diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3550a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a62cdf0..fee8e24 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 .jekyll-metadata
 _site
 source/.jekyll-image-optim-cache
+.direnv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d8c896..0000000
--- a/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-with import <nixpkgs> { };
-let
-  jekyll_env = pkgs.bundlerEnv {
-    name = "jekyll_env";
-    ruby = pkgs.ruby;
-
-    gemdir = ./.;
-  };
-in pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "vampysite";
-
-  buildInputs = with pkgs; [
-    jekyll_env
-    # nokogiri dependencies
-    zlib
-    libiconv
-    libxml2
-    libxslt
-    nodejs-slim
-  ];
-
-  shellHook = ''
-    exec bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload
-  '';
-}
-
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbced1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1682092588,
+        "narHash": "sha256-NjKBPnScpbGiH/YOx74DIFOVkr5AKJOVZoy0l7J58gk=",
+        "owner": "AgathaSorceress",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "bdd3dc5aa8435b66f14636550223a9b3a50e534d",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "AgathaSorceress",
+        "ref": "image-optim-pack-cleanup",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "utils": "utils"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681202837,
+        "narHash": "sha256-H+Rh19JDwRtpVPAWp64F+rlEtxUWBAQW28eAi3SRSzg=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "cfacdce06f30d2b68473a46042957675eebb3401",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58d0da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:AgathaSorceress/nixpkgs/image-optim-pack-cleanup";
+    utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, utils }:
+    utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system;
+          config.allowUnfree = true;
+        };
+        lib = pkgs.lib;
+        jekyll_env = pkgs.bundlerEnv {
+          name = "jekyll_env";
+          inherit (pkgs) ruby;
+
+          gemdir = ./.;
+        };
+        deps = with pkgs; [
+          jekyll_env
+          # nokogiri dependencies
+          zlib
+          libiconv
+          libxml2
+          libxslt
+          # jekyll wants a JS runtime
+          nodejs-slim
+        ];
+        image_optim_deps = with pkgs; [
+          pngout
+          advancecomp
+          optipng
+          pngquant
+          jhead
+          jpegoptim
+          jpeg-archive
+          libjpeg
+        ];
+        path = ''
+          PATH="${
+            lib.escapeShellArg (lib.makeBinPath image_optim_deps)
+          }":$PATH'';
+      in {
+        packages.default = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation {
+          name = "vampysite";
+          src = ./.;
+
+          buildInputs = deps;
+
+          buildPhase = ''
+            export ${path}
+
+            bundle exec jekyll build 
+          '';
+
+          installPhase = ''
+            mkdir -p $out
+            cp -r _site/* $out/
+          '';
+
+        };
+        devShells = with pkgs; {
+          default = mkShell {
+            buildInputs = deps;
+            shellHook = "export ${path}";
+          };
+          run = mkShell {
+            buildInputs = deps;
+            shellHook = ''
+              export ${path}
+              exec bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload
+            '';
+          };
+        };
+      });
+}