diff --git a/.releaserc.js b/.releaserc.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec7652c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+module.exports = {
+    branch: 'master',
+    plugins: [
+        "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+        "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+        "@semantic-release/github",
+        ["@semantic-release/exec", {
+            "prepareCmd": "echo '::set-env name=CAOS_NEXT_VERSION::v${nextRelease.version}'"
+        }],
+    ]
+};
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5cd7681a..546361b2d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-# zitadel
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+# zitadel
+
+![semantic-release](https://img.shields.io/badge/%20%20%F0%9F%93%A6%F0%9F%9A%80-semantic--release-e10079.svg)
+![Release Badge](https://github.com/caos/zitadel/workflows/Test,%20Build,%20Release/badge.svg)
+[![GitHub license](https://img.shields.io/github/license/caos/zitadel)](https://github.com/caos/zitadel/blob/master/LICENSE)
+[![GitHub release](https://img.shields.io/github/release/caos/zitadel)](https://github.com/caos/zitadel/releases/)
+