diff --git a/modules/home-manager/dev.nix b/modules/home-manager/dev.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18f3edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/home-manager/dev.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{pkgs, ...}: 
+{
+    programs.direnv = {
+        enable = true;
+        enableFishIntegration = true; # see note on other shells below
+        nix-direnv.enable = true;
+    };
+}
diff --git a/users/remy.nix b/users/remy.nix
index 6124563..784e9f5 100644
--- a/users/remy.nix
+++ b/users/remy.nix
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ with lib.hm.gvariant;
   imports = [
     ../modules/home-manager/browser.nix
     ../modules/home-manager/code.nix
+    ../modules/home-manager/dev.nix
     ../modules/home-manager/fish.nix
     ../modules/home-manager/flatpaks.nix
     ../modules/home-manager/hypr