diff --git a/pkgs/oizys/cmd/ci.go b/pkgs/oizys/cmd/ci.go
index 94870ab..8da5364 100644
--- a/pkgs/oizys/cmd/ci.go
+++ b/pkgs/oizys/cmd/ci.go
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"oizys/internal/oizys"
+	"oizys/internal/github"
+	"os"
 
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
@@ -12,11 +14,28 @@ var ciCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "ci",
 	Short: "offload build to GHA",
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		oizys.CI(args...)
+		inputs := make(map[string]interface{})
+		if includeLock {
+			log.Debug("including lock file in inputs")
+			inputs["lockFile"] = readLockFile()
+		}
+		github.CreateDispatch("build.yml", ref, inputs)
 	},
 }
 
+var includeLock bool
+var ref string
+
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(ciCmd)
-
+	ciCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&includeLock, "lockfile", false, "include lock file in inputs")
+	ciCmd.Flags().StringVar(&ref, "ref", "main", "git ref to trigger workflow on")
+}
+
+func readLockFile() string {
+	dat, err := os.ReadFile("flake.lock")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to read flake.lock", "err", err)
+	}
+	return string(dat)
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/oizys/internal/github/main.go b/pkgs/oizys/internal/github/main.go
index 008ad5d..0e67cc7 100644
--- a/pkgs/oizys/internal/github/main.go
+++ b/pkgs/oizys/internal/github/main.go
@@ -152,3 +152,27 @@ func ReadMarkdownFromZip(zipData []byte, fileName string) (string, error) {
 	// Return the markdown content as string
 	return string(content), nil
 }
+
+// func CI(rest ...string) {
+// 	args := []string{
+// 		"workflow", "run", "build.yml",
+// 		"-F", fmt.Sprintf("hosts=%s", o.host),
+// 	}
+// 	args = append(args, rest...)
+// 	cmd := exec.Command("gh", args...)
+// 	e.ExitWithCommand(cmd)
+// }
+
+func CreateDispatch(workflowFileName string, ref string, inputs map[string]interface{}) {
+	event := github.CreateWorkflowDispatchEventRequest{Ref: ref, Inputs: inputs}
+	_, err := client.Actions.CreateWorkflowDispatchEventByFileName(
+		context.Background(),
+		"daylinmorgan",
+		"oizys",
+		workflowFileName,
+		event,
+	)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal("failed to dispatch event", "filename", workflowFileName, "err", err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/oizys/internal/oizys/main.go b/pkgs/oizys/internal/oizys/main.go
index a9d3347..2e29c6f 100644
--- a/pkgs/oizys/internal/oizys/main.go
+++ b/pkgs/oizys/internal/oizys/main.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io/fs"
 	"oizys/internal/git"
+	// "oizys/internal/github"
 	"oizys/internal/ui"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
@@ -316,16 +317,6 @@ func CacheBuild(rest ...string) {
 	e.ExitWithCommand(cmd)
 }
 
-func CI(rest ...string) {
-	args := []string{
-		"workflow", "run", "build.yml",
-		"-F", fmt.Sprintf("hosts=%s", o.host),
-	}
-	args = append(args, rest...)
-	cmd := exec.Command("gh", args...)
-	e.ExitWithCommand(cmd)
-}
-
 func UpdateRepo() {
 	log.Info("rebasing HEAD on origin/flake-lock")
 	o.repo.Fetch()