diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4a4726a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use_nix
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 76a65d9..181a87b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -106,3 +106,4 @@ venv.bak/
 
 # mypy
 .mypy_cache/
+.direnv
diff --git a/dev_utils.sh b/dev_utils.sh
index 56da501..eb6f29e 100755
--- a/dev_utils.sh
+++ b/dev_utils.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 docker_command=""
 path=".docker/docker-compose.development.yml"
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1446fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { },
+}:
+
+pkgs.mkShell {
+  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    python311
+    pipenv
+  ];
+}