diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1972867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake ./build/nix 
diff --git a/build/nix/README.md b/build/nix/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e424bd6..0000000
--- a/build/nix/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-This is a work-in-progress nix package. It successfully worked on one NixOS system, but failed on another due to obscure errors. It also failed using "nix build" on ArchLinux.
diff --git a/build/nix/build.nix b/build/nix/build.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f4cd23e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/nix/build.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+{ lib
+, self ? null
+, buildType ? "release"
+, platform ? "linux"
+, enableWayland ? true
+, enableXorg ? true
+, enableOpenGL ? true
+, enableVulkan ? true
+, rustPlatform
+, makeDesktopItem
+, pkg-config
+, libxkbcommon
+, alsa-lib
+, libGL
+, vulkan-loader
+, wayland
+, libXrandr
+, libXcursor
+, libX11
+, libXi
+, ... 
+}:
+
+assert (platform == "linux" ) -> (enableWayland || enableXorg);
+assert (platform == "linux" ) -> (enableVulkan || enableOpenGL);
+
+rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
+  name = "outfly";
+  inherit buildType;
+  src = ./../..;
+  version = if (self ? rev) then self.rev else "dirty";
+
+  buildNoDefaultFeatures = true;
+  buildFeatures = [ "embed_assets" ] ++ lib.optionals enableXorg [ "x11" ]
+    ++ lib.optionals enableWayland [ "wayland" ];
+
+  runtimeInputs = [ libxkbcommon ] 
+    ++ lib.optionals enableOpenGL [ libGL ]
+    ++ lib.optionals enableXorg [ libXrandr libX11  ]
+    ++ lib.optionals enableVulkan [ vulkan-loader ];
+
+  buildInputs = [ alsa-lib.dev libXcursor libXi ] 
+    ++ lib.optionals enableWayland [ wayland ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  postFixup = ''
+    patchelf $out/bin/outfly \
+    --add-rpath ${lib.makeLibraryPath runtimeInputs}
+  '';
+
+  postPatch = ''
+    find ../cargo-vendor-dir -name Cargo.toml -exec sed -i 's/^workspace = true//' {} +
+  '';
+
+  cargoLock = { lockFile = ./../../Cargo.lock; };
+
+  desktopItems = [
+    (makeDesktopItem {
+      name = "outfly";
+      exec = "outfly";
+
+      desktopName = "OutFly";
+      categories = [ "Game" ];
+    })
+  ];
+}
+
diff --git a/build/nix/default.nix b/build/nix/default.nix
index af58bda..87c1095 100644
--- a/build/nix/default.nix
+++ b/build/nix/default.nix
@@ -1,47 +1 @@
-{
-  rustPlatform,
-  pkg-config,
-  alsa-lib,
-  libcap,
-  libxkbcommon,
-  wayland,
-  udev,
-  vulkan-loader,
-  xorg,
-  lib,
-}:
-rustPlatform.buildRustPackage rec {
-  src = ../../..;
-  pname = "outfly";
-  version = "0.8.1";
-  cargoLock = {
-    lockFile = "${src}/Cargo.lock";
-  };
-  nativeBuildInputs = [ pkg-config ];
-
-  buildNoDefaultFeatures = true;
-  buildFeatures = [
-    "release_linux"
-  ];
-  buildInputs = [
-    alsa-lib
-    libcap
-    wayland
-  ];
-  postFixup =
-    let
-      runtimeDeps = [
-        vulkan-loader
-        libxkbcommon
-        xorg.libX11
-        xorg.libXrandr
-        xorg.libXi
-        xorg.libXcursor
-      ];
-      libPath = lib.makeLibraryPath runtimeDeps;
-    in
-    ''
-      patchelf $out/bin/outfly \
-        --add-rpath ${libPath}
-    '';
-}
+with import <nixpkgs> { }; callPackage ./build.nix { }
diff --git a/build/nix/flake.lock b/build/nix/flake.lock
index a8dd10e..fac9dc7 100644
--- a/build/nix/flake.lock
+++ b/build/nix/flake.lock
@@ -1,16 +1,34 @@
 {
   "nodes": {
-    "nixpkgs": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1714076141,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Drmja/f5MRHZCskS6mvzFqxEaZMeciScCTFxWVLqWEY=",
-        "owner": "nixos",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "7bb2ccd8cdc44c91edba16c48d2c8f331fb3d856",
+        "lastModified": 1710146030,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
-        "owner": "nixos",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1722185531,
+        "narHash": "sha256-veKR07psFoJjINLC8RK4DiLniGGMgF3QMlS4tb74S6k=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "52ec9ac3b12395ad677e8b62106f0b98c1f8569d",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
         "ref": "nixos-unstable",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
         "type": "github"
@@ -18,8 +36,24 @@
     },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       }
+    },
+    "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",
diff --git a/build/nix/flake.nix b/build/nix/flake.nix
index 09f2afd..3a2a3af 100644
--- a/build/nix/flake.nix
+++ b/build/nix/flake.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,48 @@
 {
-  description = "A breathtaking 3D space game in the rings of Jupiter";
-
   inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-unstable";
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
   };
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        overlays = [ ];
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system overlays; };
+      in {
+        packages.outfly = pkgs.callPackage ./build.nix {};
+        packages.default = self.packages.${system}.outfly;
 
-  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }: {
+        apps.outfly = {
+          type = "app";
+          program = "${self.packages.${system}.outfly}/bin/outfly";
+        };
+        apps.default = self.apps.${system}.outfly;
 
-    packages.x86_64-linux.outfly = let
-      pkgs = import nixpkgs { system = "x86_64-linux"; };
-      in pkgs.callPackage ./default.nix {};
+        devShells.default = let
+          buildInputs = [
+            pkgs.alsa-lib.dev
 
-    packages.x86_64-linux.default = self.packages.x86_64-linux.outfly;
+            #opengl
+            pkgs.libGL
 
-  };
+            pkgs.libxkbcommon
+
+            pkgs.xorg.libXcursor
+            pkgs.xorg.libXi
+            pkgs.xorg.libXrandr
+            pkgs.xorg.libX11
+
+            pkgs.vulkan-loader
+          ];
+          nativeBuildInputs = [
+            pkgs.cargo
+            pkgs.pkg-config
+
+          ];
+
+        in pkgs.mkShell {
+          inherit buildInputs nativeBuildInputs;
+          LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "${pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath buildInputs}";
+        };
+      });
 }