diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..046ec23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Build and push TDS image
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [ published ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  build-push:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: "recursive"
+
+      - name: Run Bento build action
+        uses: bento-platform/bento_build_action@v1.0.0
+        with:
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          registry-username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          registry-password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          image-name: ghcr.io/bento-platform/transcriptomics_data_service
+          development-dockerfile: dev.Dockerfile
+          dockerfile: Dockerfile
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82f9275..7b6caf3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -159,4 +159,4 @@ cython_debug/
 #  be found at https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/main/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
-#.idea/
+.idea/