diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c3629e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+node_modules
diff --git a/.versionrc b/.versionrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37b4bcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.versionrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "tagMessageInChangeLog": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..090b4f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+docker stack rm commento
+echo 'sleeping...zzz'
+sleep 60
+docker stack deploy -c docker-compose.yml commento
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5b1a477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "private": true,
+  "name": "commento",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "description": "commento",
+  "scripts": {
+    "deploy": "sh deploy.sh",
+    "release": "standard-version",
+    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+  },
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://sigyl.com/git/stack/commento"
+  },
+  "author": "Giles Bradshaw",
+  "license": "ISC",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "standard-version": "git+https://github.com/gilesbradshaw/standard-version.git"
+  }
+}