diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 554ca44b..6717a1de 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -2,12 +2,7 @@
 // https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-dev-containers/tree/v0.183.0/containers/r
 {
 	"name": "covidregionaldata",
-	"build": {
-		"dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
-		// Update VARIANT to pick a specific R version: latest, ... ,4.0.1 , 4.0.0
-		"args": { "VARIANT": "latest" },
-		"context": ".."
-	},
+	"image": "ghcr.io/epiforecasts/covidregionaldata:master",
 
 	// Set *default* container specific settings.json values on container create.
 	"settings": {
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-image.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5177cf70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-image.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+
+   
+name: Create and publish a Docker image
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ['release', 'master']
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Cancel previous builds if present
+        uses: n1hility/cancel-previous-runs@v2
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v2
+        with:
+          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        with:
+          context: .
+          file: ./.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-full.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-full.yaml
index e51ccf81..5e099a4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-full.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-full.yaml
@@ -270,27 +270,3 @@ jobs:
           git config --local user.name "GitHub Actions"
           Rscript -e "pkgdown::deploy_to_branch(new_process = FALSE, clean = TRUE)"
         shell: bash
-
-  push_to_registry:
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && github.repository == 'epiforecasts/covidregionaldata'
-    name: Push Docker image to GitHub Packages
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-
-    needs: [R-CMD-check, pkgdown, test-coverage]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out the repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Login to GitHub Packages
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1
-        with:
-          registry: docker.pkg.github.com
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Push to GitHub Packages
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
-        with:
-          context: .
-          file: .devcontainer/Dockerfile
-          push: true
-          tags: docker.pkg.github.com/epiforecasts/covidregionaldata/covidregionaldata:latest
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 89ec6f9b..2f1c38d4 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ Authors@R:
              role = "aut",
              email = "Hamish.Gibbs@lshtm.ac.uk",
              comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0003-4413-453X")),
+      person(given = "Hugo",
+             family = "Gruson",
+             role = "aut",
+             comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4094-1476")),
       person(given = "Sophie",
              family = "Meakin",
              role = "ctb",
@@ -51,10 +55,6 @@ Authors@R:
              family = "Boyes",
              role = "ctb",
              comment = c(URL = "https://github.com/rboyes")),
-      person(given = "Hugo",
-             family = "Gruson",
-             role = "ctb",
-             comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4094-1476")),
       person(given = "Vang",
              family = "Le",
              role = "ctb",