diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4706511f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+categories:
+  - title: "New features"
+    labels:
+      - "new functionality"
+      - "enhancement"
+  - title: "API Changes"
+    labels:
+      - "Breaking change"
+      - "API change"
+  - title: "Data Model Changes"
+    labels:
+      - "data model change"
+  - title: "Bug Fixes"
+    labels:
+      - "bug"
+      - "fix"
+  - title: "Refactoring and Optimization"
+    labels:
+      - "optimization"
+      - "refactoring"
+  - title: "Maintenance"
+    labels:
+      - "build"
+      - "documentation"
+      - "installation"
+      - "maintenance"
+change-template: "- $TITLE (#$NUMBER) @$AUTHOR"
+change-title-escapes: '\<*_&' # You can add # and @ to disable mentions, and add ` to disable code blocks.
+template: |
+
+  ## Summary
+
+  ...
+
+  ## Contributors
+
+  $CONTRIBUTORS
+
+  ## What has changed since $PREVIOUS_TAG
+
+  Pull-requests containing changes of multiple nature are repeated.
+
+  $CHANGES
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e2fdc3e2..048f9bee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -70,9 +70,10 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Tests
         run: |
-          py.test --cov radionets --cov-report=xml
+          py.test --cov --cov-report=xml
 
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+        if: contains(matrix.extra-args, 'codecov')
 
   docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf5f5997
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Deploy to PyPi
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      # make sure we have version info
+      - run: git fetch --tags
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python --version
+          pip install -U build
+          python -m build
+
+      - name: Publish package
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.pypi_password }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_drafter.yml b/.github/workflows/release_drafter.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..decfe7c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_drafter.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: Release Drafter
+
+on:
+  push:
+    # branches to consider in the event; optional, defaults to all
+    branches:
+      - main
+  
+
+jobs:
+  update_release_draft:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "master"
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/docs/changes/162.bugfix.rst b/docs/changes/162.bugfix.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ffc8efc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/162.bugfix.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+only upload codecov report when codecov was executed
diff --git a/docs/changes/162.feature.rst b/docs/changes/162.feature.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8e0e910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changes/162.feature.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+add realese drafter to workflow
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 881555c1..9133b1a1 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "radionets"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.3.1"
 authors = [
   { name="Kevin Schmidt", email="kevin3.schmidt@tu-dortmund.de" },
 ]