diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd2d3ce84d5850118f1b21b6fb6c791517570009..014ce73aa6d8980e78cff5274871a6b604bdcfc2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 profile.bash
 **.DS_Store
 **/__pycache__
-
 docs/_build/
-docs/book/_build/
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diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b5aff9d894f21f51140079887fc58c1f9a8c807a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+docs:
+  image: continuumio/miniconda:latest
+  stage: build
+  tags:
+    - docker
+  script:
+    - conda env create --file environment.yml
+    - conda init bash
+    - source ~/.bashrc
+    - conda activate wrfotron_docs
+    - jupyter-book build docs
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