diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e2fe0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+if has lorri; then
+  eval "$(lorri direnv)"
+elif has nix; then
+  echo "Using flake fallback since lorri isn't installed"
+  use flake
+else
+    # noop
+    echo "Unsupported direnv configuration. We need nix flake support and lorri installed"
+fi
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 312dff8..0000000
--- a/shell.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-let
-    lock = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./flake.lock);
-in
-(import (
-  fetchTarball {
-    url = "https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/${lock.nodes.flake-compat.locked.rev}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = lock.nodes.flake-compat.locked.narHash;
-  }
-) {
-  src = ./.;
-}).devShell
\ No newline at end of file