diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index c635306..ae36398 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,28 @@ permissions:
   packages: write
 
 jobs:
+  charts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - run: git fetch --force --tags
+      - uses: azure/setup-helm@v3
+        with:
+          version: latest
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - run: |
+          ref="$GITHUB_REF_NAME"
+          chart_version="0.2.2"
+          echo "$GITHUB_TOKEN" | helm registry login ghcr.io --username=oauth-token --password-stdin
+          cp README.md charts/gitlab-goproxy/
+          helm package charts/gitlab-goproxy --app-version "$ref" --version "$chart_version"
+          
+          echo "Creating chart release $ref / $chart_version"
+          helm push "gitlab-goproxy-$chart_version.tgz" "oci://ghcr.io/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/helm-charts"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
   goreleaser:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 537ec64..6ca592f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,38 @@
 # GitLab GoProxy
 
 This project contains an implementation of the [`GOPROXY` protocol](https://go.dev/ref/mod#goproxy-protocol) that stores data in the [GitLab Generic Package Repository](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/packages/generic_packages/).
+
+## Getting started
+
+1. In GitLab, create a project that you intend on using to store packages.
+    > We recommend creating a new project otherwise it will make it hard to find any pre-existing packages.
+2. Create a [project](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/settings/project_access_tokens.html) or group access token with the `api` scope.
+3. Create a Kubernetes secret using the token we just created:
+    ```shell
+    export GOPROXY_TOKEN=<token we just got>
+    kubectl create secret generic goproxy-token --from-literal=token=$GOPROXY_TOKEN
+    ```
+4. Create a `values.yaml` file with at least the following:
+    ```yaml
+    gitlab:
+      url: https://gitlab.example.com
+      projectId: 123 # numeric ID of the project we created
+      tokenSecretRef:
+        name: goproxy-token
+        key: token
+    ```
+    There's plenty more that can be figured, but we will leave that as an exercise to the reader.
+5. Deploy the application:
+    ```shell
+    helm install goproxy oci://ghcr.io/djcass44/gitlab-goproxy/helm-charts/gitlab-goproxy -f values.yaml
+    ```
+   > We recommend using a GitOps tool (e.g., FluxCD, ArgoCD) rather than doing this manually.
+   
+## Usage
+
+Once the application has been deployed, using it is as simple as setting the `GOPROXY` environment variable:
+
+```shell
+export GOPROXY="https://goproxy.example.org"
+go mod download
+```
diff --git a/artifacthub-repo.yml b/artifacthub-repo.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bc8360a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/artifacthub-repo.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+repositoryID: "68bdb7e5-dc94-424f-9939-ab27d64f5cb2"
+owners:
+  - name: djcass44
+    email: django@dcas.dev
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/charts/gitlab-goproxy/.helmignore b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/.helmignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e8a0eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/.helmignore
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Patterns to ignore when building packages.
+# This supports shell glob matching, relative path matching, and
+# negation (prefixed with !). Only one pattern per line.
+.DS_Store
+# Common VCS dirs
+.git/
+.gitignore
+.bzr/
+.bzrignore
+.hg/
+.hgignore
+.svn/
+# Common backup files
+*.swp
+*.bak
+*.tmp
+*.orig
+*~
+# Various IDEs
+.project
+.idea/
+*.tmproj
+.vscode/
diff --git a/charts/gitlab-goproxy/Chart.yaml b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/Chart.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b1209a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/Chart.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+apiVersion: v2
+name: gitlab-goproxy
+description: A Helm chart for Kubernetes
+
+# A chart can be either an 'application' or a 'library' chart.
+#
+# Application charts are a collection of templates that can be packaged into versioned archives
+# to be deployed.
+#
+# Library charts provide useful utilities or functions for the chart developer. They're included as
+# a dependency of application charts to inject those utilities and functions into the rendering
+# pipeline. Library charts do not define any templates and therefore cannot be deployed.
+type: application
+
+# This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
+# to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
+# Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
+version: 0.0.0
+
+# This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
+# incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
+# follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
+# It is recommended to use it with quotes.
+appVersion: "0.0.0"
