diff --git a/.github/workflows/developer-environment-operator.yaml b/.github/workflows/developer-environment-operator.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e9f2f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/developer-environment-operator.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Build Developer Environment Operator
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - 'devenv-operator/**'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - 'devenv-operator/**'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+    build:
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      steps:
+        - name: Checkout code
+          uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        - name: Set up Go
+          uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+          with:
+            go-version: '1.22'
+        - name: Change directory to devenv-operator
+          run: cd devenv-operator
+        - run: pwd
+        - name: Build
+          run: make build
+        - name: Test
+          run: go test ./... -coverprofile cover.out
+        - name: Log in to GitHub Container Registry
+          uses: docker/login-action@v2
+          with:
+                   registry: ghcr.io
+                   username: ${{ github.actor }}
+                   password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        - name: Build and push image
+          run: make docker-build docker-push
+
+
+
diff --git a/devenv-operator/Dockerfile b/devenv-operator/Dockerfile
index c389c09..fabd5b3 100644
--- a/devenv-operator/Dockerfile
+++ b/devenv-operator/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Build the manager binary
-FROM golang:1.20 as builder
+FROM golang:1.22 as builder
 ARG TARGETOS
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
diff --git a/devenv-operator/Makefile b/devenv-operator/Makefile
index b963407..2454c10 100644
--- a/devenv-operator/Makefile
+++ b/devenv-operator/Makefile
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ endif
 OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION ?= v1.33.0
 
 # Image URL to use all building/pushing image targets
-IMG ?= controller:latest
+IMG ?= ghcr.io/adityajoshi12/devenv-operator:0.1
 # ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION refers to the version of kubebuilder assets to be downloaded by envtest binary.
 ENVTEST_K8S_VERSION = 1.27.1
 
diff --git a/devenv-operator/start.sh b/devenv-operator/start.sh
index 9348f9f..ec445b1 100644
--- a/devenv-operator/start.sh
+++ b/devenv-operator/start.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-#kind create cluster --config kind-config.yaml
-#sleep 10
-
-#kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/main/deploy/static/provider/kind/deploy.yaml
-
-#kubectl apply -f https://github.com/cert-manager/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.16.2/cert-manager.yaml
-kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/refs/heads/main/deploy/static/provider/do/deploy.yaml
-kubectl apply -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.16.2/cert-manager.yaml
-
-#kubectl patch deployment ingress-nginx-controller -n ingress-nginx --type=json -p='[{"op": "remove", "path": "/spec/template/spec/tolerations"}]'
-#kubectl patch deployment ingress-nginx-controller -n ingress-nginx --type=json -p='[{"op": "remove", "path": "/spec/template/spec/nodeSelector"}]'
-#
-#
-#echo "127.0.0.1 echoserver.local" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
+# when running in KindCluster
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  kind create cluster --config kind-config.yaml
+  sleep 10
+  kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/main/deploy/static/provider/kind/deploy.yaml
+  kubectl patch deployment ingress-nginx-controller -n ingress-nginx --type=json -p='[{"op": "remove", "path": "/spec/template/spec/tolerations"}]'
+  kubectl patch deployment ingress-nginx-controller -n ingress-nginx --type=json -p='[{"op": "remove", "path": "/spec/template/spec/nodeSelector"}]'
+else
+  kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes/ingress-nginx/refs/heads/main/deploy/static/provider/do/deploy.yaml
+  kubectl apply -f https://github.com/jetstack/cert-manager/releases/download/v1.16.2/cert-manager.yaml
+fi