diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..351c7cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name: release
+
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  build-debs:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: jtdor/build-deb-action@v1
+        env:
+          DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS: noautodbgsym
+        with:
+          buildpackage-opts: --build=binary --no-sign
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ad2d59c..6089293 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 build
 debian/unisonweb
+debian/files
 .#*
 *~
 *.debhelper*
 *-stamp
 .envrc
+.unisonHistory
+
+
+
diff --git a/.unisonHistory b/.unisonHistory
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1c500cd..23284a9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-unisonweb (0.5.20~trunk+2024051601) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
+unisonweb (0.5.28~trunk+2024101501) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+  * adding github action
 
-  * new version 
+ -- Stew O'Connor <stew@unison.cloud>  Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:29:14 -0700
+
+unisonweb (0.5.20~trunk+2024051601) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
 
+  * new version
+n
  -- Stew O'Connor <stew@unison.cloud>  Thu, 16 May 2024 10:52:50 -0700
 
 unisonweb (0.5.20~trunk+2024041702) unstable; urgency=low
diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index a81ece6..f058bdf 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ Package: unisonweb
 Architecture: any
 Section: devel
 Multi-Arch: foreign
-Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, libncurses6, libtinfo6, less, locales
+Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends}, libncurses6, libtinfo6, less, locales, racket, racket-doc
 Description: A functional programming language
 
diff --git a/debian/files b/debian/files
deleted file mode 100644
index d1dc69f..0000000
--- a/debian/files
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-unisonweb_0.5.20~trunk+2024051601_amd64.buildinfo devel optional
-unisonweb_0.5.20~trunk+2024051601_amd64.deb devel optional
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 5aec5df..3958785 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
 #!/usr/bin/make -f
-
-# UNISON_RELEASE:=https://github.com/unisonweb/unison/releases/download/trunk-build/ucm-linux.tar.gz
-# UNISON_RELEASE:=https://github.com/unisonweb/unison/releases/download/jit-release-build/ucm-linux.tar.gz
-UNISON_RELEASE:=https://github.com/unisonweb/unison/releases/download/trunk-build/ucm-linux.tar.gz
+UNISON_RELEASE=https://github.com/unisonweb/unison/releases/download/trunk-build/ucm-linux-x64.tar.gz
 %:
 	dh $@
 
 override_dh_clean:
+	rm -r build
 	dh_clean
-	rm -rf build
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	mkdir -p build
-	wget "${UNISON_RELEASE}" -O- | tar xvzf - -C build
+	wget ${UNISON_RELEASE} -O- | tar xvzf - -C build
+
 
 override_dh_install:
 	dh_install
+
+override_dh_strip:
+	echo
+
+override_dh_shlibdeps:
+	dh_shlibdeps -Xunison-runtime
diff --git a/debian/unisonweb.postinst b/debian/unisonweb.postinst
index ee7d9c5..5262da5 100644
--- a/debian/unisonweb.postinst
+++ b/debian/unisonweb.postinst
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@ set -eu
 
 if [ "$1" = 'configure' ]; then
     if raco pkg show -u | grep -q unison ; then
-        # i'm surprised we don't want update -stew
-        # raco pkg update --auto /usr/lib/unisonweb/racket/unison.zip
-        raco pkg install --auto /usr/lib/unisonweb/racket/unison.zip
+        raco pkg update --auto /usr/lib/unisonweb/racket/unison.zip
     else
-        raco pkg install --auto /usr/lib/unisonweb/racket/unison.zip
+        raco pkg install --no-docs --auto /usr/lib/unisonweb/racket/unison.zip
     fi
 fi
diff --git a/debian/unisonweb.substvars b/debian/unisonweb.substvars
deleted file mode 100644
index 471ebae..0000000
--- a/debian/unisonweb.substvars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-shlibs:Depends=libc6 (>= 2.34), libgmp10 (>= 2:6.3.0+dfsg), libtinfo6 (>= 6), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
-misc:Depends=
-misc:Pre-Depends=