diff --git a/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/NOTES.txt b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/NOTES.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a8dd2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+1. Get the application URL by running these commands:
+{{- if .Values.ingress.enabled }}
+{{- range $host := .Values.ingress.hosts }}
+  {{- range .paths }}
+  http{{ if $.Values.ingress.tls }}s{{ end }}://{{ $host.host }}{{ .path }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- else if contains "NodePort" .Values.service.type }}
+  export NODE_PORT=$(kubectl get --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.spec.ports[0].nodePort}" services {{ include "gitlab-goproxy.fullname" . }})
+  export NODE_IP=$(kubectl get nodes --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -o jsonpath="{.items[0].status.addresses[0].address}")
+  echo http://$NODE_IP:$NODE_PORT
+{{- else if contains "LoadBalancer" .Values.service.type }}
+     NOTE: It may take a few minutes for the LoadBalancer IP to be available.
+           You can watch the status of by running 'kubectl get --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} svc -w {{ include "gitlab-goproxy.fullname" . }}'
+  export SERVICE_IP=$(kubectl get svc --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} {{ include "gitlab-goproxy.fullname" . }} --template "{{"{{ range (index .status.loadBalancer.ingress 0) }}{{.}}{{ end }}"}}")
+  echo http://$SERVICE_IP:{{ .Values.service.port }}
+{{- else if contains "ClusterIP" .Values.service.type }}
+  export POD_NAME=$(kubectl get pods --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} -l "app.kubernetes.io/name={{ include "gitlab-goproxy.name" . }},app.kubernetes.io/instance={{ .Release.Name }}" -o jsonpath="{.items[0].metadata.name}")
+  export CONTAINER_PORT=$(kubectl get pod --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} $POD_NAME -o jsonpath="{.spec.containers[0].ports[0].containerPort}")
+  echo "Visit http://127.0.0.1:8080 to use your application"
+  kubectl --namespace {{ .Release.Namespace }} port-forward $POD_NAME 8080:$CONTAINER_PORT
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/_helpers.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a92e55f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+{{/*
+Expand the name of the chart.
+*/}}
+{{- define "gitlab-goproxy.name" -}}
+{{- default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create a default fully qualified app name.
+We truncate at 63 chars because some Kubernetes name fields are limited to this (by the DNS naming spec).
+If release name contains chart name it will be used as a full name.
+*/}}
+{{- define "gitlab-goproxy.fullname" -}}
+{{- if .Values.fullnameOverride }}
+{{- .Values.fullnameOverride | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- $name := default .Chart.Name .Values.nameOverride }}
+{{- if contains $name .Release.Name }}
+{{- .Release.Name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Release.Name $name | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create chart name and version as used by the chart label.
+*/}}
+{{- define "gitlab-goproxy.chart" -}}
+{{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Common labels
+*/}}
+{{- define "gitlab-goproxy.labels" -}}
+helm.sh/chart: {{ include "gitlab-goproxy.chart" . }}
+{{ include "gitlab-goproxy.selectorLabels" . }}
+{{- if .Chart.AppVersion }}
+app.kubernetes.io/version: {{ .Chart.AppVersion | quote }}
+{{- end }}
+app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Selector labels
+*/}}
+{{- define "gitlab-goproxy.selectorLabels" -}}
+app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "gitlab-goproxy.name" . }}
+app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{/*
+Create the name of the service account to use
+*/}}
+{{- define "gitlab-goproxy.serviceAccountName" -}}
+{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create }}
+{{- default (include "gitlab-goproxy.fullname" .) .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
+{{- else }}
+{{- default "default" .Values.serviceAccount.name }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a9b5773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "gitlab-goproxy.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "gitlab-goproxy.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  {{- if not .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
+  replicas: {{ .Values.replicaCount }}
+  {{- end }}
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      {{- include "gitlab-goproxy.selectorLabels" . | nindent 6 }}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      {{- with .Values.podAnnotations }}
+      annotations:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      labels:
+        {{- include "gitlab-goproxy.selectorLabels" . | nindent 8 }}
+    spec:
+      {{- with .Values.imagePullSecrets }}
+      imagePullSecrets:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      serviceAccountName: {{ include "gitlab-goproxy.serviceAccountName" . }}
+      securityContext:
+        {{- toYaml .Values.podSecurityContext | nindent 8 }}
+      volumes:
+        - name: tmp
+          emptyDir: {}
+      containers:
+        - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
