diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ea8c4bf..f03b9b5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 /target
+.envrc
+.direnv
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-# faq-dmi-bot
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+# faq-dmi-bot
+
+## Development
+
+### Nix
+To jumpstart a dev environment with Nix, use either direnv or nix-shell with the default.nix file as an input.
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a19d404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{ pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}:
+
+pkgs.mkShell {
+  packages = with pkgs; [
+    rustc
+    cargo
+    rustfmt
+    rust-analyzer
+    clippy
+  ];
+  
+}