diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index 0e652407c1..845a2be03e 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ release:
 before:
   hooks:
     - docker build -f build/grpc/Dockerfile -t zitadel-base:local .
-    - docker build -f build/zitadel/Dockerfile . -t zitadel-go-test --target go-codecov -o .artifacts/codecov
+#    - docker build -f build/zitadel/Dockerfile . -t zitadel-go-test --target go-codecov -o .artifacts/codecov
     - docker build -f build/zitadel/Dockerfile . -t zitadel-go-base --target go-copy -o .artifacts/grpc/go-client
     - sh -c "cp -r .artifacts/grpc/go-client/* ."
     - docker build -f build/console/Dockerfile . -t zitadel-npm-base --target npm-copy -o .artifacts/grpc/js-client
diff --git a/e2e/docker-compose-overwrite.yaml b/e2e/docker-compose-overwrite.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3b086bd25e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/docker-compose-overwrite.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+services:
+  zitadel:
+    image: 'zitadel:${BUILD_DATE}'
+
diff --git a/e2e/run.sh b/e2e/run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e23d3d110d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+DO_BUILD=1
+DO_DEPLOY=1
+DO_TEST=1
+
+while getopts 'bdt:' OPTION; do
+  case "$OPTION" in
+    b)
+      echo "skipping build"
+      DO_BUILD=0
+      ;;
+    d)
+      echo "skipping deployment"
+      DO_DEPLOY=0
+      ;;
+    s)
+      echo "skipping tests"
+      DO_TEST=0
+      ;;
+    ?)
+      echo "script usage: $(basename \$0) [-b] [-d] [-t]" >&2
+      echo "-b   skip build"
+      echo "-d   skip deployment"
+      echo "-t   skip tests"
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+shift "$(($OPTIND -1))"
+
+if [ "$DO_BUILD" -eq "1" ]; then
+    # build the zitadel binary
+    goreleaser build --snapshot --single-target --rm-dist
+fi
+
+# extract some metadata for building and tagging the docker image
+function extract_metadata ()
+{
+    cat .artifacts/goreleaser/$1 | jq -r $2
+}
+BUILD_DATE="$(extract_metadata metadata.json '.date')"
+
+# Use simple local date
+BUILD_DATE="${BUILD_DATE%.*}"
+# Replace colons and plus signs
+export BUILD_DATE="${BUILD_DATE//:/_}"
+
+
+if [ "$DO_BUILD" -eq "1" ]; then
+    BUILD_PATH="$(dirname $(extract_metadata artifacts.json '.[0].path'))"
+    BUILD_VERSION="$(extract_metadata metadata.json '.version')"
+
+    # build the docker image
+    docker build --file ./build/Dockerfile --tag zitadel:latest --tag zitadel:$BUILD_VERSION --tag zitadel:$BUILD_DATE $BUILD_PATH
+fi
+
+if [ "$DO_DEPLOY" -eq "1" ]; then
+    # run cockroach and zitadel
+    docker compose --file ./docs/docs/guides/installation/run/docker-compose.yaml --file ./e2e/docker-compose-overwrite.yaml up --detach
+fi