diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 7c1cbd4..7581c2b 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -280,6 +280,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "nixpkgs-stable": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1716655032,
+        "narHash": "sha256-kQ25DAiCGigsNR/Quxm3v+JGXAEXZ8I7RAF4U94bGzE=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "59a450646ec8ee0397f5fa54a08573e8240eb91f",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "release-23.11",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nixvim": {
       "inputs": {
         "devshell": "devshell",
@@ -347,7 +363,29 @@
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
         "nixos-wsl": "nixos-wsl",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
-        "nixvim": "nixvim"
+        "nixvim": "nixvim",
+        "sops-nix": "sops-nix"
+      }
+    },
+    "sops-nix": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs-stable": "nixpkgs-stable"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1716692524,
+        "narHash": "sha256-sALodaA7Zkp/JD6ehgwc0UCBrSBfB4cX66uFGTsqeFU=",
+        "owner": "mic92",
+        "repo": "sops-nix",
+        "rev": "962797a8d7f15ed7033031731d0bb77244839960",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "mic92",
+        "repo": "sops-nix",
+        "type": "github"
       }
     },
     "systems": {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 5696250..ea99242 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
       url = "github:nix-community/nixvim";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
       inputs.flake-compat.follows = "flake-compat";
-      inputs.home-manager.follows="home-manager";
+      inputs.home-manager.follows = "home-manager";
     };
 
     disko = {
@@ -36,14 +36,21 @@
       inputs.flake-compat.follows = "flake-compat";
     };
 
-# just for follows statements
+    #https://unmovedcentre.com/technology/2024/03/22/secrets-management.html
+    sops-nix = {
+      url = "github:mic92/sops-nix";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+
+    # just for follows statements
     flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
-    flake-compat.url="github:edolstra/flake-compat";
+    flake-compat.url = "github:edolstra/flake-compat";
   };
 
   outputs = {
     self,
     nixpkgs,
+    deploy-rs,
     ...
   } @ inputs: let
     inherit (self) outputs;
@@ -61,6 +68,10 @@
         default = pkgs.mkShell {
           packages = with pkgs; [
             just
+            deploy-rs.packages.${system}.deploy-rs
+            age
+            ssh-to-age
+            sops
           ];
         };
       }