diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7c08f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+kind: pipeline
+type: docker
+name: default
+
+steps:
+- name: pandoc
+  image: pandoc:2.14
+  commands: ./build-pandoc latex > user-manual.tex
+
+- name: build-latex
+  image: ghcr.io/xu-cheng/texlive-full:latest
+  commands: latexmk -pdf -file-line-error -halt-on-error -interaction=nonstopmode -xelatex user-manual.tex
+
+- name: release
+  image: plugins/gitea-release
+  settings:
+    api_key:
+      from_secret: gitea_key
+    base_url: https://gitea.champs-libres.be
+    files:
+      - user-manual.pdf
+    checksum:
+      - sha512
+    title: ${DRONE_REPO_BRANCH}
+    prerelease: true
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2d1e77f..7620ceb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 build/*
-user-manual.pdf
+user-manual.*
diff --git a/build-pandoc.sh b/build-pandoc.sh
index 0c009c9..cb39be0 100755
--- a/build-pandoc.sh
+++ b/build-pandoc.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-echo "This script is for building pandoc natively"
-
 # enter the current directory
 cd "$(dirname $0)"
 export PANDOC_DIR=pandoc/cl
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ export LATEX_ARGS="
 "
 
 
-if [ $target == "debug" ]; then
+if [ $target == "latex" ]; then
   pandoc $ARGS $LATEX_ARGS \
     --to latex \
     $files;