diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f973030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+kind: pipeline
+name: default
+type: docker
+
+steps:
+  - name: load_secret
+    image: debian:buster-slim
+    volumes:
+      - name: ssh
+        path: /root/.ssh/
+    environment:
+      SSH_KEY:
+        from_secret: gitea_id_ed25519
+    commands:
+      - mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh/
+      - echo "$SSH_KEY" > $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519
+      - ls $HOME/.ssh/
+      - cat $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519
+
+  - name: build
+    image: kasperhermansen/cuddle:latest
+    volumes:
+      - name: ssh
+        path: /root/.ssh/
+      - name: dockersock
+        path: /var/run
+    commands:
+      - apk add bash
+      - cuddle_cli x build_release
+      - cuddle_cli x start_deployment
+      - cuddle_cli x render_templates
+      - cuddle_cli x render_cibus_templates
+      - cuddle_cli x deploy_release
+    environment:
+      DOCKER_BUILDKIT: 1
+      DOCKER_USERNAME:
+        from_secret: docker_username
+      DOCKER_PASSWORD:
+        from_secret: docker_password
+    depends_on:
+      - "load_secret"
+  - name: send telegram notification
+    image: appleboy/drone-telegram
+    settings:
+      token:
+        from_secret: telegram_token
+      to: 2129601481
+      format: markdown
+    when:
+      status: [failure]
+services:
+- name: docker
+  image: docker:dind
+  privileged: true
+  volumes:
+  - name: dockersock
+    path: /var/run
+volumes:
+  - name: ssh
+    temp: {}
+  - name: dockersock
+    temp: {}
+
+
diff --git a/cuddle.yaml b/cuddle.yaml
index 4ff29eb..cd7156d 100644
--- a/cuddle.yaml
+++ b/cuddle.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,8 @@ base: "git@git.front.kjuulh.io:kjuulh/cuddle-rust-plan.git"
 
 vars:
   service: "cibus-backend"
+  deployments: "git@git.front.kjuulh.io:cibus/deployments.git"
+
+scripts:
+  render_cibus_templates:
+    type: shell
diff --git a/scripts/render_cibus_templates.sh b/scripts/render_cibus_templates.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..55d0ea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/render_cibus_templates.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash                                                                                                                                 
+
+set -e
+
+deploymentrepo="$TMP/deployments"
+
+CUDDLE_FETCH_POLICY=never cuddle_cli render_template \
+  --template-file "$TMP/.env.example.tmpl" \
+  --dest "$deploymentrepo/$SERVICE/env.example"
+
diff --git a/templates/.env.example.tmpl b/templates/.env.example.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a61fccd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/.env.example.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+POSTGRES_DB=cibus
+POSTGRES_USER=cibus
+POSTGRES_PASSWORD=somenotverysecurepassword
+DATABASE_URL="postgres://cibus:somenotverysecurepassword@localhost:5432/cibus"