diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 67ccdc9d..f01a4f54 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ include:
     #- local: 'apps/data-seeding/.gitlab-ci.yml'
 
 stages:
+  - version
   - build
   - test
   - deploy
@@ -20,9 +21,39 @@ variables:
   DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
   COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD: "1"
   CI_DEBUG_TRACE: "true"
+  SEMVERBOT_VERSION: "0.2.0"
 
-before_script:
-    - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY
+  #before_script:
+  #  - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY
+
+version:
+  #image: python:3.7-stretch
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics/cic-base-images/ci-version:b01318ae 
+  stage: version
+  script:
+    - mkdir -p ~/.ssh && chmod 700 ~/.ssh
+    - ssh-keyscan gitlab.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts && chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+    - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
+    - ssh-add <(echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY")
+    - git remote set-url origin git@gitlab.com:grassrootseconomics/cic-internal-integration.git
+    - export TAG=$(sbot predict version -m auto)
+    - |
+      if [[ -z $TAG ]]
+      then
+        echo "tag could not be set $@"
+        exit 1
+      fi
+    - echo $TAG > version
+    - git tag -a v$TAG -m "ci tagged"
+    - git push origin v$TAG
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - version
+  rules:
+  - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED == "true"
+    when: always
+  - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"
+    when: always
 
 # runs on protected branches and pushes to repo
 build-push:
@@ -30,12 +61,17 @@ build-push:
   tags:
     - integration
   #script:
-  #  - TAG=$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA sh ./scripts/build-push.sh
+  #  - TAG=$CI_Cbefore_script:
+  before_script:
+    - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY
   script:
-    - TAG=latest sh ./scripts/build-push.sh
+    - TAG=latest ./scripts/build-push.sh
+    - TAG=$(cat ./version) ./scripts/build-push.sh
   rules:
   - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED == "true"
     when: always
+  - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"
+    when: always
 
 deploy-dev:
   stage: deploy
diff --git a/.semverbot.toml b/.semverbot.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f24eb80b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.semverbot.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+[git]
+
+[git.config]
+email = "semverbot@grassroots.org"
+name = "semvervot"
+
+[git.tags]
+prefix = "v"
+
+[semver]
+mode = "git-commit"
+
+[semver.detection]
+patch = ["fix", "[fix]", "patch", "[patch]"]
+minor = ["minor", "[minor]", "feat", "[feat]", "release", "[release]", "bump", "[bump]"]
+major = ["BREAKING CHANGE"]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e0d62d0..a7966dc9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 This repo uses docker-compose and docker buildkit. Set the following environment variables to get started:
 
+
 ```
 export COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD=1
 export DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1
diff --git a/apps/cic-meta/scripts/server/server.ts b/apps/cic-meta/scripts/server/server.ts
index 66fde62a..29aa923e 100755
--- a/apps/cic-meta/scripts/server/server.ts
+++ b/apps/cic-meta/scripts/server/server.ts
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ async function processRequest(req, res) {
 						res.end();
 						return;
 					}
+					content = '';
 					break;
 
 				case 'get:automerge:client':
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ async function processRequest(req, res) {
 		}
 
 		if (content === undefined) {
-			console.error('empty content', data);
+			console.error('empty content', mod, digest, data);
 			res.writeHead(404, {"Content-Type": "text/plain"});
 			res.end();
 			return;
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index b3da3a6a..744e0eb4 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -6,4 +6,7 @@ set -e
 TAG=${TAG?Variable not set} \
 docker-compose \
 -f docker-compose.yml \
-build
+build \
+--no-cache \
+--parallel \
+--progress plain