diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index d3f1ec8..3ed0ff6 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@ PUB_VERTD_URL=https://vertd.vert.sh
 
 # Set to true to disable all external requests (vertd, Stripe, Plausible, etc.)
 # Useful for privacy-focused deployments or air-gapped environments
+# Note: the ffmpeg worker is still downloaded via a CDN (cdn.jsdelivr.net)
 PUB_DISABLE_ALL_EXTERNAL_REQUESTS=false
 
-# Donation settings - These support the project's development
-# Please keep these values to help maintain and improve VERT
+# Stripe donation settings
+# Please keep these values the same, they support VERT's development!
 PUB_DONATION_URL=https://donations.vert.sh
 PUB_STRIPE_KEY=pk_live_51RDVmAGSxPVad6bQwzVNnbc28nlmzA30krLWk1fefCMpUPiSRPkavMMbGqa8A3lUaOCMlsUEVy2CWDYg0ip3aPpL00ZJlsMkf2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b313a1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1764950072,
+        "narHash": "sha256-BmPWzogsG2GsXZtlT+MTcAWeDK5hkbGRZTeZNW42fwA=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "f61125a668a320878494449750330ca58b78c557",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-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 0000000..3e22e0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  description = "VERT.sh";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+    outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+      in
+      {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+            bun
+            nodejs
+
+            # are these needed?
+            nodePackages.prettier
+            nodePackages.eslint
+          ];
+        };
+      });
+}