diff --git a/build-and-deploy.sh b/build-and-deploy.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 9a15778..0000000
--- a/build-and-deploy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
-  echo "Usage: ./build-and-deploy.sh {target}"
-  echo "Script needs target hostname or ip as parameter"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-./gradlew clean build jibBuildTar && scp app/build/github-release-bot.tar "$1":/opt/stacks/github-release-bot/
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
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index 0000000..80e8665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module codeberg.org/ryan_harg/github-release-bot
+
+go 1.22.5
+
+require github.com/magefile/mage v1.15.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
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index 0000000..4ee1b87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+github.com/magefile/mage v1.15.0 h1:BvGheCMAsG3bWUDbZ8AyXXpCNwU9u5CB6sM+HNb9HYg=
+github.com/magefile/mage v1.15.0/go.mod h1:z5UZb/iS3GoOSn0JgWuiw7dxlurVYTu+/jHXqQg881A=
diff --git a/magefile.go b/magefile.go
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index 0000000..fc0dff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/magefile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//go:build mage
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"github.com/magefile/mage/mg"
+	"github.com/magefile/mage/sh"
+)
+
+const app = "github-release-bot"
+
+// Builds and exports the application as a docker image tar file.
+func build() error {
+	return sh.RunV("./gradlew", "build", "jibBuildTar")
+}
+
+// Deploys the application to a specified host via scp.
+func Deploy(host string) error {
+	mg.Deps(build)
+	return sh.RunV("scp", "app/build/"+app+".tar", host+":/opt/stacks/"+app+"/")
+}