diff --git a/packages/kdot/cli.js b/packages/kdot/cli.js
index ad62c443..96325efb 100755
--- a/packages/kdot/cli.js
+++ b/packages/kdot/cli.js
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
 import path from 'path'
+import fs from 'fs'
 import cli from '@generates/cli'
+import execa from 'execa'
 import * as kdot from './index.js'
 import configure from './lib/configure/index.js'
 
@@ -41,10 +43,33 @@ const { _: [command, ...args], packageJson, ...input } = cli({
       alias: 'f',
       description: 'Specifies whether to exit on the first failure',
       default: false
+    },
+    detach: {
+      alias: 'd',
+      description: `
+        Detached mode: run the command in the background (helpful for
+        environments like continuous integration).
+      `
     }
   }
 })
 
+if (input.detach) {
+  const logStream = fs.createWriteStream('./kdot.log')
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    logStream.on('open', () => {
+      const opts = { detached: true, stdio: ['ignore', logStream, logStream] }
+      const p = execa('./cli.js', [], opts)
+      console.log('PID', p.pid)
+      resolve()
+    })
+  })
+} else {
+  process.stdout.write('process', process)
+}
+
+process.exit(0)
+
 //
 input.args = args
 
diff --git a/packages/kdot/package.json b/packages/kdot/package.json
index d045cc3c..ce442371 100644
--- a/packages/kdot/package.json
+++ b/packages/kdot/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "@kubernetes/client-node": "^0.13.2",
     "common-tags": "^1.8.0",
     "dotenv": "^8.2.0",
+    "execa": "^5.0.0",
     "killable": "^1.0.1"
   },
   "kdot": {
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index dc70e762..01d9caee 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1430,7 +1430,7 @@ cross-spawn@^6.0.0:
     shebang-command "^1.2.0"
     which "^1.2.9"
 
-cross-spawn@^7.0.1, cross-spawn@^7.0.2:
+cross-spawn@^7.0.1, cross-spawn@^7.0.2, cross-spawn@^7.0.3:
   version "7.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-7.0.3.tgz#f73a85b9d5d41d045551c177e2882d4ac85728a6"
   integrity sha512-iRDPJKUPVEND7dHPO8rkbOnPpyDygcDFtWjpeWNCgy8WP2rXcxXL8TskReQl6OrB2G7+UJrags1q15Fudc7G6w==
@@ -1995,6 +1995,21 @@ execa@^0.7.0:
     signal-exit "^3.0.0"
     strip-eof "^1.0.0"
 
+execa@^5.0.0:
+  version "5.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/execa/-/execa-5.0.0.tgz#4029b0007998a841fbd1032e5f4de86a3c1e3376"
+  integrity sha512-ov6w/2LCiuyO4RLYGdpFGjkcs0wMTgGE8PrkTHikeUy5iJekXyPIKUjifk5CsE0pt7sMCrMZ3YNqoCj6idQOnQ==
+  dependencies:
+    cross-spawn "^7.0.3"
+    get-stream "^6.0.0"
+    human-signals "^2.1.0"
+    is-stream "^2.0.0"
+    merge-stream "^2.0.0"
+    npm-run-path "^4.0.1"
+    onetime "^5.1.2"
+    signal-exit "^3.0.3"
+    strip-final-newline "^2.0.0"
+
 expand-brackets@^2.1.4:
   version "2.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/expand-brackets/-/expand-brackets-2.1.4.tgz#b77735e315ce30f6b6eff0f83b04151a22449622"
@@ -2300,6 +2315,11 @@ get-stream@^5.1.0:
   dependencies:
     pump "^3.0.0"
 
+get-stream@^6.0.0:
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/get-stream/-/get-stream-6.0.0.tgz#3e0012cb6827319da2706e601a1583e8629a6718"
+  integrity sha512-A1B3Bh1UmL0bidM/YX2NsCOTnGJePL9rO/M+Mw3m9f2gUpfokS0hi5Eah0WSUEWZdZhIZtMjkIYS7mDfOqNHbg==
+
 get-value@^2.0.3, get-value@^2.0.6:
   version "2.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/get-value/-/get-value-2.0.6.tgz#dc15ca1c672387ca76bd37ac0a395ba2042a2c28"
@@ -2559,6 +2579,11 @@ human-id@^1.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/human-id/-/human-id-1.0.2.tgz#e654d4b2b0d8b07e45da9f6020d8af17ec0a5df3"
   integrity sha512-UNopramDEhHJD+VR+ehk8rOslwSfByxPIZyJRfV739NDhN5LF1fa1MqnzKm2lGTQRjNrjK19Q5fhkgIfjlVUKw==
 
+human-signals@^2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/human-signals/-/human-signals-2.1.0.tgz#dc91fcba42e4d06e4abaed33b3e7a3c02f514ea0"
+  integrity sha512-B4FFZ6q/T2jhhksgkbEW3HBvWIfDW85snkQgawt07S7J5QXTk6BkNV+0yAeZrM5QpMAdYlocGoljn0sJ/WQkFw==
+
 iconv-lite@^0.4.24:
   version "0.4.24"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/iconv-lite/-/iconv-lite-0.4.24.tgz#2022b4b25fbddc21d2f524974a474aafe733908b"
@@ -2772,6 +2797,11 @@ is-stream@^1.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-stream/-/is-stream-1.1.0.tgz#12d4a3dd4e68e0b79ceb8dbc84173ae80d91ca44"
   integrity sha1-EtSj3U5o4Lec6428hBc66A2RykQ=
 
