diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26ef376
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# the shebang is ignored, but nice for editors
+
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+if type -P lorri &>/dev/null; then
+  eval "$(lorri direnv --flake .)"
+else
+  echo 'while direnv evaluated .envrc, could not find the command "lorri" [https://github.com/nix-community/lorri]'
+  use flake
+fi
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 09cdde3..7aa6814 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ tmp/
 .proxmox
 /.pre-commit-config.yaml
 nixos.qcow2
-.envrc
 .direnv
 result*
 .nixos-test-history
diff --git a/panel/.envrc b/panel/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c6aca5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/panel/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# the shebang is ignored, but nice for editors
+
+# shellcheck shell=bash
+if type -P lorri &>/dev/null; then
+  eval "$(lorri direnv)"
+else
+  echo 'while direnv evaluated .envrc, could not find the command "lorri" [https://github.com/nix-community/lorri]'
+  use_nix
+fi