diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9796960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Multi Stage
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: master
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        
+      - name: build docker image 
+        run: docker build --tag my-image:v1 . 
+      
+      - name: Push to ECR
+        id: ecr
+        uses: jwalton/gh-ecr-push@v2
+        with:
+          access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          region: us-east-1
+          local-image: my-image:v1
+          image: react-app:latest 
+
+      - name: create container on ec2 via github hosted runner
+        uses: appleboy/ssh-action@v1
+        with:
+          host: ${{ secrets.HOST }}
+          username: ${{ secrets.USERNAME }}
+          key: ${{ secrets.EC2_SSH_KEY }}
+          port: ${{ secrets.PORT }}
+          script: |
+           sudo aws ecr get-login-password --region us-east-1 | sudo docker login --username AWS --password-stdin 503561451075.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
+           sudo docker pull 503561451075.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/react-app:latest
+           sudo docker run -itd -p 80:80 503561451075.dkr.ecr.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/react-app
+          
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 2aa90f0..cdf249a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,17 +1,25 @@
-# build environment
-FROM node:12.2.0-alpine as build
-WORKDIR /app
+FROM node:12.2.0-alpine as ryannode
 
+WORKDIR /app
 ENV PATH /app/node_modules/.bin:$PATH
-COPY package.json /app/package.json
+
+COPY package.json .
 RUN npm install --silent
-RUN npm config set unsafe-perm true #https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52196518/could-not-get-uid-gid-when-building-node-docker
+RUN npm config set unsafe-perm true
 RUN npm install react-scripts@3.0.1 -g --silent
-COPY . /app
+
+COPY . .
 RUN npm run build
 
-# production environment
-FROM nginx:1.16.0-alpine
-COPY --from=build /app/build /usr/share/nginx/html
+
+FROM nginx:alpine
+
+COPY --from=ryannode /app/build  /usr/share/nginx/html
+
 EXPOSE 80
-CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"]
+
+CMD ["nginx", "-g", "daemon off;"] 
+
+
+
+