diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 270734c..8a40289 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - 'v*'
+    branches:
+      - main
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore: 
       - '*.md'
@@ -35,10 +37,19 @@ jobs:
           make test
           make vet
 
-      - uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
-        if: success() && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
-        with:
-          version: latest
-          args: release --clean
+      - name: tag release
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(go run . --version)
+          
+          if git rev-parse "$TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Tag $TAG already exists, skipping release"
+          else
+            echo "Creating new tag and release for $TAG"
+            git config user.name github-actions
+            git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+            git tag "$TAG"
+            git push origin "$TAG"
+          fi
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c2cb3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  packages: write
+
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.25
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: create release 
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
+        if: success() && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        with:
+          version: latest
+          args: release --clean
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 2206ed2..452b7e2 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package cmd
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
 
 	"github.com/timtatt/sift/internal/sift"
 )
@@ -10,11 +12,17 @@ type CLI struct {
 	Debug          bool `name:"debug" short:"d" help:"enable debug view"`
 	RawLogs        bool `name:"raw" short:"r" help:"disable prettified logs"`
 	NonInteractive bool `name:"non-interactive" short:"n" help:"disable interactive mode"`
+	Version        bool `name:"version" short:"v" help:"print version"`
 }
 
 func (c *CLI) Run() error {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 
+	if c.Version {
+		fmt.Print(sift.Version)
+		os.Exit(0)
+	}
+
 	return sift.Run(ctx, sift.SiftOptions{
 		Debug:          c.Debug,
 		NonInteractive: c.NonInteractive,
diff --git a/internal/sift/interactive_view.go b/internal/sift/interactive_view.go
index 3ac344c..e457c7e 100644
--- a/internal/sift/interactive_view.go
+++ b/internal/sift/interactive_view.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ func (m *siftModel) interactiveView() string {
 		header += styleSecondary.Render(" [AUTO TOGGLE MODE]")
 	}
 
+	header += " " + lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(colorMutedBlue).Render(Version)
+
 	if m.opts.Debug {
 		header += fmt.Sprintf(" cursor: [%d, %d] %d | yoffset: %d, bottom %d", m.cursor.test, m.cursor.log, m.GetCursorPos(), m.viewport.YOffset, m.viewport.YOffset+m.viewport.Height)
 
diff --git a/internal/sift/version.go b/internal/sift/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..010b831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/sift/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package sift
+
+var Version = "v0.11.0"