+is-stream@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-stream/-/is-stream-2.0.0.tgz#bde9c32680d6fae04129d6ac9d921ce7815f78e3"
+  integrity sha512-XCoy+WlUr7d1+Z8GgSuXmpuUFC9fOhRXglJMx+dwLKTkL44Cjd4W1Z5P+BQZpr+cR93aGP4S/s7Ftw6Nd/kiEw==
+
 is-string@^1.0.5:
   version "1.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/is-string/-/is-string-1.0.5.tgz#40493ed198ef3ff477b8c7f92f644ec82a5cd3a6"
@@ -3338,6 +3368,11 @@ mime-types@^2.1.12, mime-types@~2.1.19:
   dependencies:
     mime-db "1.45.0"
 
+mimic-fn@^2.1.0:
+  version "2.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mimic-fn/-/mimic-fn-2.1.0.tgz#7ed2c2ccccaf84d3ffcb7a69b57711fc2083401b"
+  integrity sha512-OqbOk5oEQeAZ8WXWydlu9HJjz9WVdEIvamMCcXmuqUYjTknH/sqsWvhQ3vgwKFRR1HpjvNBKQ37nbJgYzGqGcg==
+
 mimic-response@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mimic-response/-/mimic-response-1.0.1.tgz#4923538878eef42063cb8a3e3b0798781487ab1b"
@@ -3501,7 +3536,7 @@ normalize-url@^4.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/normalize-url/-/normalize-url-4.5.0.tgz#453354087e6ca96957bd8f5baf753f5982142129"
   integrity sha512-2s47yzUxdexf1OhyRi4Em83iQk0aPvwTddtFz4hnSSw9dCEsLEGf6SwIO8ss/19S9iBb5sJaOuTvTGDeZI00BQ==
 
-npm-run-path@4.0.1:
+npm-run-path@4.0.1, npm-run-path@^4.0.1:
   version "4.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/npm-run-path/-/npm-run-path-4.0.1.tgz#b7ecd1e5ed53da8e37a55e1c2269e0b97ed748ea"
   integrity sha512-S48WzZW777zhNIrn7gxOlISNAqi9ZC/uQFnRdbeIHhZhCA6UqpkOT8T1G7BvfdgP4Er8gF4sUbaS0i7QvIfCWw==
@@ -3597,6 +3632,13 @@ once@^1.3.0, once@^1.3.1, once@^1.4.0:
   dependencies:
     wrappy "1"
 
+onetime@^5.1.2:
+  version "5.1.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/onetime/-/onetime-5.1.2.tgz#d0e96ebb56b07476df1dd9c4806e5237985ca45e"
+  integrity sha512-kbpaSSGJTWdAY5KPVeMOKXSrPtr8C8C7wodJbcsd51jRnmD+GZu8Y0VoU6Dm5Z4vWr0Ig/1NKuWRKf7j5aaYSg==
+  dependencies:
+    mimic-fn "^2.1.0"
+
 openid-client@^4.1.1:
   version "4.2.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/openid-client/-/openid-client-4.2.2.tgz#ad958fafd5a535d5ce6a8d55d983f6d898f7eed7"
@@ -4294,7 +4336,7 @@ shellwords-ts@^3.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shellwords-ts/-/shellwords-ts-3.0.0.tgz#cd0679116dbe8581a8a0299b4f5f52a067ac79f2"
   integrity sha512-4uZTHR2P7zKRZmSoOiUCFK1K+5LlDxay/RVNWDDImnGG1/4r/dZ2Y3rzpo871Iche913yOgYeKrrxl+3vengFw==
 
-signal-exit@^3.0.0, signal-exit@^3.0.2:
+signal-exit@^3.0.0, signal-exit@^3.0.2, signal-exit@^3.0.3:
   version "3.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/signal-exit/-/signal-exit-3.0.3.tgz#a1410c2edd8f077b08b4e253c8eacfcaf057461c"
   integrity sha512-VUJ49FC8U1OxwZLxIbTTrDvLnf/6TDgxZcK8wxR8zs13xpx7xbG60ndBlhNrFi2EMuFRoeDoJO7wthSLq42EjA==
@@ -4527,6 +4569,11 @@ strip-eof@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-eof/-/strip-eof-1.0.0.tgz#bb43ff5598a6eb05d89b59fcd129c983313606bf"
   integrity sha1-u0P/VZim6wXYm1n80SnJgzE2Br8=
 
+strip-final-newline@^2.0.0:
+  version "2.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-final-newline/-/strip-final-newline-2.0.0.tgz#89b852fb2fcbe936f6f4b3187afb0a12c1ab58ad"
+  integrity sha512-BrpvfNAE3dcvq7ll3xVumzjKjZQ5tI1sEUIKr3Uoks0XUl45St3FlatVqef9prk4jRDzhW6WZg+3bk93y6pLjA==
+
 strip-indent@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/strip-indent/-/strip-indent-2.0.0.tgz#5ef8db295d01e6ed6cbf7aab96998d7822527b68"