diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 980f5cc..9ddc54d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,28 @@ test-json-api:
     expire_in: 1 week
     name: json-api
 
+build-channer:
+  stage: build
+  
+  only:
+    refs:
+      - master
+
+    changes:
+      - chan-like/Cargo.*
+      - chan-like/src/main.rs
+
+  script:
+    - cd chan-like/
+    - cargo build --release
+
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - json-api/target/
+      - $CARGO_HOME
+
+    expire_in: 1 week
+
 
 build-wiki:
   image: shockrah/website:latest
diff --git a/chan-like/channer.py b/chan-like/channer.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 272af21..0000000
--- a/chan-like/channer.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-# Channer front-end
-
-from time import time
-from os import getenv
-import argparse
-import mysql.connector as sql
-
-
-def _format_cfg(config: dict):
-    # NOTE: we' assuming that  the config is _not_ malformed here
-    return {
-        'user': config['DATABASE_USER'], 
-        'password': config['DATABASE_PASS'],
-        'host': config['DATABASE_HOST'], 
-        'database': config['DATABASE_NAME'],
-        'port': config['DATABASE_PORT']
-    }
-
-
-def remove_old(config: dict, limit: int):
-    config = _format_cfg(config)
-    count_query = 'DELETE FROM messages WHERE time < ?'
-    # TODO: don't remove pinned items
-
-    max_age = int(time()) - (limit * 24 * 3600)
-    query = ('DELETE FROM messages WHERE time < %s')
-    params = (max_age,)
-
-    conn = sql.connect(**config)
-    cursor = conn.cursor(prepared=True)
-
-    cursor.execute(count_query, params)
-    conn.commit()
-
-    cursor.close()
-    conn.close()
-    return 0
-
-
-
-def message_timeout():
-    pass
-
-def read_config(path: str) -> dict:
-    pairs = {}
-    with open(path, 'r') as cfg:
-        # Line format key=value
-        for line in cfg:
-            if line.startswith('#'):
-                continue
-            line = line.strip()
-            key = line[:line.find('=')]
-            value = line[line.find('=')+1:]
-            pairs[key] = value
-
-    if 'DATABASE_PORT' not in pairs:
-        raise KeyError('DATABASE_PORT missing from `.env` file')
-    else:
-        pairs['DATABASE_PORT'] = int(pairs['DATABASE_PORT'])
-
-    assert('DATABASE_URL' in pairs)
-    assert('DATABASE_NAME' in pairs)
-    assert('DATABASE_PASS' in pairs)
-    assert('DATABASE_USER' in pairs)
-    assert('DATABASE_HOST' in pairs)
-    assert('DATABASE_PORT' in pairs)
-
-    return pairs
-            
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
-        description='A script which can be setup as a chronjob to make messaging' 
-        ' similar to how image boards clean up threads'
-    )
-
-    parser.add_argument('-m', '--max-age-days', 
-                        help='Sets the value of how old messages are allowed to be (in days)', 
-                        type=int, 
-                        default=7, 
-                        required=False)
-
-    parser.add_argument('-f', '---file-env', type=str, required=True)
-
-    args = vars(parser.parse_args())
-
-    timeout = args['max_age_days']
-    config = read_config(args['file_env'])
-
-    exit(remove_old(config, timeout))
-