diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 2bc47e6ce..3217a1a97 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
+#ruby=1.9.3
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
+source 'https://jamjam:blueberryjam@www.jamkazam.com/gems/'
 
 # Look for $WORKSPACE, otherwise use "workspace" as dev path.
 workspace = ENV["WORKSPACE"] || "~/workspace"
+devenv = ENV["BUILD_NUMBER"].nil? # Jenkins sets a build number environment variable
 
 gem 'pg', '0.14.0', :platform => [:mri, :mswin, :mingw]
 gem 'jdbc_postgres', :platform => [:jruby]
 
-gem 'jampb', :path => "#{workspace}/jam-pb/target/ruby/jampb"
 gem 'activerecord', '3.2.7'
 gem 'uuidtools', '2.1.2'
 gem 'bcrypt-ruby', '3.0.1'
@@ -18,8 +20,15 @@ gem 'will_paginate'
 gem 'actionmailer'
 gem 'sendgrid'
 
-group :test do
+if devenv
   gem 'jam_db', :path=> "#{workspace}/jam-db/target/ruby_package"
+  gem 'jampb', :path => "#{workspace}/jam-pb/target/ruby/jampb"
+else
+  gem 'jam_db'
+  gem 'jampb'
+end
+
+group :test do
   gem "factory_girl"
   gem "rspec", "2.10.0"
   gem 'spork', '0.9.0'
diff --git a/build b/build
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..86f643cd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "running rspec tests"
+bundle exec rspec
+
+if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
+    echo "tests completed"
+else
+    echo "tests failed."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "build complete"
+
diff --git a/jenkins b/jenkins
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..6fd057f23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jenkins
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+GEM_SERVER=http://localhost:9000/gems
+
+echo "starting build..."
+./build
+
+if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
+    echo "build succeeded"
+
+    # generate gem version based on jenkins build number
+    if [ -z $BUILD_NUMBER ]; then
+        BUILD_NUMBER="1"
+    fi
+    VERSION="0.0.${BUILD_NUMBER}"
+    echo "packaging gem jam_ruby-$VERSION"
+    cat > lib/jam_ruby/version.rb << EOF
+module JamRuby
+  VERSION = "$VERSION"
+end
+EOF
+    
+    gem build jam_ruby.gemspec
+
+    GEMNAME="jam_ruby-${VERSION}.gem"
+
+    echo "publishing gem"
+    curl -f -T $GEMNAME $GEM_SERVER/$GEMNAME \;
+        
+    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
+        echo "publish failed"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+    echo "done publishing gems"
+else
+    echo "build failed"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+