diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index f2729d3..b3d19f5 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ deployments/.env
 #ignore docker compose file
 deployments/docker-compose.yaml
 .DS_Store
+.env
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1c35c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v1
+      with:
+        registry: ghcr.io
+        username: $GITHUB_ACTOR
+        password: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+    - name: Generate a container image
+      run: |
+        version=$(cat VERSION)
+        docker build . -t ghcr.io/${USERNAME_OR_ORG}/github-updates:${version}
+        docker push ghcr.io/${USERNAME_OR_ORG}/github-updates:${version}
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        USERNAME_OR_ORG: "${{ github.repository_owner }}"
+    - name: Increment the pom version
+      run: |
+        current_version=$(cat VERSION)
+        if [[ "$current_version" =~ v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+) ]]; then
+          major="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+          minor="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+        else
+          echo "Invalid version format. Expected format: v<major>.<minor>"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        minor=$((minor + 1))
+        new_version="v${major}.${minor}"
+        echo "$new_version" > VERSION
+      shell: bash
+    - name: Create Pull Request with new PRs
+      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
+      with:
+        token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+        branch-suffix: timestamp
+        title: Increment version after release
+        labels: auto-version-increment
+        signoff: true
+        delete-branch: false
+        commit-message: Auto increment version after release
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ef5983b..11b1ff8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ assets/generated-data/*.json
 # Ignore .env file
 deployments/.env
 .DS_Store
+.env
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9827d76..3aaea3b 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ RUN make
 
 WORKDIR /appbin
 RUN cp /app/github-updates /appbin/
-RUN rm -r /app
 
 ENV PATH=${PATH}:/appbin
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6dc549b..b0b21ea 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ global:
         name: "Hyperledger Labs"
         github: "hyperledger-labs"
   scrape-duration-days: 7
+  max-records: 0 # to list everything, otherwise consider the maximum number of records in the summary
   # Set this to true and specify input/output files
   external-template:
     enabled: false
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 6461cbb..0dd2c23 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ func main() {
 			generateExternalPR(
 				config.PullRequests.PRExternalTemplate,
 				externalPRList,
+				config.GlobalConfiguration.MaxRecords,
 			)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Failed to generate the report: %v, with template: %v. Error is: %v",
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ func main() {
 			generateExternalRelease(
 				config.Releases.ReleaseExternalTemplate,
 				externalReleaseList,
+				config.GlobalConfiguration.MaxRecords,
 			)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Failed to generate the report: %v, with template: %v. Error is: %v",
@@ -136,6 +138,7 @@ func main() {
 			generateExternalIssue(
 				config.Issues.IssueExternalTemplate,
 				externalIssueList,
+				config.GlobalConfiguration.MaxRecords,
 			)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Failed to generate the report: %v, with template: %v. Error is: %v",
@@ -237,6 +240,7 @@ func getExternalReports(config configs.Configuration,
 func generateExternalPR(
 	externalTemplate configs.ElementExternalTemplate,
 	values []configs.ExternalPRDetails,
+	maxRecords int,
 ) error {
 	if len(values) == 0 {
 		log.Println("External template file generation is not requested")
@@ -256,12 +260,13 @@ func generateExternalPR(
 	}
 
 	// store the trending info in summary file
-	return generateTopFile(recentPRs(values), externalTemplate)
+	return generateTopFile(recentPRs(values, maxRecords), externalTemplate)
 }
 
 func generateExternalIssue(
 	externalTemplate configs.ElementExternalTemplate,
 	values []configs.ExternalIssueDetails,
+	maxRecords int,
 ) error {
 	if len(values) == 0 {
 		log.Println("External template file generation is not requested")
@@ -281,12 +286,13 @@ func generateExternalIssue(
 	}
 
 	// store the trending info in summary file
-	return generateTopFile(recentIssues(values), externalTemplate)
+	return generateTopFile(recentIssues(values, maxRecords), externalTemplate)
 }
 
 func generateExternalRelease(
 	externalTemplate configs.ElementExternalTemplate,
 	values []configs.ExternalReleaseDetails,
+	maxRecords int,
 ) error {
 	if len(values) == 0 {
 		log.Println("External template file generation is not requested")
@@ -306,7 +312,7 @@ func generateExternalRelease(
 	}
 
