diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b46a1f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+if [[ $(type -t use_flake) != function ]]; then
+    echo "ERROR: direnv's use_flake function missing. update direnv to v2.30.0 or later." && exit 1
+fi
+#export BOT_ENV_FILE=./dev.env
+export BOT_CONFIG_FILE=config.json
+use flake
+dotenv
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b074105..ea09b8c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ __pycache__
 .venv
 devstate
 .env*
+!.envrc
 config.json
 dev.data
 data
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 31709be..0000000
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
----
-image: python:3.11
-
-stages:
-  - check
-
-check:
-  image: python:3.11-bookworm
-  stage: check
-  script:
-    - apt-get update
-    - apt-get install -y make libolm-dev
-    - pip install uv
-    - uv sync --frozen --group dev
-    - uv run make check
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6155819..6b04a51 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 > a bot for ops in matrix
 
+Repository: https://guardianproject.dev/ops/matrix-ops-bot
+
 This bot catches webhooks and forwards them as messages to matrix rooms.
 
 Current supported webhooks:
diff --git a/shell.nix b/shell.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c0d8c7..0000000
--- a/shell.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{ system ? "x86_64-linux", pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> { inherit system; } }:
-
-let
-  packages = [
-    pkgs.python313
-    pkgs.uv
-    pkgs.zsh
-    pkgs.olm
-  ];
-
-  LD_LIBRARY_PATH = pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath [
-    pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc
-  ];
-in
-pkgs.mkShell {
-  buildInputs = packages;
-  shellHook = ''
-    export SHELL=${pkgs.zsh}
-    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
-    export UV_PROJECT_ENVIRONMENT=".venv"
-    export PYTHON_KEYRING_BACKEND=keyring.backends.null.Keyring
-  '';
-}