diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77f5152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+name: Build, upload artifact and create release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "*.*.*"
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize, ready_for_review, labeled]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pip3 install -r requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Install PyInstaller
+        run: pip install pyinstaller
+
+      - name: Create PyInstaller spec file
+        run: pyi-makespec --onefile dance.py
+
+      - name: Edit PyInstaller spec file to include static folder
+        shell: pwsh
+        run: |
+          $specFile = Get-Content dance.spec
+          $specFile = $specFile -replace "datas=\[\]", "datas=[('static', 'static')]"
+          $specFile | Set-Content dance.spec
+
+      - name: Build executable
+        run: pyinstaller dance.spec
+
+      - name: Upload Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: joydance-win64-executable
+          path: dist/dance.exe
+
+  test_run_artifact:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: joydance-win64-executable
+          path: ./dist
+      - name: Run the artifact
+        run: |
+          Start-Process -FilePath "./dist/dance.exe"
+          Start-Sleep -Seconds 30 # Run for 30 seconds
+          Stop-Process -Name "dance" # Replace with the actual process name if different
+        shell: pwsh
+
+  create_release:
+    needs: test_run_artifact
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Determine Tags to use for changelog
+        id: determine_tags
+        run: |
+          # Get the latest tag
+          LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+
+          # Get the tag before the latest tag
+          PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 $LATEST_TAG^)
+
+          echo "Latest tag: $LATEST_TAG"
+          echo "Previous tag: $PREVIOUS_TAG"
+          echo "PREVIOUS_TAG=$PREVIOUS_TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "LATEST_TAG=$LATEST_TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Create Changelog
+        run: git log --pretty=format:"%h - %s (@%an)" $PREVIOUS_TAG..$LATEST_TAG > ${{ github.workspace }}-${{ github.env.LATEST_TAG }}-CHANGELOG.txt
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: joydance-win64-executable
+          path: ./dist
+
+      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: ./dist/dance.exe
+          body_path: ${{ github.workspace }}-${{ github.env.LATEST_TAG }}-CHANGELOG.txt
+          tag_name: ${{ github.env.LATEST_TAG }}
diff --git a/dance.py b/dance.py
index 346b98e..61a128f 100644
--- a/dance.py
+++ b/dance.py
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import asyncio
 import json
 import logging
+import os
 import platform
 import re
 import socket
+import sys
 import time
 from configparser import ConfigParser
 from enum import Enum
@@ -278,16 +280,6 @@ async def on_startup(app):
             if JOYDANCE_VERSION != latest_version:
                 print('\033[93m{}\033[00m'.format('Version {} is available: https://github.com/redphx/joydance'.format(latest_version)))
 
-
-async def html_handler(request):
-    config = dict((parse_config()).items('joydance'))
-    with open('static/index.html', 'r') as f:
-        html = f.read()
-        html = html.replace('[[CONFIG]]', json.dumps(config))
-        html = html.replace('[[VERSION]]', JOYDANCE_VERSION)
-        return web.Response(text=html, content_type='text/html')
-
-
 async def ws_send_response(ws, cmd, data):
     resp = {
         'cmd': 'resp_' + cmd.value,
@@ -325,21 +317,38 @@ async def websocket_handler(request):
     return ws
 
 
-def favicon_handler(request):
-    return web.FileResponse('static/favicon.png')
-
-
 app = web.Application()
 app['joydance_connections'] = {}
 app['joycons_info'] = {}
 
 app.on_startup.append(on_startup)
+
+if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False):
+    # if you are running in a |PyInstaller| bundle
+    extDataDir = sys._MEIPASS
+    #you should use extDataDir as the path to your file
+else:
+    # we are running in a normal Python environment
+    extDataDir = os.getcwd()
+    #you should use extDataDir as the path to your file
+
+def favicon_handler(request):
+    return web.FileResponse(os.path.join(extDataDir, 'static/favicon.png'))
+
+async def html_handler(request):
+    config = dict((parse_config()).items('joydance'))
+    with open(os.path.join(extDataDir,'static/index.html'), 'r') as f:
+        html = f.read()
+        html = html.replace('[[CONFIG]]', json.dumps(config))
+        html = html.replace('[[VERSION]]', JOYDANCE_VERSION)
+        return web.Response(text=html, content_type='text/html')
+
 app.add_routes([
     web.get('/', html_handler),
     web.get('/favicon.png', favicon_handler),
     web.get('/ws', websocket_handler),
-    web.static('/css', 'static/css'),
-    web.static('/js', 'static/js'),
+    web.static('/css', os.path.join(extDataDir, 'static/css')),
+    web.static('/js', os.path.join(extDataDir, 'static/js')),
 ])
 
 web.run_app(app, port=32623)