diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index cb0af4b..5140a6d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 Taking inspiration from https://git.dbyte.xyz/distro/redbrick-open-governance we are making our decisions open.
 
+To view in Obsidian you can either download and install from https://obsidian.md/.    
+Or if you have nix installed you can do ``nix develop``.
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diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1705856552,
+        "narHash": "sha256-JXfnuEf5Yd6bhMs/uvM67/joxYKoysyE3M2k6T3eWbg=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "612f97239e2cc474c13c9dafa0df378058c5ad8d",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "id": "nixpkgs",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "type": "indirect"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "utils": "utils"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1705309234,
+        "narHash": "sha256-uNRRNRKmJyCRC/8y1RqBkqWBLM034y4qN7EprSdmgyA=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "1ef2e671c3b0c19053962c07dbda38332dcebf26",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  description = "UL Computer Society Open Governance";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    utils.url   = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, utils }: utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: 
+  let
+    pkgs = import nixpkgs { 
+      system = "${system}"; 
+      config = {
+        allowUnfree = true; 
+        permittedInsecurePackages = [
+          "electron-25.9.0"
+        ];
+      };
+    };
+  in rec {
+    # `nix develop`
+    devShell = pkgs.mkShell {
+      nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ obsidian ];
+      shellHook = ''
+        ${pkgs.obsidian}/bin/obsidian &
+        BG_PID=$!
+        trap "kill -9 $BG_PID" EXIT
+      '';
+    };
+  });
+}