diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4b3a8cd..e7d9023 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 stages:
+  - prepare
   - container
   - container:boot
 
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/container-boot.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/container-boot.gitlab-ci.yml
index 86c8169..e3e065e 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/container-boot.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/container-boot.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   extends:
     - .container:boot
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:sagittarius
   parallel:
     matrix:
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ container:boot:aquila:
   extends:
     - .container:boot
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:aquila
     - manifest:sagittarius
   variables:
@@ -80,6 +82,7 @@ container:boot:taurus:
   extends:
     - .container:boot
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:taurus
   script:
     - bundle install
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ container:boot:draco:
   extends:
     - .container:boot
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:draco
   parallel:
     matrix:
@@ -114,6 +118,7 @@ container:boot:sculptor:
   extends:
     - .container:boot
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:sculptor
   parallel:
     matrix:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/container-build.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/container-build.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7fe1a28..a23dc23 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/container-build.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/container-build.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     - >
       build_image
       $image
-      $CI_PIPELINE_ID
+      $RETICULUM_CONTAINER_VERSION
       "
         --output type=registry,push-by-digest=true 
         --metadata-file manifest-${CI_JOB_ID}.json
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     - >
       build_image 
       $image
-      $CI_PIPELINE_ID 
+      $RETICULUM_CONTAINER_VERSION
       "
         --build-arg VARIANT=$VARIANT
         --output type=registry,push-by-digest=true
@@ -86,34 +86,40 @@
   variables:
     PLATFORM: amd64
   script:
-    - create_manifest $image $(get_image_tag $CI_PIPELINE_ID $VARIANT)
+    - create_manifest $image $(get_image_tag $RETICULUM_CONTAINER_VERSION $VARIANT)
 
 container:mise:
   extends:
     - .single-image-build-base
+  needs:
+    - generate-environment
 
 manifest:mise:
   extends:
     - .manifest-create-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - container:mise
 
 container:rust:
   extends:
     - .single-image-build-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:mise
 
 manifest:rust:
   extends:
     - .manifest-create-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - container:rust
 
 container:aquila:
   extends:
     - .single-image-build-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:rust
   variables:
     NEED_PROJECT_DOWNLOAD: 'true'
@@ -122,12 +128,14 @@ manifest:aquila:
   extends:
     - .manifest-create-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - container:aquila
 
 container:draco:
   extends:
     - .variant-image-build-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:rust
   variables:
     NEED_PROJECT_DOWNLOAD: 'true'
@@ -149,6 +157,7 @@ manifest:draco:
           - rest
           - cron
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - job: container:draco
       parallel:
         matrix:
@@ -161,6 +170,7 @@ container:taurus:
   extends:
     - .single-image-build-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:rust
   variables:
     NEED_PROJECT_DOWNLOAD: 'true'
@@ -169,36 +179,42 @@ manifest:taurus:
   extends:
     - .manifest-create-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - container:taurus
 
 container:ruby:
   extends:
     - .single-image-build-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:mise
 
 manifest:ruby:
   extends:
     - .manifest-create-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - container:ruby
 
 container:postgresql:
   extends:
     - .single-image-build-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:mise
 
 manifest:postgresql:
   extends:
     - .manifest-create-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - container:postgresql
 
 container:sagittarius:
   extends:
     - .variant-image-build-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:ruby
     - manifest:postgresql
   variables:
@@ -221,6 +237,7 @@ manifest:sagittarius:
           - ce
           - ee
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - job: container:sagittarius
       parallel:
         matrix:
@@ -233,18 +250,21 @@ container:node:
   extends:
     - .single-image-build-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:mise
 
 manifest:node:
   extends:
     - .manifest-create-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - container:node
 
 container:sculptor:
   extends:
     - .variant-image-build-base
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - manifest:node
   variables:
     NEED_PROJECT_DOWNLOAD: 'true'
@@ -268,6 +288,7 @@ manifest:sculptor:
           - ee
           - cloud
   needs:
+    - generate-environment
     - job: container:sculptor
       parallel:
         matrix:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/prepare.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/ci/prepare.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d4c9cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/prepare.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+generate-environment:
+  stage: prepare
+  image: alpine:3.22
+  script:
+    - echo "RETICULUM_CONTAINER_VERSION=$(cat VERSION)-experimental-$CI_PIPELINE_ID-$CI_COMMIT_SHA" > .gitlab/ci/env
+    - |
+      echo -e "\e[0Ksection_start:`date +%s`:glpa_summary\r\e[0KHeader of the summary"
+      grep 'RETICULUM_CONTAINER_VERSION=' .gitlab/ci/env
+      echo -e "\e[0Ksection_end:`date +%s`:glpa_summary\r\e[0K"
+  artifacts:
+    expire_in: 1 day
+    reports:
+      dotenv: .gitlab/ci/env
+    paths:
+      - .gitlab/ci/env
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd52db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.0.0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/support/docker-compose.yml b/support/docker-compose.yml
index 6f50d0a..16e7fb9 100644
--- a/support/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/support/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ services:
       POSTGRES_DB: sagittarius_production
 
   sagittarius-rails-web:
-    image: ghcr.io/code0-tech/reticulum/ci-builds/sagittarius:${CI_PIPELINE_ID}-${SAGITTARIUS_VARIANT}
+    image: ghcr.io/code0-tech/reticulum/ci-builds/sagittarius:${RETICULUM_CONTAINER_VERSION}-${SAGITTARIUS_VARIANT}
     networks:
       - boot
     volumes:
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ services:
       - http://sagittarius-rails-web:3000/health/liveness
 
   sagittarius-grpc:
-    image: ghcr.io/code0-tech/reticulum/ci-builds/sagittarius:${CI_PIPELINE_ID}-${SAGITTARIUS_VARIANT}
+    image: ghcr.io/code0-tech/reticulum/ci-builds/sagittarius:${RETICULUM_CONTAINER_VERSION}-${SAGITTARIUS_VARIANT}
     networks:
       - boot
     volumes:
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ services:
       - -js
 
   aquila:
-    image: ghcr.io/code0-tech/reticulum/ci-builds/aquila:${CI_PIPELINE_ID}
+    image: ghcr.io/code0-tech/reticulum/ci-builds/aquila:${RETICULUM_CONTAINER_VERSION}
     networks:
       - boot
     environment:
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ services:
       - "8081:8081"
 
   taurus:
-    image: ghcr.io/code0-tech/reticulum/ci-builds/taurus:${CI_PIPELINE_ID}
+    image: ghcr.io/code0-tech/reticulum/ci-builds/taurus:${RETICULUM_CONTAINER_VERSION}
     networks:
       - boot
     environment:
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ services:
       - "8082:8082"
 
   draco:
-    image: ghcr.io/code0-tech/reticulum/ci-builds/draco:${CI_PIPELINE_ID}-${DRACO_VARIANT}
+    image: ghcr.io/code0-tech/reticulum/ci-builds/draco:${RETICULUM_CONTAINER_VERSION}-${DRACO_VARIANT}
     networks:
       - boot
     environment:
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ services:
       - "8083:8083"
 
   sculptor:
-    image: ghcr.io/code0-tech/reticulum/ci-builds/sculptor:${CI_PIPELINE_ID}-${SCULPTOR_VARIANT}
+    image: ghcr.io/code0-tech/reticulum/ci-builds/sculptor:${RETICULUM_CONTAINER_VERSION}-${SCULPTOR_VARIANT}
     networks:
       - boot