diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3550a30f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 47a23b45..2a03df9f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,3 +30,4 @@ test_output/
 
 # Nix build output
 result
+.direnv/