diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 0ccdb74..d1d3708 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-source 'https://rubygems.org'
+# frozen_string_literal: true
 
-gem "github-pages", group: :jekyll_plugins
+source "https://rubygems.org"
+
+gemspec
 
-# enable tzinfo-data for local build
-# gem 'tzinfo-data', platforms: [:mingw, :mswin, :x64_mingw]
-gem 'jekyll-paginate'
diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 6ee371d..ed49702 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -196,6 +196,7 @@ exclude:
   - Gemfile.lock
   - LICENSE
   - README.md
+  - screenshot.png
   - docs/
 
 plugins:
diff --git a/beautiful-jekyll-theme.gemspec b/beautiful-jekyll-theme.gemspec
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80a32dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/beautiful-jekyll-theme.gemspec
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
+  spec.name          = "beautiful-jekyll-theme"
+  spec.version       = "2.0.0"
+  spec.authors       = ["Dean Attali"]
+  spec.email         = ["daattali@gmail.com"]
+
+  spec.summary       = "Beautiful Jekyll is a ready-to-use Jekyll theme to help you create an awesome website quickly. Perfect for personal blogs or simple project websites, with a focus on responsive and clean design."
+  spec.homepage      = "https://deanattali.com/beautiful-jekyll"
+  spec.license       = "MIT"
+
+  spec.files         = `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0").select { |f| f.match(%r{^(assets|_layouts|_includes|LICENSE|README|feed|404|_data|tags|stfaticman)}i) }
+
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll", "~> 3.8"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll-paginate", "~> 1.1"
+  spec.add_runtime_dependency "jekyll-sitemap", "~> 1.4"
+
+  spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", ">= 1.16"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rake", "~> 12.0"
+end
diff --git a/screenshot.png b/screenshot.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c48110
Binary files /dev/null and b/screenshot.png differ