diff --git a/install.py b/install.py
index 8016b85..0fa58c5 100644
--- a/install.py
+++ b/install.py
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ try:
             i.arch_chroot(r"sed -i 's/# \(%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL\)/\1/' /etc/sudoers")
             i.arch_chroot(f"su {user} -c 'cd $(mktemp -d) && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay-bin.git . && makepkg -sim --noconfirm'")
             i.arch_chroot(f'su {user} -c "yay -Syu --needed --noconfirm {" ".join(dependencies_aur)}"')
+            i.arch_chroot(f'su {user} -c "curl -L https://nixos.org/nix/install | sh"')
             i.arch_chroot(r"sed -i 's/\(%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL\)/# \1/' /etc/sudoers")
 
             archinstall.log('Setting up dotfiles...')
diff --git a/profile/.profile b/profile/.profile
index 597bf05..6472f6b 100644
--- a/profile/.profile
+++ b/profile/.profile
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@ export LESSHISTFILE="$XDG_CACHE_HOME/less_history"
 
 export BROWSER=firefox
 export EDITOR=nvim
+
+# load nix stuff
+[ -f ~/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh ] && . ~/.nix-profile/etc/profile.d/nix.sh