diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4b2c1b0..ccd3a3a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 public
 node_modules
 .wrangler
-manimations/*.*
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+manimations/*.*
+/zola
+/zola-v*.tar.gz
+/artifacts
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diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..17aa776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+ZOLA_VERSION=0.22.1
+
+echo "Downloading Zola ${ZOLA_VERSION}..."
+curl -sLJO "https://github.com/getzola/zola/releases/download/v${ZOLA_VERSION}/zola-v${ZOLA_VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz"
+
+echo "Extracting Zola..."
+tar -xf zola-v${ZOLA_VERSION}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
+
+echo "Building site with Zola..."
+./zola build
+
+echo "Build complete! Generated files:"
+ls -la public/
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