diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5ac08c2..34583dc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@
 
 abercompsoc\.github\.io\.iml
 /.sass-cache/
+
+_site
+.jekyll-cache
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 72ff3cc..f44480b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,25 +1,19 @@
-abercompsoc.github.io
-=====================
+# abercompsoc.github.io
 
-A jekell site cargo-culted from [daktilo](https://github.com/kronik3r/daktilo).
+A jekyll site cargo-culted from [daktilo](https://github.com/kronik3r/daktilo).
 
-Developing
-----------
+## Developing
 
-If you're lucky enough to be running NixOS, run:
+1) Install Jekyll. For more info see the [installation guide](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/installation/).
+If you're lucky enough to be running Nix, run:
 
 ```bash
-$ nix-shell . --run "jekyll s"
+nix develop # to use the flake
+nix-shell # to use the shell.nix
 ```
 
-in this directory to generate and serve the site locally.
-
-If you're on another platform, you'll need to install jekyll manually, then
-run:
+2) Run the following command to start the Jekyll server:
 
 ```bash
-$ jekyll s
+jekyll s
 ```
-    
-See the [installation guide](http://jekyllrb.com/docs/installation/) for more
-details on manually installing.
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index ffa6cf9..0000000
--- a/default.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
- with import <nixpkgs> {}; {
-   jekyllEnv = stdenv.mkDerivation {
-     name = "jekyll";
-     # see https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/11564 for the nodejs dep
-     buildInputs = [ stdenv jekyll nodejs ];
-   };
- }
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad76f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1711523803,
+        "narHash": "sha256-UKcYiHWHQynzj6CN/vTcix4yd1eCu1uFdsuarupdCQQ=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "2726f127c15a4cc9810843b96cad73c7eb39e443",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f1e628a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+
+  outputs = {nixpkgs, ...}: let
+    systems = [
+      "aarch64-darwin"
+      "aarch64-linux"
+      "armv6l-linux"
+      "armv7l-linux"
+      "x86_64-darwin"
+      "x86_64-linux"
+    ];
+    forEachSystem = nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs systems;
+
+    pkgsForEach = nixpkgs.legacyPackages;
+  in {
+    devShells = forEachSystem (system: {
+      default = pkgsForEach.${system}.callPackage ./shell.nix {};
+    });
+  };
+}
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34ddeaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
+pkgs.mkShell {
+  buildInputs = with pkgs; [jekyll];
+}