name = "h2", version.ref = "h2" }
+jooq = { group = "org.jooq", name = "jooq", version.ref = "jooq" }
+jooqmeta = { group = "org.jooq", name = "jooq-meta", version.ref = "jooq" }
+jooqmetaext = { group = "org.jooq", name = "jooq-meta-extensions", version.ref = "jooq" }
+jooqcodegen = { group = "org.jooq", name = "jooq-codegen", version.ref = "jooq" }
+flyway = { group = "org.flywaydb", name = "flyway-core", version.ref = "flyway" }
+guice = { group = "com.google.inject", name = "guice", version.ref = "guice" }
+reflections = { group = "org.reflections", name = "reflections", version.ref = "reflections" }
+
+[bundles]
+jooqgen = ["jooqmeta", "jooqmetaext", "jooqcodegen", "h2"]
+
+[plugins]
+jooqgradle = { id = "nu.studer.jooq", version = "5.2.1" }
+gitgradle = { id = "com.palantir.git-version", version = "0.12.3" }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/cibuild b/scripts/cibuild
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..16f3913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cibuild
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [[ -n "${DEBUG_MODE}" ]]; then
+  set -x
+fi
+
+function usage() {
+  echo -n \
+    "Usage: $(basename "$0")
+Build application for staging or a release.
+"
+}
+
+if [[ "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" == "${0}" ]]; then
+  if [[ "${1:-}" == "--help" ]]; then
+    usage
+  else
+    # if mounting the hosts cache folder, gradle inside the container will try and
+    # acquire a file lock that the host machine may already be holding. this will
+    # result in the container hanging indefinitely. stopping any existing daemons
+    # on the host is the simplest way to 'solve' this issue
+    if command -v java &>/dev/null; then
+      ./gradlew --stop
+    fi
+
+    chmod +x ./gradlew
+
+    CI="${CI:-}" docker-compose -f docker-compose.ci.yml \
+      run --rm gradle
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index cc7b4d7..ce80f45 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1 +1,22 @@
+pluginManagement {
+  repositories {
+    gradlePluginPortal()
+  }
+}
+
+enableFeaturePreview 'VERSION_CATALOGS'
+
+dependencyResolutionManagement {
+  repositories {
+    mavenCentral()
+    maven { url = 'https://papermc.io/repo/repository/maven-public/' }
+  }
+
+  versionCatalogs {
+    libs {
+      from files('libs.versions.toml')
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 rootProject.name = 'plugins'