diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..443b0ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use_flake .
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 73fab07..8ed082c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@
 
 # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
 *.pdb
+
+.direnv/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3770be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "nixEnvSelector.nixFile": "${workspaceRoot}/flake.nix"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..55e027b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "fenix": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "rust-analyzer-src": "rust-analyzer-src"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1704867811,
+        "narHash": "sha256-pG4O1vPpNSMjz7p/5x+/OH4tXC0thzAPbJ55kI/W5dU=",
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "fenix",
+        "rev": "93e89638c15512db65e931f26ce36edf8cfbb4a5",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-community",
+        "repo": "fenix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1701680307,
+        "narHash": "sha256-kAuep2h5ajznlPMD9rnQyffWG8EM/C73lejGofXvdM8=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "4022d587cbbfd70fe950c1e2083a02621806a725",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1704842529,
+        "narHash": "sha256-OTeQA+F8d/Evad33JMfuXC89VMetQbsU4qcaePchGr4=",
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "eabe8d3eface69f5bb16c18f8662a702f50c20d5",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "NixOS",
+        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "fenix": "fenix",
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "rust-analyzer-src": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1704833483,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Ox01mpYmjapNYaqOu4fMS/4Ma9NLd2rVNz6d4rJmcf4=",
+        "owner": "rust-lang",
+        "repo": "rust-analyzer",
+        "rev": "ae6e73772432cfe35bb0ff6de6fdcfa908642b67",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "rust-lang",
+        "ref": "nightly",
+        "repo": "rust-analyzer",
+        "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
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efbc84d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+{
+  description = "A basic flake with a shell";
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+  inputs.flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  inputs.fenix = {
+    url = "github:nix-community/fenix";
+    inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, flake-utils, fenix, ... }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system;
+          overlays = [ fenix.overlays.default ];
+        };
+      in
+      {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          packages = [
+            (pkgs.fenix.stable.withComponents [
+              "cargo"
+              "clippy"
+              "rust-src"
+              "rustc"
+              "rustfmt"
+              "rust-analyzer"
+            ])
+            pkgs.bacon
+            pkgs.pkg-config
+            pkgs.openssl
+          ];
+        };
+      });
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 01f209e..f85bd02 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
-// Uncomment this block to pass the first stage
-// use std::net::TcpListener;
+use std::net::TcpListener;
 
 fn main() {
-    // You can use print statements as follows for debugging, they'll be visible when running tests.
-    println!("Logs from your program will appear here!");
-
-    // Uncomment this block to pass the first stage
-    //
-    // let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:4221").unwrap();
-    //
-    // for stream in listener.incoming() {
-    //     match stream {
-    //         Ok(_stream) => {
-    //             println!("accepted new connection");
-    //         }
-    //         Err(e) => {
-    //             println!("error: {}", e);
-    //         }
-    //     }
-    // }
+    let listener = TcpListener::bind("127.0.0.1:4221").unwrap();
+    
+    for stream in listener.incoming() {
+        match stream {
+            Ok(_stream) => {
+                println!("accepted new connection");
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+                println!("error: {}", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }