diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 0b16ea8..5cd6308 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1 +1 @@
-web/* linguist-vendored
\ No newline at end of file
+web/* linguist-vendored
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de148d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Build Docker Image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    # trigger on any tag push
+    tags:
+      - "**"
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Get Tag Version
+        id: get_version
+        run: |
+          export TRUNCATED_GITHUB_SHA=$(echo ${{ github.sha }} | cut -c1-7);
+          echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}+${TRUNCATED_GITHUB_SHA}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GIT_TAG=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Build and Publish to Registry
+        uses: elgohr/Publish-Docker-Github-Action@3.04
+        with:
+          name: penguin-statistics/probe
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          registry: ghcr.io
+          tags: "latest,${{ env.GIT_TAG }}"
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f0c56b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+FROM golang:1.18.1-alpine AS base
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# builder
+FROM base AS gobuilder
+ENV GOOS linux
+ENV GOARCH amd64
+
+# go 1.18 requires git
+RUN apk add --no-cache git
+
+# modules: utilize build cache
+COPY go.mod ./
+COPY go.sum ./
+
+# RUN go env -w GO111MODULE=on && go env -w GOPROXY=https://goproxy.cn,direct
+RUN go mod download
+COPY . .
+
+# build the binary
+RUN go build -o probe .
+
+# runner
+FROM base AS runner
+RUN apk add --no-cache libc6-compat tini
+# Tini is now available at /sbin/tini
+
+COPY --from=gobuilder /app/probe /app/probe
+COPY --from=gobuilder /app/config.example.yml /app/config.yml
+
+ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/tini", "--"]
+CMD [ "/app/probe" ]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b026eba..0ba930d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 init:
-	go get -v ./...
-	go get github.com/cespare/reflex
+	go install github.com/mitranim/gow@latest
 
 dev:
-	reflex -d none -t 1s -s -R vendor. -r '\.(go|yml)$$' -- sh -c 'PENGUIN_PROBE_PPROF=1 go run ./cmd'
+	gow -c -e go,yml,mod run ./cmd
 
 protoc:
 	protoc -I=internal/pkg/messages/ --go_out=internal/pkg/messages/ internal/pkg/messages/*.proto
diff --git a/cmd/analytics.go b/cmd/analytics.go
index 84cb419..0d54524 100644
--- a/cmd/analytics.go
+++ b/cmd/analytics.go
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-package main
+package cmd
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/penguin-statistics/probe/internal/app/server"
 	"net/http"
 	_ "net/http/pprof"
 	"os"
+
+	"github.com/penguin-statistics/probe/internal/app/server"
 )
 
-func main() {
+func Bootstrap() {
 	if os.Getenv("PENGUIN_PROBE_PPROF") == "1" {
 		go func() {
 			fmt.Println("pprof enabled")
diff --git a/config.yml b/config.example.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from config.yml
rename to config.example.yml
diff --git a/internal/pkg/wspool/client.go b/internal/pkg/wspool/client.go
index e3b5e74..0c35a68 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/wspool/client.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/wspool/client.go
@@ -2,16 +2,18 @@ package wspool
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"time"
+
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
-	"github.com/penguin-statistics/probe/internal/pkg/messages"
 	"go.uber.org/ratelimit"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
-	"time"
+
+	"github.com/penguin-statistics/probe/internal/pkg/messages"
 )
 
 const (
 	// Time allowed to write a message to the peer.
-	writeWait = 30 * time.Second
+	writeWait = 5 * time.Second
 
 	// Time allowed to read the next pong message from the peer.
 	pongWait = 60 * time.Minute
@@ -26,6 +28,8 @@ const (
 	maxRPS = 20
 )
 
+var ErrInvalidMessageType = errors.New("invalid message type")
+
 // ClientRequest is the skeleton-unmarshalled client side request
 type ClientRequest struct {
 	Skeleton *messages.Skeleton
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@ func (c *Client) readSkeleton() (s *messages.Skeleton, p []byte, err error) {
 	}
 	if typ != websocket.BinaryMessage && typ != websocket.PongMessage {
 		c.Hub.logger.Debugln("unexpected message type that is not a BinaryMessage type", typ)
-		return &messages.Skeleton{}, nil, errors.New("unexpected message type")
+		return &messages.Skeleton{}, nil, ErrInvalidMessageType
 	}
 
 	var skeleton messages.Skeleton
@@ -137,6 +141,7 @@ func (c *Client) Write() {
 	c.Hub.logger.Traceln("starting ping ticker with period of", pingPeriod)
 	pingTicker := time.NewTicker(pingPeriod)
 	defer func() {
+		c.Hub.logger.Traceln("stopping writer")
 		pingTicker.Stop()
 		c.Close()
 	}()
@@ -149,7 +154,7 @@ func (c *Client) Write() {
 			err := c.Conn.WritePreparedMessage(message)
 			if err != nil {
 				c.Hub.logger.Debugln("failed to send message", err)
-				c.InvalidCount++
+				return
 			}
 			c.Hub.logger.Traceln("ws data sent")
 		case <-pingTicker.C:
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8a3463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package main
+
+import "github.com/penguin-statistics/probe/cmd"
+
+func main() {
+	cmd.Bootstrap()
+}