diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-core-heaptrack.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-core-heaptrack.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b37934098a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-core-heaptrack.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: Deploy Core
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: deploy_core
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+env:
+  GCLOUD_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.GCLOUD_PROJECT_ID }}
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Get short sha
+        id: short_sha
+        run: echo "short_sha=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: "Authenticate with Google Cloud"
+        uses: "google-github-actions/auth@v1"
+        with:
+          credentials_json: "${{ secrets.GCLOUD_SA_KEY }}"
+
+      - name: "Set up Cloud SDK"
+        uses: "google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v1"
+
+      - name: Install gke-gcloud-auth-plugin
+        run: |
+          gcloud components install gke-gcloud-auth-plugin
+
+      - name: Setup kubectl
+        run: |
+          gcloud container clusters get-credentials dust-kube --region us-central1
+
+      - name: Build the image on Cloud Build
+        run: |
+          chmod +x ./k8s/cloud-build.sh
+          ./k8s/cloud-build.sh core ./Dockerfile ./core/
+
+      # - name: Deploy the image on Kubernetes
+      #   run: |
+      #     chmod +x ./k8s/deploy-image.sh
+      #     ./k8s/deploy-image.sh gcr.io/$GCLOUD_PROJECT_ID/core-image:${{ steps.short_sha.outputs.short_sha }} core-deployment
+      #     ./k8s/deploy-image.sh gcr.io/$GCLOUD_PROJECT_ID/core-image:${{ steps.short_sha.outputs.short_sha }} core-sqlite-worker-deployment
+
+      # - name: Wait for rollout to complete
+      #   run: |
+      #     echo "Waiting for rollout to complete (web)"
+      #     kubectl rollout status deployment/core-deployment --timeout=10m
+      #     echo "Waiting for rollout to complete (sqlite worker)"
+      #     kubectl rollout status deployment/core-sqlite-worker-deployment --timeout=10m
diff --git a/core/Dockerfile b/core/Dockerfile
index f0baef208bbd..dbe28c02a58f 100644
--- a/core/Dockerfile
+++ b/core/Dockerfile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 FROM rust:1.79.0 as core
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y vim redis-tools postgresql-client htop cmake
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y vim redis-tools postgresql-client htop cmake heaptrack
 
 WORKDIR /app