diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e1cd189..b93d393 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@
 
 # Project specific ignores
 /var
-/configs
-
-sample.txt
 
 migrateTimestamps.pl
 test_ccms_api.sh
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c71bd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+before:
+  hooks:
+    - go mod tidy
+builds:
+  - env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    goos:
+      - linux
+    goarch:
+      - amd64
+    goamd64:
+      - v3
+    id: "cc-metric-store"
+    binary: cc-metric-store
+    main: ./cmd/cc-metric-store
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w -X main.version={{.Version}}
+      - -X main.commit={{.Commit}} -X main.date={{.Date}}
+      - -linkmode external -extldflags -static
+    tags:
+      - static_build
+archives:
+  - format: tar.gz
+    # this name template makes the OS and Arch compatible with the results of uname.
+    name_template: >-
+      {{ .ProjectName }}_
+      {{- title .Os }}_
+      {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64
+      {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}
+      {{- if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
+checksum:
+  name_template: "checksums.txt"
+snapshot:
+  name_template: "{{ incpatch .Version }}-next"
+changelog:
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    include:
+      - "^feat:"
+      - "^fix:"
+      - "^sec:"
+      - "^docs:"
+  groups:
+    - title: "Dependency updates"
+      regexp: '^.*?(feat|fix)\(deps\)!?:.+$'
+      order: 300
+    - title: "New Features"
+      regexp: '^.*?feat(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
+      order: 100
+    - title: "Security updates"
+      regexp: '^.*?sec(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
+      order: 150
+    - title: "Bug fixes"
+      regexp: '^.*?fix(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
+      order: 200
+    - title: "Documentation updates"
+      regexp: ^.*?doc(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$
+      order: 400
+release:
+  draft: false
+  footer: |
+    Please check out the [Release Notes](https://github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-store/blob/master/ReleaseNotes.md) for further details on breaking changes.
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=0 fo=cnqoj
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3031023..3333add 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,17 +1,24 @@
 TARGET = ./cc-metric-store
-VERSION = 1.3.0
+VAR = ./var/checkpoints/
+VERSION = 0.1.0
 GIT_HASH := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD || echo 'development')
 CURRENT_TIME = $(shell date +"%Y-%m-%d:T%H:%M:%S")
 LD_FLAGS = '-s -X main.date=${CURRENT_TIME} -X main.version=${VERSION} -X main.commit=${GIT_HASH}'
 
-.PHONY: clean test tags swagger $(TARGET)
+.PHONY: clean distclean test swagger $(TARGET)
 
 .NOTPARALLEL:
 
-$(TARGET):
+$(TARGET): config.json $(VAR)
 	$(info ===>  BUILD cc-metric-store)
 	@go build -ldflags=${LD_FLAGS} ./cmd/cc-metric-store
 
+config.json:
+	@cp ./configs/config.json config.json
+
+$(VAR):
+	@mkdir -p $(VAR)
+
 swagger:
 	$(info ===>  GENERATE swagger)
 	@go run github.com/swaggo/swag/cmd/swag init -d ./internal/api,./internal/util -g api.go -o ./api
@@ -22,13 +29,13 @@ clean:
 	@go clean
 	@rm -f $(TARGET)
 
+distclean: clean
+	@rm -rf ./var
+	@rm -f config.json
+
 test:
 	$(info ===>  TESTING)
 	@go clean -testcache
 	@go build ./...
 	@go vet ./...
 	@go test ./...
-
-tags:
-	$(info ===>  TAGS)
-	@ctags -R
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1a21efc..a8a9487 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@ protocol](https://github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-specifications/blob/master/metric
 
 ## REST API Endpoints
 
-The REST API is documented in [openapi.yaml](./api/openapi.yaml) in the OpenAPI
-3.0 format.
+The REST API is documented in [swagger.json](./api/swagger.json). You can
+explore and try the REST API using the integrated [SwaggerUI web
+interface](http://localhost:8082/swagger).
 
 ## Run tests
 
diff --git a/ReleaseNotes.md b/ReleaseNotes.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31ffb62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ReleaseNotes.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# `cc-metric-store` version 0.1.0
+
+This is a minor release of `cc-metric-store`, the metric timeseries cache
+implementation of ClusterCockpit.
+For release specific notes visit the [ClusterCockpit Documentation](https://clusterockpit.org/docs/release/).
+
+## Breaking changes
+
+None
diff --git a/config.json b/configs/config.json
similarity index 100%
rename from config.json
rename to configs/config.json