diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
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index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..47b61015e04e72ab337c73c91af5e57557ce19db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+# Defines stages each corresponding to a separate hamara-package
+
+stages:
+  - calamares-settings-hamara
+  - grub-theme-hamara
+  - hamara-keyring-2016.5
+  - hamara-live
+  - hamara-sugam-config
+  - hamara-wallpapers
+  - hamara-welcome
+  - lightdm-webkit-greeter
+  - lightdm-webkit-greeter-hamara
+  - materia-gtk-theme
+  - paper-icon-theme
+  - plymouth-theme-hamara
+  - source-sans-pro
+  - trigger-watchdog
+
+# These steps will run before each build.
+# They are included here to avoid repetition of same code on later stages.
+# similar to a macro
+
+before_script:
+  - export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+  - echo "Preparing the container for builds"
+  - sudo apt update
+  - sudo apt-get -y upgrade
+  - sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
+  - sudo apt-get -y install apt-utils figlet dpkg-dev fakeroot git-buildpackage lintian pristine-tar
+  - figlet BUILD
+
+.build_template: &build_definition
+  allow_failure: true
+  dependencies: []
+
+  script:
+    - cd packages/$CI_JOB_STAGE
+    - export BUILD_DEPENDS=`perl -ne 'next if /^#/; $p=(s/^Build-Depends:\s*/ / or (/^ / and $p)); s/,|\n|\([^)]+\)//mg; print if $p' < debian/control`
+    - sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends $BUILD_DEPENDS
+    - sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge
+    - sudo apt-get clean
+    - sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    - dpkg-buildpackage -us -uc
+    #copy the contents of the package to the incoming directory
+    - echo "Deploying packages to repositories"
+    - mkdir $CI_JOB_STAGE
+    - cp -r ../*.deb ../*.dsc ../*.changes ../*.tar.* ../*.buildinfo $CI_JOB_STAGE
+    - scp -r ./$CI_JOB_STAGE root@aptly:/opt/custom_packages/
+
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+        - packages/*.deb
+        - packages/*.dsc
+        - packages/*.buildinfo
+        - packages/*.changes
+        - packages/*.tar.*
+    expire_in: 1 day
+
+build-calamares-settings-hamara:
+  stage: calamares-settings-hamara
+  <<: *build_definition
+
+build-grub-theme-hamara:
+  stage: grub-theme-hamara
+  <<: *build_definition
+
+build-hamara-keyring-2016.5:
+  stage: hamara-keyring-2016.5
+  <<: *build_definition
+
+build-hamara-live:
+  stage: hamara-live
+  <<: *build_definition
+
+build-hamara-sugam-config:
+  stage: hamara-sugam-config
+  <<: *build_definition
+
+build-hamara-wallpapers:
+  stage: hamara-wallpapers
+  <<: *build_definition
+
+build-hamara-welcome:
+  stage: hamara-welcome
+  <<: *build_definition
+
+build-lightdm-webkit-greeter:
+  stage: lightdm-webkit-greeter
+  <<: *build_definition
+
+build-lightdm-webkit-greeter-hamara:
+  stage: lightdm-webkit-greeter-hamara
+  <<: *build_definition
+
+build-materia-gtk-theme:
+  stage: materia-gtk-theme
+  <<: *build_definition
+
+build-paper-icon-theme:
+  stage: paper-icon-theme
+  <<: *build_definition
+
+build-plymouth-theme-hamara:
+  stage: plymouth-theme-hamara
+  <<: *build_definition
+
+build-source-sans-pro:
+  stage: source-sans-pro
+  <<: *build_definition
+  
+execute-trigger-watchdog:
+  stage: trigger-watchdog
+  script:
+  - date > .latestwatch
+  - scp .latestwatch root@aptly:/opt/watchdog/watches/
diff --git a/packages/materia-gtk-theme/debian/control b/packages/materia-gtk-theme/debian/control
index d4a95c2d0c1830e1e39ff1168a037484270a308d..804d52e2b467270dcb5b89be701ff89a11e76fe7 100644
--- a/packages/materia-gtk-theme/debian/control
+++ b/packages/materia-gtk-theme/debian/control
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ Source: materia-gtk-theme
 Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Maintainer: I Sagar <sagar@hamaralinux.org>
-Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 10),libglib2.0-dev,libxml2-utils
+Build-Depends:
+ debhelper (>= 10),
+ libglib2.0-dev,
+ libxml2-utils,
 Standards-Version: 4.1.3
 Homepage: https://github.com/nana-4/materia-theme
 Vcs-Git: https://github.com/nana-4/materia-theme.git