diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-push.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-push.yml
index 8b4f249..1d381d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-push.yml
@@ -22,3 +22,15 @@ jobs:
           tag: "0.10.1"
           image_name: "upstream-daily-tests"
           quay_application_token: ${{ secrets.QUAY_IMAGE_SCLORG_UPDATE_DESC }}
+
+      - name: Build and push eol-checker image to quay.io registry
+        uses: sclorg/build-and-push-action@v4
+        with:
+          registry: "quay.io"
+          registry_namespace: "sclorg"
+          registry_username: ${{ secrets.QUAY_IMAGE_SCLORG_BUILDER_USERNAME }}
+          registry_token: ${{ secrets.QUAY_IMAGE_SCLORG_BUILDER_TOKEN }}
+          dockerfile: Dockerfile.eol-checker
+          tag: "0.10.2"
+          image_name: "upstream-eol-checker"
+          quay_application_token: ${{ secrets.QUAY_IMAGE_SCLORG_UPDATE_DESC }}
diff --git a/Dockerfile.eol-checker b/Dockerfile.eol-checker
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c68f236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Dockerfile.eol-checker
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+FROM quay.io/fedora/fedora:42
+
+ENV VERSION="42" \
+    RELEASE_UPSTREAM="0.10.2" \
+    HOME="/home/eol-checker" \
+    SUMMARY="EOL checker for SCL org projects" \
+    DESCRIPTION="This image is used to run EOL checker for SCL org projects in CI." \
+    NAME="eol-checker" \
+    WORK_DIR="/home/eol-checker/eol-checker"
+
+LABEL summary="${SUMMARY}" \
+    description="${DESCRIPTION}" \
+    io.k8s.description="${DESCRIPTION}" \
+    io.k8s.display-name="EOL Checker for SCL org projects" \
+    io.k8s.vendor="SCL org" \
+    architecture="x86_64"
+
+RUN dnf install -y python3.13-pip git && \
+    dnf clean all
+
+COPY requirements.sh requirements.txt "${WORK_DIR}"
+RUN bash "${WORK_DIR}/requirements.sh" && pip3 install -r "${WORK_DIR}/requirements.txt"
+
+COPY . /root/ci-scripts
+WORKDIR "${HOME}"
+
+# USER 900
+
+CMD ["/root/ci-scripts/eol-checker/eol-checker"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fc23f06..9deee4d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ shellcheck:
 
 build_images:
 	podman build -t quay.io/sclorg/upstream-daily-tests:0.10.1 -f Dockerfile.daily-tests .
+	podman build -t quay.io/sclorg/upstream-eol-checker:0.10.2 -f Dockerfile.eol-checker .
diff --git a/eol-checker/eol-checker b/eol-checker/eol-checker
index d497950..231cc05 100755
--- a/eol-checker/eol-checker
+++ b/eol-checker/eol-checker
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import sys
 import argparse
 import urllib3
 
-from eol_checker.custom_logger import setup_logger
 from eol_checker.checker import ContainerEolChecker
 
 urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
@@ -66,8 +65,7 @@ def main(args):
         The exit code. 0 if successful, 1 if error.
     """
     print(f"Arguments: {args}")
-    setup_logger(level=logging.DEBUG if args.debug else logging.INFO)
-    checker = ContainerEolChecker(send_email=args.send_email)
+    checker = ContainerEolChecker(debug=args.debug, send_email=args.send_email)
     checker.run()
     sys.exit(0)
 
diff --git a/eol-checker/eol_checker/checker.py b/eol-checker/eol_checker/checker.py
index 773e62a..de1365e 100755
--- a/eol-checker/eol_checker/checker.py
+++ b/eol-checker/eol_checker/checker.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List
 
