diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1710146030,
+        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1722813957,
+        "narHash": "sha256-IAoYyYnED7P8zrBFMnmp7ydaJfwTnwcnqxUElC1I26Y=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "cb9a96f23c491c081b38eab96d22fa958043c9fa",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs_2": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1718428119,
+        "narHash": "sha256-WdWDpNaq6u1IPtxtYHHWpl5BmabtpmLnMAx0RdJ/vo8=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "e6cea36f83499eb4e9cd184c8a8e823296b50ad5",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
+      }
+    },
+    "rust-overlay": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs_2"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1722997267,
+        "narHash": "sha256-8Pncp8IKd0f0N711CRrCGTC4iLfBE+/5kaMqyWxnYic=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "d720bf3cebac38c2426d77ee2e59943012854cb8",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "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
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+{
+  description = "stellar-cli development shell";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url      = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    rust-overlay.url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+    flake-utils.url  = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, rust-overlay, flake-utils, ... }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        overlays = [ (import rust-overlay) ];
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system overlays;
+        };
+      in
+      with pkgs;
+      {
+        devShells.default = mkShell {
+          buildInputs = [
+            openssl
+            pkg-config
+            libudev-zero
+            jq
+            (rust-bin.stable.latest.default.override {
+              extensions = [ "rust-src" ];
+              targets = [ "wasm32-unknown-unknown" ];
+            })
+          ];
+          shellHook =
+          ''
+            echo `nix --version`
+            alias stellar="cargo run --bin stellar --"
+            SOROBAN_SECRET_KEY=SBPXU3OP65M2DQPRM4YFZ5NME66NWWH5DHN44IBDYAN4TFKKY7CS4OHY stellar keys add dev_key
+            export STELLAR_NETWORK=testnet
+            export STELLAR_ACCOUNT=dev_key
+            shell=$SHELL
+            shell=`basename $SHELL`
+            source <(stellar completion --shell $shell)
+          '';
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}