diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 001db43..0000000
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-kind: pipeline
-type: kubernetes
-name: docker-build
-
-node_selector:
-  kubernetes.io/arch: amd64
-
-
-steps:
-- name: docker  
-  image: plugins/docker
-  settings:
-    username: 
-      from_secret: docker_uname
-    password:
-      from_secret: docker_pw
-
-    repo: mollre/journal-bot
-    tags: 
-      - 1.0.${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}
-      - latest
-    build_args: "BOT_VERSION=1.0.${DRONE_BUILD_NUMBER}"
-
-
-trigger:
-  branch:
-  - main
-  event:
-  - push
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build_container.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/build_container.yaml
index 7314df9..47ba0ac 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build_container.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build_container.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
 
 name: Build container
 
diff --git a/bot/commands/list/models.py b/bot/commands/list/models.py
index 8d5379c..a1d3dc1 100644
--- a/bot/commands/list/models.py
+++ b/bot/commands/list/models.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+from pathlib import Path
 from peewee import *
-
 db = DatabaseProxy()
 
 class BaseModel(Model):
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class ListModel(BaseModel):
     @property
     def content(self) -> dict:
         return {e.id: e.entry for e in self.entries}
-    
+
     @content.setter
     def content(self, new_content: dict):
         old_content = self.content
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class ListModel(BaseModel):
     @property
     def done_dict(self):
         return {e.id: e.done for e in self.entries}
-    
+
     @done_dict.setter
     def done_dict(self, new_done: dict):
         old_done_dict = self.done_dict
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ class ListEntryModel(BaseModel):
     done = BooleanField(default=None, null=True)
 
 
-def set_db(db_path):
+def set_db(db_path: Path):
+    db_path.parent.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     db.initialize(SqliteDatabase(db_path))
     with db:
         db.create_tables([ListModel, ListEntryModel], safe=True)
diff --git a/bot/commands/status.py b/bot/commands/status.py
index 82bde41..98b4791 100644
--- a/bot/commands/status.py
+++ b/bot/commands/status.py
@@ -7,10 +7,14 @@ from telegram.constants import ParseMode
 import os
 
 FIRST = 1
+import models
 from .basehandler import BaseHandler
+
+
+
 class StatusHandler(BaseHandler):
     """Shows a short status of the program."""
-    
+
     def __init__(self, entry_string):
         self.start_time = datetime.datetime.now()
         self.entry_string = entry_string
@@ -35,7 +39,6 @@ class StatusHandler(BaseHandler):
         reply_markup = InlineKeyboardMarkup(keyboard)
 
         delta = str(datetime.datetime.now() - self.start_time)
-        message = "BeebBop, this is Norbit\n"
 
         try:
             ip = httpx.get('https://api.ipify.org').text
@@ -47,18 +50,21 @@ class StatusHandler(BaseHandler):
             ip = "not fetchable"
             local_ips = "not fetchable"
 
-        message += "Status: Running 🟢\n"
-        message += f"Version: `{os.getenv('BOT_VERSION', 'dev')}`\n"
-        message += f"Uptime: `{delta[:delta.rfind('.')]}`\n"
-        message += f"IP \(public\): `{ip}`\n"
-        message += f"IP \(private\): `{local_ips}`\n"
-        message += f"Chat ID: `{update.effective_chat.id}`\n"
+        message = f"""
+            BeebBop\!
+            Status: Running 🟢
+            Version: `{os.getenv('BOT_VERSION', 'dev')}` and`prod={models.IS_PRODUCTION}`
+            Uptime: `{delta[:delta.rfind('.')]}`
+            IP \(public\): `{ip}`
+            IP \(private\): `{local_ips}`
+            Chat ID: `{update.effective_chat.id}`
+        """.strip() # remove trailing whitespace
 
         if update.message:
             await update.message.reply_text(message, reply_markup=reply_markup, parse_mode=ParseMode.MARKDOWN_V2)
         else:
             await update._effective_chat.send_message(message, reply_markup=reply_markup, parse_mode=ParseMode.MARKDOWN_V2)
-        
+
         return FIRST
 
 
diff --git a/bot/cronjob/chat_photo.py b/bot/cronjob/chat_photo.py
index 1d85190..a05cdb2 100644
--- a/bot/cronjob/chat_photo.py
+++ b/bot/cronjob/chat_photo.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class SetChatPhotoJob():
         self.bot = bot
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(self.__class__.__name__)
 
