diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c944ffa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+pipeline {
+  agent any
+  
+  environment {
+    APP_SESSION_SECRET = ''
+    DB_NAME = 'url_shortener.db'
+  }
+  stages {
+    stage('Init') {
+      steps {
+        sh 'rbenv local 3.2.2'
+        script {
+	  env.APP_SESSION_SECRET = sh(script: 'ruby secret.rb', returnStdout: true)
+        }
+        sh 'echo "ENV[\\\"APP_SESSION_SECRET\\\"] ||= $(ruby secret.rb)" > .env.rb'
+        sh 'echo "ENV[\\\"DB_NAME\\\"] ||= \\\"${DB_NAME}\\\"" >> .env.rb'
+        sh 'cat .env.rb'
+      }
+    }
+    stage('Build dependencies') {
+      steps {
+        sh 'bundle install'
+        sh 'sequel -m db/migrations sqlite://db/${DB_NAME}'
+      }
+    }
+    stage('Run tests') {
+      steps {
+        sh 'cucumber'
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7958b5a..8116855 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Roda, Falcon, Sequel, and SQLite
 
 the point of this project is to quickly build something and work on continuous deployment while making small refinements to the functional pieces.
 
-the only outside piece of software that this project relies on is sqlite3. 
+the outside pieces of software that this project relies on are sqlite3 and pkgconf. 
+
 
 
 first you have to install the dependencies:
diff --git a/secret.rb b/secret.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2672149
--- /dev/null
+++ b/secret.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+require 'securerandom'
+puts SecureRandom.base64(64).inspect()