+          securityContext:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.securityContext | nindent 12 }}
+          image: "{{ .Values.image.registry }}/{{ .Values.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}"
+          imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.image.pullPolicy }}
+          env:
+            - name: APP_GITLAB_URL
+              value: {{ .Values.gitlab.url }}
+            - name: APP_GITLAB_PROJECT_ID
+              value: {{ .Values.gitlab.projectId | quote }}
+            - name: APP_GITLAB_TOKEN
+              valueFrom:
+                secretKeyRef:
+                  name: {{ .Values.gitlab.tokenSecretRef.name }}
+                  key: {{ .Values.gitlab.tokenSecretRef.key }}
+            - name: APP_GITLAB_HIDE_PACKAGES
+              value: {{ .Values.gitlab.hidePackages | quote }}
+          ports:
+            - name: http
+              containerPort: 8080
+              protocol: TCP
+            - name: probes
+              containerPort: 8081
+              protocol: TCP
+          volumeMounts:
+            - mountPath: /tmp
+              name: tmp
+          livenessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /livez
+              port: probes
+          readinessProbe:
+            httpGet:
+              path: /readyz
+              port: probes
+          resources:
+            {{- toYaml .Values.resources | nindent 12 }}
+      {{- with .Values.nodeSelector }}
+      nodeSelector:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.affinity }}
+      affinity:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
+      {{- with .Values.tolerations }}
+      tolerations:
+        {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
+      {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/hpa.yaml b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/hpa.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67afdf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/hpa.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{{- if .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
+apiVersion: autoscaling/v2beta1
+kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "gitlab-goproxy.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "gitlab-goproxy.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  scaleTargetRef:
+    apiVersion: apps/v1
+    kind: Deployment
+    name: {{ include "gitlab-goproxy.fullname" . }}
+  minReplicas: {{ .Values.autoscaling.minReplicas }}
+  maxReplicas: {{ .Values.autoscaling.maxReplicas }}
+  metrics:
+    {{- if .Values.autoscaling.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage }}
+    - type: Resource
+      resource:
+        name: cpu
+        targetAverageUtilization: {{ .Values.autoscaling.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage }}
+    {{- end }}
+    {{- if .Values.autoscaling.targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage }}
+    - type: Resource
+      resource:
+        name: memory
+        targetAverageUtilization: {{ .Values.autoscaling.targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage }}
+    {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/ingress.yaml b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/ingress.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e61d262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{{- if .Values.ingress.enabled -}}
+{{- $fullName := include "gitlab-goproxy.fullname" . -}}
+{{- $svcPort := .Values.service.port -}}
+{{- if and .Values.ingress.className (not (semverCompare ">=1.18-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.GitVersion)) }}
+  {{- if not (hasKey .Values.ingress.annotations "kubernetes.io/ingress.class") }}
+  {{- $_ := set .Values.ingress.annotations "kubernetes.io/ingress.class" .Values.ingress.className}}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if semverCompare ">=1.19-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.GitVersion -}}
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+{{- else if semverCompare ">=1.14-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.GitVersion -}}
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
+{{- else -}}
+apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
+{{- end }}
+kind: Ingress
+metadata:
+  name: {{ $fullName }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "gitlab-goproxy.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- with .Values.ingress.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+spec:
+  {{- if and .Values.ingress.className (semverCompare ">=1.18-0" .Capabilities.KubeVersion.GitVersion) }}
+  ingressClassName: {{ .Values.ingress.className }}
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- if .Values.ingress.tls }}
+  tls:
+    {{- range .Values.ingress.tls }}
+    - hosts:
+        {{- range .hosts }}
+        - {{ . | quote }}
+        {{- end }}
+      secretName: {{ .secretName }}
+    {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+  rules:
+    {{- range .Values.ingress.hosts }}
+    - host: {{ .host | quote }}
+      http:
+        paths:
+          {{- range .paths }}
+          - path: {{ .path }}
+            {{- if and .pathType (semverCompare ">=1.18-0" $.Capabilities.KubeVersion.GitVersion) }}