 	// store the trending info in summary file
-	return generateTopFile(recentReleases(values), externalTemplate)
+	return generateTopFile(recentReleases(values, maxRecords), externalTemplate)
 }
 
 func generateExternalFile(
@@ -318,7 +324,7 @@ func generateExternalFile(
 	var err error
 	outputFileName := filename + filepath.Ext(externalTemplate.Input)
 	outputPath := path.Join(externalTemplate.Output, org)
-	err = os.MkdirAll(outputPath, 755)
+	err = os.MkdirAll(outputPath, 0755)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -482,7 +488,7 @@ func getExpectedPullRequests(
 	return expectedPrs, false
 }
 
-func recentPRs(prs []configs.ExternalPRDetails) []github.PullRequest {
+func recentPRs(prs []configs.ExternalPRDetails, maxRecords int) []github.PullRequest {
 	// get the list of all PRs from across repositories
 	var allPRs []github.PullRequest
 	for _, pr := range prs {
@@ -496,10 +502,13 @@ func recentPRs(prs []configs.ExternalPRDetails) []github.PullRequest {
 
 	// return the top n items
 	// n is 5 for now
-	return allPRs[:5]
+	if maxRecords == 0 {
+		return allPRs
+	}
+	return allPRs[:min(len(allPRs), 5)]
 }
 
-func recentIssues(issues []configs.ExternalIssueDetails) []github.Issue {
+func recentIssues(issues []configs.ExternalIssueDetails, maxRecords int) []github.Issue {
 	// get the list of all PRs from across repositories
 	var allIssues []github.Issue
 	for _, issue := range issues {
@@ -513,10 +522,13 @@ func recentIssues(issues []configs.ExternalIssueDetails) []github.Issue {
 
 	// return the top n items
 	// n is 5 for now
-	return allIssues[:5]
+	if maxRecords == 0 {
+		return allIssues
+	}
+	return allIssues[:min(len(allIssues), 5)]
 }
 
-func recentReleases(releases []configs.ExternalReleaseDetails) []github.RepositoryRelease {
+func recentReleases(releases []configs.ExternalReleaseDetails, maxRecords int) []github.RepositoryRelease {
 	// get the list of all PRs from across repositories
 	var allReleases []github.RepositoryRelease
 	for _, release := range releases {
@@ -530,5 +542,15 @@ func recentReleases(releases []configs.ExternalReleaseDetails) []github.Reposito
 
 	// return the top n items
 	// n is 5 for now
-	return allReleases[:5]
+	if maxRecords == 0 {
+		return allReleases
+	}
+	return allReleases[:min(len(allReleases), maxRecords)]
+}
+
+func min(a, b int) int {
+	if a < b {
+		return a
+	}
+	return b
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/client/ghclient.go b/internal/pkg/client/ghclient.go
index 49d341e..7e10fa3 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/client/ghclient.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/client/ghclient.go
@@ -249,13 +249,15 @@ func (c Client) IssueWithLabels(org string, repos []string, issueLabels []string
 			}
 			for _, issue := range issues {
 
-				publishedDate := issue.GetCreatedAt()
-				startDate := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, dayDiff)
-				log.Println("publishedDate", publishedDate, "start date", startDate, " if condition", publishedDate.Before(startDate))
-
-				if publishedDate.Before(startDate) {
-					issueDateReached = true
-					break
+				if dayDiff != 0 {
+					publishedDate := issue.GetCreatedAt()
+					startDate := time.Now().AddDate(0, 0, dayDiff)
+					log.Println("publishedDate", publishedDate, "start date", startDate, " if condition", publishedDate.Before(startDate))
+
+					if publishedDate.Before(startDate) {
+						issueDateReached = true
+						break
+					}
 				}
 
 				//check if the issue contains the desired labels or not
@@ -287,7 +289,8 @@ func (c Client) IssueWithLabels(org string, repos []string, issueLabels []string
 	return issueList, nil
 }
 
-/**
+/*
+*
 Utility function to check if the issue contains at least one of the desired labels
 */
 func doesIssueContainLabels(issue *github.Issue, allowedLabels []string) bool {
diff --git a/internal/pkg/configs/configuration.go b/internal/pkg/configs/configuration.go
index 57e100d..9b50843 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/configs/configuration.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/configs/configuration.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ type ElementExternalTemplate struct {
 type GlobalConfiguration struct {
 	Organizations    []Organization   `yaml:"organizations"`
 	DaysCount        int              `yaml:"scrape-duration-days"`
+	MaxRecords       int              `yaml:"max-records"`
 	ExternalTemplate ExternalTemplate `yaml:"external-template"`
 	RepoClass        string           `yaml:"scrape-repo-class"`
 }