-        if models.IS_PRODUCTION:
+        if not models.IS_PRODUCTION:
             # when running locally, annoy the programmer every 60 seconds <3
             job_queue.run_repeating(self.callback_photo, interval=60)
         else:
diff --git a/bot/cronjob/leaderboard.py b/bot/cronjob/leaderboard.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e85f5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bot/cronjob/leaderboard.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+import os
+from telegram.ext import ExtBot
+from telegram.constants import ParseMode
+import logging
+from datetime import time, timedelta, timezone, datetime, date
+from peewee import fn
+import models
+from telegram.ext import JobQueue
+
+
+RANKING_TEMPLATE = """
+<b>Journal Leaderboard</b>
+This week: 📈{week_leader_name} - {week_leader_count} 📉{week_last_name} - {week_last_count}
+This month: 📈{month_leader_name} - {month_leader_count} 📉{month_last_name} - {month_last_count}
+This year: 📈{year_leader_name} - {year_leader_count} 📉{year_last_name} - {year_last_count}
+
+🏆 Leader: {leader_name}
+"""
+
+
+
+def get_author_ranking(since_days):
+    """Returns the query for the top authors by counting their journal entries. An additional field for the count is added."""
+
+    cutoff_date = date.today() - timedelta(days=since_days)
+    with models.db:
+        return models.JournalEntry.select(
+            models.JournalEntry.author,
+            fn.Count(models.JournalEntry.id).alias('message_count')
+        ).where(
+            models.JournalEntry.date >= cutoff_date
+        ).group_by(
+            models.JournalEntry.author
+        ).order_by(
+            fn.Count(models.JournalEntry.id).desc()
+        )
+
+
+
+
+class SendLeaderboard():
+    def __init__(self, bot: ExtBot, job_queue: JobQueue):
+        self.bot = bot
+        self.logger = logging.getLogger(self.__class__.__name__)
+
+        if not models.IS_PRODUCTION:
+            # when running locally, just run once after 10 seconds
+            job_queue.run_once(self.callback_leaderboard, when=10)
+        else:
+            # set the message sending time; include UTC shift +2
+            sending_time = time(hour=12, minute=0, second=0, tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(hours=2)))
+            job_queue.run_daily(self.callback_leaderboard, when=sending_time, day=-1)
+
+
+    async def callback_leaderboard(self, context):
+        """Send a weakly leaderboard to the chat."""
+        if date.today().weekday() != 1:
+            self.logger.info("Today is not Monday, skipping leaderboard.")
+            return
+
+        # get the top contributions of the past week, month and year:
+        ranking_week = get_author_ranking(7)
+        ranking_month = get_author_ranking(30)
+        ranking_year = get_author_ranking(365)
+
+        week_leader, week_last = ranking_week.first(n=2)
+        month_leader, month_last = ranking_month.first(n=2)
+        year_leader, year_last = ranking_year.first(n=2)
+
+        leader = year_leader
+
+        message_text = RANKING_TEMPLATE.format(
+            week_leader_name=week_leader.author,
+            week_leader_count=week_leader.message_count,
+            week_last_name=week_last.author,
+            week_last_count=week_last.message_count,
+            month_leader_name=month_leader.author,
+            month_leader_count=month_leader.message_count,
+            month_last_name=month_last.author,
+            month_last_count=month_last.message_count,
+            year_leader_name=year_leader.author,
+            year_leader_count=year_leader.message_count,
+            year_last_name=year_last.author,
+            year_last_count=year_last.message_count,
+            leader_name=leader.author
+        )
+
+        print(message_text)
+
+        chat_id = os.getenv("CHAT_ID")
+        await self.bot.send_message(
+            chat_id = chat_id,
+            text = message_text,
+            parse_mode=ParseMode.HTML
+        )
diff --git a/bot/cronjob/random_memory.py b/bot/cronjob/random_memory.py
index 94008f0..e1c5d1e 100644
--- a/bot/cronjob/random_memory.py
+++ b/bot/cronjob/random_memory.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ class RandomMemoryJob():
         self.bot = bot
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(self.__class__.__name__)
 
-        if models.IS_PRODUCTION:
+        if not models.IS_PRODUCTION:
             # when running locally, annoy the programmer every 60 seconds <3
             job_queue.run_repeating(self.callback_memory, interval=3600)
             self.min_age = 0 # do not filter messages: show them all
diff --git a/bot/main.py b/bot/main.py
index bbc09c1..bb792b7 100644
--- a/bot/main.py
+++ b/bot/main.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import logging
 import models
 from commands import journal, status, turtle, memory, advent
 from commands.list import list
-from cronjob import chat_photo, random_memory
+from cronjob import chat_photo, random_memory, leaderboard
 
 logging.basicConfig(
     format="%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s",
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def main() -> None:
 
     random_memory.RandomMemoryJob(application.bot, application.job_queue)
     chat_photo.SetChatPhotoJob(application.bot, application.job_queue)
+    leaderboard.SendLeaderboard(application.bot, application.job_queue)
 