 from eol_checker.jira import JiraFetcher
+from eol_checker.custom_logger import setup_logger
 from eol_checker.yaml_loader import YamlLoader
 from eol_checker.utils import (
     get_jira_ticket_url,
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class ContainerEolChecker(object):
     Checker for container image EOL dates from lifecycle YAML.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, send_email: bool = False):
+    def __init__(self, debug: bool = False, send_email: bool = False):
         self.today = date.today()
         self.lifecycle_data: Any = None
         self.eol_images: dict = {}
@@ -68,7 +69,19 @@ def __init__(self, send_email: bool = False):
         self.container_to_analyze: str = ""
         self.jira_fetcher = JiraFetcher()
         self.eol_sme_mails = load_mails_from_environment()
-        self.send_email = send_email
+        # Used for OpenShift CronJob
+        env_debug = os.getenv("DEBUG")
+        debug_enabled = (
+            debug if env_debug is None else env_debug.strip().lower() in {"1", "true", "yes", "on"}
+        )
+        self._setup_logger(debug=debug_enabled)
+
+        env_send_email = os.getenv("SEND_EMAIL")
+        self.send_email = (
+            send_email
+            if env_send_email is None
+            else env_send_email.strip().lower() in {"1", "true", "yes", "on"}
+        )
         self.smtp_port = 25
         self.smtp_server = "smtp.redhat.com"
         self.end_line = "<br>" if self.send_email else "\n"
@@ -76,6 +89,18 @@ def __init__(self, send_email: bool = False):
         self.bold_line_end = "</b>" if self.send_email else ""
         self.mime_msg = MIMEMultipart()
         self.body = ""
+        self.debug = bool(os.getenv("DEBUG", "False"))
+
+    def _setup_logger(self, debug: bool = False):
+        """
+        Setup the logger.
+        Args:
+            debug: The debug flag.
+        """
+        if debug:
+            setup_logger(level=logging.DEBUG)
+        else:
+            setup_logger(level=logging.INFO)
 
     def check_enddate(self, lifecycle: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
         """
@@ -159,7 +184,6 @@ def summary_for_images(self, images: dict, os_name: str, eol_type: bool = True)
         report += (
             self.bold_line + f"Summary report for {os_name}:" + self.bold_line_end + self.end_line
         )
-        report += self.end_line + "\n"
         logger.debug("EOL images: '%s'", images)
         for container_name, values in images[os_name].items():
             logger.info("Processing container: '%s' with values: '%s'", container_name, values)
@@ -196,6 +220,8 @@ def summary_report(self) -> str:
             The summary report.
         """
         report = "\n"
+        if self.jira_fetcher.jira is None:
+            report += "The EOL checker is not able to connect to Jira. Update the Jira credentials in the environment variables."
         for os_name in OS_NAMES:
             if len(self.already_eol_images[os_name]) != 0:
                 report += self.summary_for_images(images=self.already_eol_images, os_name=os_name)
@@ -243,7 +269,6 @@ def send_emails(self):
         logger.debug(", ".join(self.default_mails))
         self.smtp_server = get_env_variable("SMTP_SERVER", "smtp.redhat.com")
         self.smtp_port = int(get_env_variable("SMTP_PORT", "25"))
-        self.send_email = bool(get_env_variable("SEND_EMAIL", "False"))
 
         send_from = "phracek@redhat.com"
         send_to = self.default_mails
diff --git a/eol-checker/tests/test_checker.py b/eol-checker/tests/test_checker.py
index e13f73b..aa8d59a 100644
--- a/eol-checker/tests/test_checker.py
+++ b/eol-checker/tests/test_checker.py
@@ -220,7 +220,10 @@ def test_summary_report_returns_newlines_when_no_images(checker):
         checker.approaching_eol_images[os_name] = {}
         checker.already_eol_images[os_name] = {}
 
-    assert checker.summary_report() == "\n\n"
+    assert (
+        checker.summary_report()
+        == "\nThe EOL checker is not able to connect to Jira. Update the Jira credentials in the environment variables.\n"
+    )
 
 
 def test_analyze_containers_skips_when_yaml_url_missing(checker):