diff --git a/.config/nixpkgs/home.nix b/.config/nixpkgs/home.nix
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..13ccbad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.config/nixpkgs/home.nix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/home/vis/utils/dotfiles/home.nix
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.zprofile b/.zprofile
index 2c93119..ef3d198 100644
--- a/.zprofile
+++ b/.zprofile
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 export GOPATH=$HOME/utils/go
 export CGO_ENABLED="1"
 
+# make home-manager not manage the shell configuration
+HMVARSFILE="$HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh"
+if [ -f "$HMVARSFILE" ]; then . "$HMVARSFILE"; fi
+
 add_to_path() {
 	local p=$1
 	if [[ ! "$PATH" == *"$p"* ]]; then
diff --git a/.zshenv b/.zshenv
index 52c398d..bb4b4d0 100644
--- a/.zshenv
+++ b/.zshenv
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ export AndroidNdkPath=$ANDROID_NDK_PATH
 
 export CCACHE_DISABLE="true"
 
+# https://github.com/NixOS/nix/issues/2033
+# https://discourse.nixos.org/t/where-is-nix-path-supposed-to-be-set/16434/8
+export NIX_PATH=$HOME/.nix-defexpr/channels:/nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/vis/channels${NIX_PATH:+:$NIX_PATH}
+
 [ -z "$IN_NIX_SHELL" ] && export PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin"
 
 
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index 964d11d..227d1ae 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -157,4 +157,8 @@
 
  eval "$(starship init zsh)"
 
+ # make home-manager not manage the shell configuration
+ HMVARSFILE="$HOME/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/hm-session-vars.sh"
+ if [ -f "$HMVARSFILE" ]; then . "$HMVARSFILE"; fi
+
  if [ -e ~/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh ]; then . ~/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh; fi # added by Nix installer...and kept by me
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d4a7dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "home-manager": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "utils": "utils"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1661573386,
+        "narHash": "sha256-pBEg8iY00Af/SAtU2dlmOAv+2x7kScaGlFRDjNoVJO8=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "home-manager",
+        "rev": "d89bdff445eadff03fe414e9c30486bc8166b72b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "home-manager",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1661541451,
+        "narHash": "sha256-LALyT63vpo1sftSmHAbbrj+emfCOo93Jv4xVOIcmnl0=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "38e16b192af13ff6cffc8a35a25f390f1e96b585",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "home-manager": "home-manager",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "utils": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1653893745,
+        "narHash": "sha256-0jntwV3Z8//YwuOjzhV2sgJJPt+HY6KhU7VZUL0fKZQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "1ed9fb1935d260de5fe1c2f7ee0ebaae17ed2fa1",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..969c202
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+  description = "Home Manager configuration";
+
+  inputs = {
+    # Specify the source of Home Manager and Nixpkgs.
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    home-manager = {
+      url = "github:nix-community/home-manager";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, home-manager, ... }:
+    let
+      system = "x86_64-linux";
+      pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+    in {
+      homeConfigurations.vis = home-manager.lib.homeManagerConfiguration {
+        inherit pkgs;
+
+        # Specify your home configuration modules here, for example,
+        # the path to your home.nix.
+        modules = [ ./home.nix ];
+
+        # Optionally use extraSpecialArgs
+        # to pass through arguments to home.nix
+      };
+    };
+}
diff --git a/home.nix b/home.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86ab24a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{pkgs, ...}: {
+    home.username = "vis";
+    home.homeDirectory = "/home/vis";
+    home.stateVersion = "22.11";
+    programs.home-manager.enable = true;
+    programs.home-manager.path = "$HOME/utils/dotfiles";
+}