     # Run the bot until the user presses Ctrl-C
     application.run_polling()
diff --git a/bot/models.py b/bot/models.py
index e258535..de23064 100644
--- a/bot/models.py
+++ b/bot/models.py
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ class JournalEntry(BaseModel):
         """Returns the text with all the frisky details hidden away"""
         new_text = self.text.replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;").replace("&", "&amp;")
         pattern = re.compile(
-            "("
-            "(((?<=(\.|\!|\?)\s)[A-Z])|(^[A-Z]))" # beginning of a sentence
-            "([^\.\!\?])+" # any character being part of a sentence
-            "((\:\))|😇|😈|[Ss]ex)" # the smiley
-            "([^\.\!\?])*" # continuation of sentence
-            "(\.|\!|\?|\,|$)" # end of the sentence
-            ")"
+            r"("
+            r"(((?<=(\.|\!|\?)\s)[A-Z])|(^[A-Z]))" # beginning of a sentence
+            r"([^\.\!\?])+" # any character being part of a sentence
+            r"((\:\))|😇|😈|[Ss]ex)" # the smiley
+            r"([^\.\!\?])*" # continuation of sentence
+            r"(\.|\!|\?|\,|$)" # end of the sentence
+            r")"
         )
         matches = pattern.findall(new_text)
         for match in matches:
diff --git a/deployment/deployment.yaml b/deployment/deployment.yaml
index 40ab0f6..04a64d1 100644
--- a/deployment/deployment.yaml
+++ b/deployment/deployment.yaml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
         - name: journal
-          image: mollre/journal-bot:1.0.19
+          image: journal
           envFrom:
             - secretRef:
                 name: journal-secret-env
@@ -33,31 +33,3 @@ spec:
         - name: journal-nfs
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: journal-data-nfs
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: PersistentVolume
-metadata:
-  name: "journal-data-nfs"
-spec:
-  storageClassName: ""
-  capacity:
-    storage: "5Gi"
-  accessModes:
-    - ReadWriteOnce
-  nfs:
-    path: /export/kluster/journal-bot
-    server: 192.168.1.157
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
-metadata:
-  name: "journal-data-nfs"
-spec:
-  storageClassName: ""
-  accessModes:
-    - ReadWriteOnce
-  resources:
-    requests:
-      storage: "5Gi"
-  volumeName: journal-data-nfs
-
diff --git a/deployment/kustomization.yaml b/deployment/kustomization.yaml
index c82b522..51e5a25 100644
--- a/deployment/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deployment/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
+
 resources:
 - ./namespace.yaml
 - ./deployment.yaml
 - ./sealedsecret.yaml
+- ./pvc.yaml
+
+namespace: journal-bot
+
 images:
-- name: mollre/journal-bot
-  newTag: 1.0.68
+- name: journal
+  newName: git.kluster.moll.re/remoll/journal-bot
+  newTag: 29d951427d6f3377e43767916cefb07e03e9eab8
diff --git a/deployment/namespace.yaml b/deployment/namespace.yaml
index a201ebc..0a074bd 100644
--- a/deployment/namespace.yaml
+++ b/deployment/namespace.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Namespace
 metadata:
-  name: journal
-  labels:
-    name: journal
\ No newline at end of file
+  name: placeholder
diff --git a/deployment/pvc.yaml b/deployment/pvc.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ba0728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployment/pvc.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolume
+metadata:
+  name: "journal-data-nfs"
+spec:
+  storageClassName: ""
+  capacity:
+    storage: "5Gi"
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  nfs:
+    path: /export/kluster/journal-bot
+    server: 192.168.1.157
+---
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
+metadata:
+  name: "journal-data-nfs"
+spec:
+  storageClassName: ""
+  accessModes:
+    - ReadWriteOnce
+  resources:
+    requests:
+      storage: "5Gi"
+  volumeName: journal-data-nfs
+
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7fbeff1..0000000
--- a/renovate.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-  "packageRules": [
-    {
-      "matchUpdateTypes": ["minor", "patch"],
-      "matchCurrentVersion": "!/^0/",
-      "automerge": true,
-      "automergeType": "branch",
-      "ignoreTests": true
-    }
-  ],
-  "commitMessagePrefix" : "[CI SKIP]"
-}
diff --git a/renovate.json5 b/renovate.json5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5dc7d03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/renovate.json5
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  "dependencyDashboard": true,
+  "packageRules": [
+    // Fully automatically update the container version referenced in the deployment
+    {
+      "matchPackageNames": ["@kubernetes-sigs/kustomize"],
+      "automerge": true,
+      "automergeType": "branch",
+      "ignoreTests": true
+    }
+  ],
+  "commitMessagePrefix" : "[skip ci]"
+}