diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 38ce3cc6..f0e774ba 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@
 # Added by cargo
 
 /target
+/.direnv
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cac12ae7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "cargo2nix": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1705129117,
+        "narHash": "sha256-LgdDHibvimzYhxBK3kxCk2gAL7k4Hyigl5KI0X9cijA=",
+        "owner": "cargo2nix",
+        "repo": "cargo2nix",
+        "rev": "ae19a9e1f8f0880c088ea155ab66cee1fa001f59",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "cargo2nix",
+        "ref": "release-0.11.0",
+        "repo": "cargo2nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-compat": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1696426674,
+        "narHash": "sha256-kvjfFW7WAETZlt09AgDn1MrtKzP7t90Vf7vypd3OL1U=",
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "rev": "0f9255e01c2351cc7d116c072cb317785dd33b33",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1694529238,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zsNZZGTGnMOf9YpHKJqMSsa0dXbfmxeoJ7xHlrt+xmY=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "ff7b65b44d01cf9ba6a71320833626af21126384",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1705099185,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SxJenKtvcrKJd0TyJQMO3p6VA7PEp+vmMnmlKFzWMNs=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "2bce5ccff0ad7abda23e8bb56434b6877a446694",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "release-23.11",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "cargo2nix": "cargo2nix",
+        "flake-utils": [
+          "cargo2nix",
+          "flake-utils"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "cargo2nix",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay_2"
+      }
+    },
+    "rust-overlay": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": [
+          "cargo2nix",
+          "flake-utils"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "cargo2nix",
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1705112162,
+        "narHash": "sha256-IAM0+Uijh/fwlfoeDrOwau9MxcZW3zeDoUHc6Z3xfqM=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "9e0af26ffe52bf955ad5575888f093e41fba0104",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "rust-overlay_2": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": [
+          "flake-utils"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710814282,
+        "narHash": "sha256-nWaKhMQackiO0M8504HSx/E7I76C2r0/g4wqZf4hp24=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "8c72f33c23c8e537dd59088c4560222c43eedaca",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index b283d7ea..2d33c9d3 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 {
   inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-23.05";
+    rust-overlay = {
+          url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+          inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+          inputs.flake-utils.follows = "flake-utils";
+    };
     cargo2nix.url = "github:cargo2nix/cargo2nix/release-0.11.0";
     flake-utils.follows = "cargo2nix/flake-utils";
     nixpkgs.follows = "cargo2nix/nixpkgs";
@@ -18,11 +24,27 @@
           packageFun = import ./Cargo.nix;
         };
 
+        # The workspace defines a development shell with all of the dependencies
+        # and environment settings necessary for a regular `cargo build`
+        workspaceShell = rustPkgs.workspaceShell {
+          # This adds cargo2nix to the project shell via the cargo2nix flake
+          packages = [ cargo2nix.packages."${system}".cargo2nix ];
+        };
+
       in rec {
+        # this is the output (recursive) set (expressed for each system)
+
+        devShells = {
+          default = workspaceShell; # nix develop
+        };
+
+        # the packages in `nix build .#packages.<system>.<name>`
         packages = {
-          # replace hello-world with your package name
-          dsp-meta-cmd = (rustPkgs.workspace.dsp-meta-cmd {});
-          default = packages.hello-world;
+          # nix build .#dsp-meta-cmd
+          # nix build .#packages.x86_64-linux.dsp-meta-cmd
+          dsp-meta-cmd = (rustPkgs.workspace.dsp-meta-cmd {}).bin;
+          # nix build
+          default = packages.dsp-meta-cmd;
         };
       }
     );
diff --git a/result-bin b/result-bin
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..7afa6152
--- /dev/null
+++ b/result-bin
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/nix/store/wq3q06m18agdvj8q9lzf917mnkgsjd3z-crate-dsp-meta-cmd-0.1.3-bin
\ No newline at end of file