diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 8a924827..776b6240 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ npm-debug.log
 /kotlin/.gradle
 /kotlin/.idea
 /kotlin/build
-/kotlin/jflex*
\ No newline at end of file
+/kotlin/jflex*
+.direnv
diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ee556b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+if ! has nix_direnv_version || ! nix_direnv_version 3.0.5; then
+    source_url "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nix-community/nix-direnv/3.0.5/direnvrc" "sha256-RuwIS+QKFj/T9M2TFXScjBsLR6V3A17YVoEW/Q6AZ1w="
+fi
+use flake
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b7521ac0..32490b2a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 /.yarn
 /kotlin/jflex*.jar
 /tsconfig.tsbuildinfo
+/.direnv
 
 # dependencies
 /node_modules
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6a68577e..bc1c5016 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install dependencies based on the preferred package manager
 COPY package.json pnpm-lock.yaml* ./
-RUN yarn global add pnpm && pnpm i
+RUN corepack enable && pnpm i
 
 FROM gradle:8.6.0-jdk11 AS kdeps
 WORKDIR /app
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ COPY . .
 # Uncomment the following line in case you want to disable telemetry during the build.
 ENV NEXT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED 1
 
-RUN yarn global add pnpm && pnpm run buildnd
+RUN corepack enable && pnpm run buildnd
 
 # If using npm comment out above and use below instead
 # RUN npm run build
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..93ed53cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710146030,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1718396522,
+        "narHash": "sha256-C0re6ZtCqC1ndL7ib7vOqmgwvZDhOhJ1W0wQgX1tTIo=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "3e6b9369165397184774a4b7c5e8e5e46531b53f",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "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",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..68053fee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  description = "A basic flake with a shell";
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+  inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, flake-utils, ... }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+        corepack = with pkgs; stdenv.mkDerivation {
+            name = "corepack";
+            buildInputs = [ pkgs.nodejs-slim ];
+            phases = [ "installPhase" ];
+              installPhase = ''
+                  mkdir -p $out/bin
+                  corepack enable --install-directory=$out/bin
+              '';
+        };
+      in
+      {
+        devShells.default = with pkgs; mkShell {
+          packages = [ bashInteractive corepack ];
+        };
+      });
+}