+            pathType: {{ .pathType }}
+            {{- end }}
+            backend:
+              {{- if semverCompare ">=1.19-0" $.Capabilities.KubeVersion.GitVersion }}
+              service:
+                name: {{ $fullName }}
+                port:
+                  number: {{ $svcPort }}
+              {{- else }}
+              serviceName: {{ $fullName }}
+              servicePort: {{ $svcPort }}
+              {{- end }}
+          {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/service.yaml b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/service.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..214db52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/service.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Service
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "gitlab-goproxy.fullname" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "gitlab-goproxy.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+spec:
+  type: {{ .Values.service.type }}
+  ports:
+    - port: {{ .Values.service.port }}
+      targetPort: http
+      protocol: TCP
+      name: http
+  selector:
+    {{- include "gitlab-goproxy.selectorLabels" . | nindent 4 }}
diff --git a/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/serviceaccount.yaml b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e4ba52e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/templates/serviceaccount.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{{- if .Values.serviceAccount.create -}}
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: ServiceAccount
+metadata:
+  name: {{ include "gitlab-goproxy.serviceAccountName" . }}
+  labels:
+    {{- include "gitlab-goproxy.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- with .Values.serviceAccount.annotations }}
+  annotations:
+    {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
+  {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/gitlab-goproxy/values.yaml b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/values.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b9a892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/gitlab-goproxy/values.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+# Default values for gitlab-goproxy.
+# This is a YAML-formatted file.
+# Declare variables to be passed into your templates.
+
+gitlab:
+  url: ""
+  tokenSecretRef:
+    name: ""
+    key: ""
+  projectId: 0
+  hidePackages: false
+
+replicaCount: 1
+
+image:
+  registry: ghcr.io
+  repository: djcass44/gitlab-goproxy
+  pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  # Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion.
+  tag: ""
+
+imagePullSecrets: []
+nameOverride: ""
+fullnameOverride: ""
+
+serviceAccount:
+  # Specifies whether a service account should be created
+  create: true
+  # Annotations to add to the service account
+  annotations: {}
+  # The name of the service account to use.
+  # If not set and create is true, a name is generated using the fullname template
+  name: ""
+
+podAnnotations: {}
+
+podSecurityContext: {}
+  # fsGroup: 2000
+
+securityContext: {}
+  # capabilities:
+  #   drop:
+  #   - ALL
+  # readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+  # runAsNonRoot: true
+  # runAsUser: 1000
+
+service:
+  type: ClusterIP
+  port: 80
+
+ingress:
+  enabled: false
+  className: ""
+  annotations: {}
+    # kubernetes.io/ingress.class: nginx
+    # kubernetes.io/tls-acme: "true"
+  hosts:
+    - host: chart-example.local
+      paths:
+        - path: /
+          pathType: ImplementationSpecific
+  tls: []
+  #  - secretName: chart-example-tls
+  #    hosts:
+  #      - chart-example.local
+
+resources: {}
+  # We usually recommend not to specify default resources and to leave this as a conscious
+  # choice for the user. This also increases chances charts run on environments with little
+  # resources, such as Minikube. If you do want to specify resources, uncomment the following
+  # lines, adjust them as necessary, and remove the curly braces after 'resources:'.
+  # limits:
+  #   cpu: 100m
+  #   memory: 128Mi
+  # requests:
+  #   cpu: 100m
+  #   memory: 128Mi
+
+autoscaling:
+  enabled: false
+  minReplicas: 1
+  maxReplicas: 100
+  targetCPUUtilizationPercentage: 80
+  # targetMemoryUtilizationPercentage: 80
+
+nodeSelector: {}
+
+tolerations: []
+
+affinity: {}
diff --git a/cmd/ggp/main.go b/cmd/ggp/main.go
index f9b7be9..8834456 100644
--- a/cmd/ggp/main.go
+++ b/cmd/ggp/main.go
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ type environment struct {
 	Port     int `envconfig:"PORT" default:"8080"`
 	LogLevel int `split_words:"true"`
 	GitLab   struct {
-		URL       string `split_words:"true" required:"true"`
-		Token     string `split_words:"true" required:"true"`
-		ProjectID int    `split_words:"true" required:"true"`
+		URL          string `split_words:"true" required:"true"`
+		Token        string `split_words:"true" required:"true"`
+		ProjectID    int    `split_words:"true" required:"true"`
+		HidePackages bool   `split_words:"true"`
 	}
 }
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ func main() {
 	router.Use(logging.Middleware(log))
 
