diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7846a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: nightly
+on:
+  schedule:
+  - cron: "0 4 * * *"
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+    - run: ./scripts/ci/install-deps.sh
+    - run: ./scripts/ci/nightly.sh
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: krata-nightly
+        path: krata.tgz
+        compression-level: 0
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3e76a32..f60a243 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ tar = "0.4.40"
 zstd = "0.13.0"
 termion = "3.0.0"
 path-clean = "1.0.1"
-ureq = "2.9.1"
 url = "2.5.0"
 cli-tables = "0.2.1"
 rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/controller/Cargo.toml b/controller/Cargo.toml
index 216c8c4..65221bf 100644
--- a/controller/Cargo.toml
+++ b/controller/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,49 +8,17 @@ resolver = "2"
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
 log = { workspace = true }
 env_logger = { workspace = true }
-zstd = { workspace = true }
-flate2 = { workspace = true }
-tar = { workspace = true }
-directories = { workspace = true }
-walkdir = { workspace = true }
 serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
-sha256 = { workspace = true }
-url = { workspace = true }
-ureq = { workspace = true }
-reqwest = { workspace = true }
-path-clean = { workspace = true }
 termion = { workspace = true }
 cli-tables = { workspace = true }
 clap = { workspace = true }
-oci-spec = { workspace = true }
-backhand = { workspace = true }
-uuid = { workspace = true }
-ipnetwork = { workspace = true }
 tokio = { workspace = true }
-futures = { workspace = true }
-bytes = { workspace = true }
 tokio-stream = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies.krata]
 path = "../shared"
 
-[dependencies.nix]
-workspace = true
-features = ["process"]
-
-[dependencies.advmac]
-path = "../libs/advmac"
-
-[dependencies.loopdev]
-path = "../libs/loopdev"
-
-[dependencies.xenclient]
-path = "../libs/xen/xenclient"
-
-[dependencies.xenstore]
-path = "../libs/xen/xenstore"
-
 [lib]
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
diff --git a/daemon/Cargo.toml b/daemon/Cargo.toml
index 46b1bfd..b7811b8 100644
--- a/daemon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/daemon/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ serde = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
 sha256 = { workspace = true }
 url = { workspace = true }
-ureq = { workspace = true }
 reqwest = { workspace = true }
 path-clean = { workspace = true }
 termion = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/initrd/build.sh b/initrd/build.sh
index 481b3e5..36edc61 100755
--- a/initrd/build.sh
+++ b/initrd/build.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ TARGET="x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"
 
 export RUSTFLAGS="-Ctarget-feature=+crt-static"
 cd "$(dirname "${0}")/.."
-krata_DIR="${PWD}"
+KRATA_DIR="${PWD}"
 cargo build -q --bin krataguest --release --target "${TARGET}"
 INITRD_DIR="$(mktemp -d /tmp/krata-initrd.XXXXXXXXXXXXX)"
 cp "target/${TARGET}/release/krataguest" "${INITRD_DIR}/init"
 chmod +x "${INITRD_DIR}/init"
 cd "${INITRD_DIR}"
-mkdir -p "${krata_DIR}/target/initrd"
-find . | cpio -R 0:0 --reproducible -o -H newc --quiet > "${krata_DIR}/target/initrd/initrd"
+mkdir -p "${KRATA_DIR}/initrd/target"
+find . | cpio -R 0:0 --reproducible -o -H newc --quiet > "${KRATA_DIR}/initrd/target/initrd"
 rm -rf "${INITRD_DIR}"
diff --git a/scripts/ci/install-deps.sh b/scripts/ci/install-deps.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f50a951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/install-deps.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev libelf-dev flex bison bc
diff --git a/scripts/ci/nightly.sh b/scripts/ci/nightly.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4d50e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci/nightly.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+
+REAL_SCRIPT="$(realpath "${0}")"
+cd "$(dirname "${REAL_SCRIPT}")/../.."
+KRATA_DIR="${PWD}"
+NIGHTLY_TAR="${KRATA_DIR}/krata.tgz"
+NIGHTLY_DIR="$(mktemp -d /tmp/krata-release.XXXXXXXXXXXXX)"
+for X in kratad kratanet kratactl
+do
+  cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu --bin "${X}"
+  cp "${KRATA_DIR}/target/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/release/${X}" "${NIGHTLY_DIR}/${X}"
+
+done
+./initrd/build.sh
+./kernel/build.sh
+cd "${NIGHTLY_DIR}"
+cp "${KRATA_DIR}/initrd/target/initrd" initrd
+cp "${KRATA_DIR}/kernel/target/kernel" kernel
+tar czf "${NIGHTLY_TAR}" .
+cd "${KRATA_DIR}"
+rm -rf "${NIGHTLY_DIR}"