diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 36b6e89..5862322 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
-build/
-compile_commands.json
-.vscode/
-*.log
+# build
+/result
+/build/
+/compile_commands.json
+
+# clangd
+/.cache
+
+# direnv
+/.envrc
+/.direnv/
+
+# vscode
+/.vscode/
+
+/*.log
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1925ec5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+{
+  hyprland,
+
+  lib,
+  nix-gitignore,
+  keepDebugInfo,
+  stdenv ? (keepDebugInfo hyprland.stdenv),
+
+  cmake,
+  ninja,
+  pkg-config,
+  pango,
+  cairo,
+
+  debug ? false,
+  hlversion ? "git",
+  versionCheck ? true,
+}: stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  pname = "hy3";
+  version = "hl${hlversion}${lib.optionalString debug "-debug"}";
+  src = nix-gitignore.gitignoreSource [] ./.;
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    cmake
+    ninja
+    pkg-config
+  ];
+
+  buildInputs = [
+    hyprland.dev
+    pango
+    cairo
+  ] ++ hyprland.buildInputs;
+
+  cmakeFlags = lib.optional (!versionCheck) "-DHY3_NO_VERSION_CHECK=ON";
+
+  cmakeBuildType = if debug
+                   then "Debug"
+                   else "RelWithDebInfo";
+
+  buildPhase = "ninjaBuildPhase";
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+  dontStrip = true;
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    homepage = "https://github.com/outfoxxed/hy3";
+    description = "Hyprland plugin for an i3 like manual tiling layout";
+    license = licenses.gpl3;
+    platforms = platforms.linux;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a250f37..a375308 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -5,51 +5,32 @@
 
   outputs = { self, hyprland, ... }: let
     inherit (hyprland.inputs) nixpkgs;
-    hyprlandSystems = fn: nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs (builtins.attrNames hyprland.packages) (system: fn system nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system});
+
+    hyprlandSystems = fn: nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs
+      (builtins.attrNames hyprland.packages)
+      (system: fn system nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system});
+
+    props = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile "${hyprland}/props.json");
   in {
-    packages = hyprlandSystems (system: pkgs: let
-      hyprlandPackage = hyprland.packages.${system}.hyprland;
-    in rec {
-      hy3 = hyprlandPackage.stdenv.mkDerivation {
-        pname = "hy3";
-        version = "0.1";
-        src = ./.;
-
-        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ cmake pkg-config ];
-
-        buildInputs = with pkgs; [
-          hyprlandPackage.dev
-          pango
-          cairo
-        ] ++ hyprlandPackage.buildInputs;
-
-        # no noticeable impact on performance and greatly assists debugging
-        cmakeBuildType = "Debug";
-        dontStrip = true;
-
-        meta = with pkgs.lib; {
-          homepage = "https://github.com/outfoxxed/hy3";
-          description = "Hyprland plugin for an i3 / sway like manual tiling layout";
-          license = licenses.gpl3;
-          platforms = platforms.linux;
-        };
+    packages = hyprlandSystems (system: pkgs: rec {
+      hy3 = pkgs.callPackage ./default.nix {
+        hyprland = hyprland.packages.${system}.hyprland;
+        hlversion = props.version;
       };
-
       default = hy3;
     });
 
     devShells = hyprlandSystems (system: pkgs: {
-      default = pkgs.mkShell.override {
-        stdenv = pkgs.gcc13Stdenv;
-      } {
-        name = "hy3";
+      default = import ./shell.nix {
+        inherit pkgs;
+        hlversion = props.version;
+        hyprland = hyprland.packages.${system}.hyprland-debug;
+      };
 
-        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
-          clang-tools_17
-          bear
-        ];
-
-        inputsFrom = [ self.packages.${system}.hy3 ];
+      impure = import ./shell.nix {
+        pkgs = import <nixpkgs> {};
+        hlversion = props.version;
+        hyprland = (pkgs.appendOverlays [ hyprland.overlays.hyprland-packages ]).hyprland-debug;
       };
     });
   };
diff --git a/hyprpm.toml b/hyprpm.toml
index 012b379..b7178b2 100644
--- a/hyprpm.toml
+++ b/hyprpm.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ description = "i3 like tiling for hyprland"
 authors = ["outfoxxed"]
 output = "build/libhy3.so"
 build = [
-	"cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -B build",
+	"cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -B build",
 	"cmake --build build"
 ]
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cd716e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shell.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  hyprland,
+  pkgs,
+  hlversion ? "git",
+  hy3 ? pkgs.callPackage ./default.nix {
+    inherit hyprland hlversion;
+    versionCheck = false;
+  },
+}: pkgs.mkShell {
+  inputsFrom = [ hy3 ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+    clang-tools_17
+    bear
+  ];
+}