diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 0345b0d..26b7b9a 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,49 @@ steps:
   depends_on:
     - gofmt
     - vuln-check
+- name: bump tag in deployment-repo
+  image: aaronriedel/kustomize-ci
+  commands:
+    - cd /deployment-repo
+    - git clone https://git.ar21.de/yolokube/grafana-backuper-deployment.git .
+    - cd /deployment-repo/overlay
+    - kustomize edit set image git.ar21.de/yolokube/grafana-backuper=git.ar21.de/yolokube/grafana-backuper:${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}
+  volumes:
+  - name: deployment-repo
+    path: /deployment-repo
+  when:
+    branch:
+      - main
+    event:
+      - push
+  depends_on:
+    - docker
+- name: push new tag to deployment-repo
+  image: appleboy/drone-git-push
+  settings:
+    branch: main
+    remote: ssh://git@git.ar21.de:2222/yolokube/grafana-backuper-deployment.git
+    path: /deployment-repo
+    force: false
+    commit: true
+    commit_message: "GRAFANA-BACKUPER: update image tag to ${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER} (done automagically via Drone pipeline)"
+    ssh_key:
+      from_secret: GITEA_SSH_KEY
+  volumes:
+  - name: deployment-repo
+    path: /deployment-repo
+  when:
+    branch:
+      - main
+    event:
+      - push
+  depends_on:
+    - bump tag in deployment-repo
+volumes:
+- name: deployment-repo
+  temp: {}
 when:
   event:
     exclude:
       - pull_request
+
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 005a0a8..1562f2e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
+[![Build Status](https://drone.ar21.de/api/badges/yolokube/grafana-backuper/status.svg)](https://drone.ar21.de/yolokube/grafana-backuper)
+[![App Status](https://argo.services.yolokube.de/api/badge?name=grafana-backuper)](https://argo.services.yolokube.de/applications/grafana-backuper)
+
 # grafana-backuper
 
diff --git a/deploy/grafana-backuper.yaml b/deploy/grafana-backuper.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7456d78..0000000
--- a/deploy/grafana-backuper.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Namespace
-metadata:
-  name: grafana-backuper
----
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: grafana-backuper
-  namespace: grafana-backuper
-spec:
-  schedule: "0 * * * *"
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 3
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      ttlSecondsAfterFinished: 1800
-      template:
-        spec:
-          containers:
-            - name: grafana-backuper
-              image: git.ar21.de/yolokube/grafana-backuper:latest
-              env:
-                - name: GRAFANA_URL
-                  value: "http://prometheus-grafana.prometheus"
-                - name: GRAFANA_AUTH_TOKEN
-                  valueFrom:
-                    secretKeyRef:
-                      name: grafana-secrets
-                      key: grafana-auth-token
-                - name: GIT_REPO_URL
-                  value: "https://git.ar21.de/yolokube/grafana-dashboards.git"
-                - name: GIT_USER
-                  valueFrom:
-                    secretKeyRef:
-                      name: git-secrets
-                      key: git-user
-                - name: GIT_EMAIL
-                  valueFrom:
-                    secretKeyRef:
-                      name: git-secrets
-                      key: git-email
-                - name: GIT_PASS
-                  valueFrom:
-                    secretKeyRef:
-                      name: git-secrets
-                      key: git-pass
-                - name: GIT_SIGNING_KEY
-                  value: /app/keys/signing-key.asc
-              volumeMounts:
-                - name: key-volume
-                  mountPath: /app/keys
-              imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-          volumes:
-            - name: key-volume
-              secret:
-                secretName: gpg-key
-          restartPolicy: Never
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