 	router.PathPrefix("/").Handler(&goproxy.Goproxy{
-		Cacher:        cache.NewGitLabCache(git, e.GitLab.ProjectID),
+		Cacher:        cache.NewGitLabCache(git, e.GitLab.ProjectID, e.GitLab.HidePackages),
 		ProxiedSUMDBs: nil,
 	})
 
diff --git a/internal/cache/gitlab.go b/internal/cache/gitlab.go
index 0b71a50..87d38c7 100644
--- a/internal/cache/gitlab.go
+++ b/internal/cache/gitlab.go
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
-func NewGitLabCache(client *gitlab.Client, projectId int) *GitLabCache {
+func NewGitLabCache(client *gitlab.Client, projectId int, hidePackages bool) *GitLabCache {
 	return &GitLabCache{
-		client:    client,
-		projectId: projectId,
+		client:       client,
+		projectId:    projectId,
+		hidePackages: hidePackages,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -58,11 +59,12 @@ func (c *GitLabCache) Get(ctx context.Context, name string) (io.ReadCloser, erro
 	}
 
 	// return the data
+	log.Info("located cached module")
 	return io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(data)), nil
 }
 
 func (c *GitLabCache) Put(ctx context.Context, name string, content io.ReadSeeker) error {
-	log := logr.FromContextOrDiscard(ctx).WithValues("name", name)
+	log := logr.FromContextOrDiscard(ctx).WithValues("name", name, "hidden", c.hidePackages)
 	log.Info("uploading module to cache")
 
 	pkg, err := parser.NewPackage(name)
@@ -71,11 +73,18 @@ func (c *GitLabCache) Put(ctx context.Context, name string, content io.ReadSeeke
 	}
 
 	// upload the given data
-	_, _, err = c.client.GenericPackages.PublishPackageFile(c.projectId, safeName(pkg.Name), pkg.Version, safeName(pkg.String()), content, &gitlab.PublishPackageFileOptions{})
+	status := gitlab.PackageDefault
+	if c.hidePackages {
+		status = gitlab.PackageHidden
+	}
+	_, _, err = c.client.GenericPackages.PublishPackageFile(c.projectId, safeName(pkg.Name), pkg.Version, safeName(pkg.String()), content, &gitlab.PublishPackageFileOptions{
+		Status: gitlab.GenericPackageStatus(status),
+	})
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error(err, "failed to publish package")
 		return err
 	}
+	log.Info("successfully published package")
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/cache/types.go b/internal/cache/types.go
index 27304d5..9d8d6f7 100644
--- a/internal/cache/types.go
+++ b/internal/cache/types.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ package cache
 import "github.com/xanzy/go-gitlab"
 
 type GitLabCache struct {
-	client    *gitlab.Client
-	projectId int
+	client       *gitlab.Client
+	projectId    int
+	hidePackages bool
 }