diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3550a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2dffd08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+.PHONY: dev build clean
+
+# Run the development server
+dev:
+	go run main.go
+
+# Build the standalone binary
+build:
+	go build -o sprintpadawan main.go
+
+# Clean the compiled binary
+clean:
+	rm -f sprintpadawan
diff --git a/api/templates.go b/api/templates.go
index 4db0040..0a3c69f 100644
--- a/api/templates.go
+++ b/api/templates.go
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"html/template"
+	"io/fs"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
-	"path/filepath"
 
 	"sprintpadawan/lib"
 )
 
 var templates *template.Template
 
-func init() {
+func InitTemplates(fsys fs.FS) {
 	templates = template.Must(template.New("").Funcs(template.FuncMap{
 		"scaleToOptions": scaleToOptions,
 		"derefInt": func(i *int) int {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func init() {
 			}
 			return d, nil
 		},
-	}).ParseGlob(filepath.Join("templates", "*.html")))
+	}).ParseFS(fsys, "templates/*.html"))
 }
 
 func isHTMX(r *http.Request) bool {
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1368f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{
+  description = "SprintPadawan Go 1.26 development environment";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+  };
+
+  outputs =
+    {
+      self,
+      nixpkgs,
+      flake-utils,
+    }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (
+      system:
+      let
+        pkgs = import nixpkgs {
+          inherit system;
+        };
+      in
+      {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = [
+            pkgs.go
+            pkgs.gopls
+            pkgs.gotools
+            pkgs.go-tools
+            pkgs.gnumake
+          ];
+
+          shellHook = ''
+            echo "SprintPadawan Dev Environment Loaded"
+            go version
+          '';
+        };
+      }
+    );
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6c67e67..246794f 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"embed"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 
@@ -8,13 +9,17 @@ import (
 	"sprintpadawan/lib"
 )
 
+//go:embed static templates
+var embeddedFiles embed.FS
+
 func main() {
 	lib.InitDB()
+	api.InitTemplates(embeddedFiles)
 
 	mux := http.NewServeMux()
 
 	// serve static assets
-	mux.Handle("/static/", http.StripPrefix("/static/", http.FileServer(http.Dir("static"))))
+	mux.Handle("/static/", http.FileServer(http.FS(embeddedFiles)))
 
 	api.SetupRoutes(mux)