diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 667502a..be43199 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ build-v6.6-debian-13-riscv64:
     - ./05_generate_payload.bin.sh
     - ./06_generate_debian_console_root.sh
     - ./07_create_sdcard_img.sh
-    - xz -vT8 deploy/images/sdcard.img
     - tree -s deploy/
     - cp -v deploy/images/sdcard.img.xz ./deploy/
     - cp -v deploy/images/sdcard.bmap ./deploy/
+    - cp -v deploy/images/image.yml.txt ./deploy/
   artifacts:
     when: on_success
     expire_in: 4 week
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ build-v6.6-debian-13-riscv64:
       - "deploy/sdcard.img.xz"
       - "deploy/sdcard.bmap"
       - "deploy/readme.md"
+      - "deploy/image.yml.txt"
 
 build-v6.6-ubuntu-2404-riscv64:
   image: robertcnelson/beagle-devscripts-kernel-debian-12-amd64:latest
@@ -70,10 +71,10 @@ build-v6.6-ubuntu-2404-riscv64:
     - ./05_generate_payload.bin.sh
     - ./06_generate_ubuntu_console_root.sh
     - ./07_create_sdcard_img.sh
-    - xz -vT8 deploy/images/sdcard.img
     - tree -s deploy/
     - cp -v deploy/images/sdcard.img.xz ./deploy/
     - cp -v deploy/images/sdcard.bmap ./deploy/
+    - cp -v deploy/images/image.yml.txt ./deploy/
   artifacts:
     when: on_success
     expire_in: 4 week
@@ -82,3 +83,4 @@ build-v6.6-ubuntu-2404-riscv64:
       - "deploy/sdcard.img.xz"
       - "deploy/sdcard.bmap"
       - "deploy/readme.md"
+      - "deploy/image.yml.txt"
diff --git a/07_create_sdcard_img.sh b/07_create_sdcard_img.sh
index ab41ffe..d2eea0b 100755
--- a/07_create_sdcard_img.sh
+++ b/07_create_sdcard_img.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ if [ ! -f ./images/sdcard.img ]; then
 	exit 2
 fi
 
+extract_size=$(du -b ./images/sdcard.img | awk '{print $1}')
+echo "  extract_size: ${extract_size}" > ./images/image.yml.txt
+
+extract_sha256=$(sha256sum ./images/sdcard.img | awk '{print $1}')
+echo "  extract_sha256: ${extract_sha256}" >> ./images/image.yml.txt
+
 if [ -f /usr/bin/bmaptool ] ; then
 	if [ -f ./images/sdcard.bmap ] ; then
 		rm -rf ./images/sdcard.bmap || true
@@ -37,4 +43,22 @@ if [ -f /usr/bin/bmaptool ] ; then
 	/usr/bin/bmaptool -d create -o ./images/sdcard.bmap ./images/sdcard.img
 fi
 
+xz -T0 -z ./images/sdcard.img
+
+if [ ! -f ./images/sdcard.img.xz ]; then
+	echo "Error: ./images/sdcard.img.xz was not generated"
+	exit 2
+fi
+
+image_download_size=$(du -b ./images/sdcard.img.xz | awk '{print $1}')
+echo "  image_download_size: ${image_download_size}" >> ./images/image.yml.txt
+
+image_download_sha256=$(sha256sum ./images/sdcard.img.xz | awk '{print $1}')
+echo "  image_download_sha256: ${image_download_sha256}" >> ./images/image.yml.txt
+
+TIME=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+
+echo "  release_date: '${TIME}'" >> ./images/image.yml.txt
+echo "  init_format: sysconf" >> ./images/image.yml.txt
+
 #