diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8154ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+source_env ..
+use flake syndicate#fontconfig_actor
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 344ed92..7ad6275 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-/.envrc
 /.direnv
diff --git a/Tuprules.tup b/Tuprules.tup
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index 0000000..f902ead
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tuprules.tup
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+include ../syndicate-nim/depends.tup
+NIM_FLAGS += --path:$(TUP_CWD)/../syndicate-nim/src