diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1738410390,
+        "narHash": "sha256-xvTo0Aw0+veek7hvEVLzErmJyQkEcRk6PSR4zsRQFEc=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "3a228057f5b619feb3186e986dbe76278d707b6e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
+        "rust-overlay": "rust-overlay"
+      }
+    },
+    "rust-overlay": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1738549608,
+        "narHash": "sha256-GdyT9QEUSx5k/n8kILuNy83vxxdyUfJ8jL5mMpQZWfw=",
+        "owner": "oxalica",
+        "repo": "rust-overlay",
+        "rev": "35c6f8c4352f995ecd53896200769f80a3e8f22d",
+        "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 = "RSS Reader Web Application";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    rust-overlay = {
+      url = "github:oxalica/rust-overlay";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+    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;
+        };
+        
+        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          pkg-config
+          rust-bin.stable.latest.default
+        ];
+        
+        buildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          openssl
+          sqlite
+        ];
+      in
+      {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          inherit nativeBuildInputs buildInputs;
+          
+          shellHook = ''
+            export DATABASE_URL="sqlite:rss-reader.db"
+          '';
+        };
+
+        packages.default = pkgs.rustPlatform.buildRustPackage {
+          pname = "rss-reader";
+          version = "0.1.0";
+          src = ./.;
+
+          cargoLock = {
+            lockFile = ./Cargo.lock;
+          };
+
+          inherit nativeBuildInputs buildInputs;
+
+          # Copy static files to the output
+          postInstall = ''
+            mkdir -p $out/share/rss-reader
+            cp -r static $out/share/rss-reader/
+            cp -r templates $out/share/rss-reader/
+            
+            # Create a wrapper script that sets the correct paths
+            mv $out/bin/rss-reader $out/bin/.rss-reader-unwrapped
+            cat > $out/bin/rss-reader << EOF
+            #!/bin/sh
+            export ROCKET_STATIC_DIR="$out/share/rss-reader/static"
+            export ROCKET_TEMPLATE_DIR="$out/share/rss-reader/templates"
+            exec $out/bin/.rss-reader-unwrapped "\$@"
+            EOF
+            chmod +x $out/bin/rss-reader
+          '';
+
+          meta = with pkgs.lib; {
+            description = "A web-based RSS reader application";
+            # TODO add real homepage
+            homepage = "https://example.com/yourusername/rss-reader";
+            # TODO figure out license
+            #license = licenses.mit;
+            maintainers = [];
+          };
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}