diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8392d159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4cf7c64f..8ac70684 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 __pycache__
 *.so
 
-hosts_*.json
\ No newline at end of file
+hosts_*.json
+
+# hide direnv stuff
+/.direnv
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.idea/pyright-overrides.xml b/.idea/pyright-overrides.xml
index 6fa46f1d..9216c0c4 100644
--- a/.idea/pyright-overrides.xml
+++ b/.idea/pyright-overrides.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <component name="com.insyncwithfoo.pyright.configurations.Override">
     <option name="names">
       <map>
+        <entry key="configurationFile" value="true" />
         <entry key="diagnosticMode" value="true" />
         <entry key="inlayHintsGenericTypes" value="true" />
         <entry key="prefixTooltipMessages" value="true" />
diff --git a/.idea/pyright.xml b/.idea/pyright.xml
index f3d73271..9f3391a8 100644
--- a/.idea/pyright.xml
+++ b/.idea/pyright.xml
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
     <option name="diagnosticMode" value="WORKSPACE" />
     <option name="inlayHintsGenericTypes" value="true" />
     <option name="prefixTooltipMessages" value="true" />
-    <option name="smartExecutableResolution" value="true" />
-    <option name="smartLanguageServerExecutableResolution" value="true" />
     <option name="useEditorFontForTooltips" value="true" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index ae20e4e2..31f2b0c5 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -86,11 +86,7 @@
             ] ++ buildInputs ++ nativeBuildInputs;
 
             # fixes libstdc++.so issues and libgl.so issues
-#            LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "${pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH";
             LD_LIBRARY_PATH = "${pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib";
-
-            # exports basedpyright path so tools can discover it
-            BASEDPYRIGHT_BIN_PATH = "${pkgs.basedpyright}/bin/";
           };
         }
     );