diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3550a30f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 12df926f..ea9c2985 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 *~
+/.direnv/
 .test_info.*
+/src/root/static/bootstrap
+/src/root/static/fontawesome
+/src/root/static/js/flot
 /src/sql/hydra-postgresql.sql
 /src/sql/hydra-sqlite.sql
 /src/sql/tmp.sqlite
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0244f60..7c20f9bf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,10 +80,15 @@ $ nix build
 You can use the provided shell.nix to get a working development environment:
 ```
 $ nix develop
-$ mesonConfigurePhase
-$ ninja
+$ ln -svf ../../../build/src/bootstrap src/root/static/bootstrap
+$ ln -svf ../../../build/src/fontawesome src/root/static/fontawesome
+$ ln -svf ../../../../build/src/flot src/root/static/js/flot
+$ meson setup build
+$ ninja -C build
 ```
 
+The development environment can also automatically be established using [nix-direnv](https://github.com/nix-community/nix-direnv).
+
 ### Executing Hydra During Development
 
 When working on new features or bug fixes you need to be able to run Hydra from your working copy. This
diff --git a/foreman/start-evaluator.sh b/foreman/start-evaluator.sh
index a2858003..73e0fe42 100755
--- a/foreman/start-evaluator.sh
+++ b/foreman/start-evaluator.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
+export PATH=$(pwd)/src/script:$PATH
+
 # wait for hydra-server to listen
 while ! nc -z localhost 63333; do sleep 1; done
 
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 52b821bc..c2ffc075 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -57,20 +57,12 @@ fontawesome = custom_target(
   command: ['unzip', '-u', '-d', '@OUTDIR@', '@INPUT@'],
 )
 custom_target(
-  'name-fontawesome-css',
+  'name-fontawesome',
   input: fontawesome,
-  output: 'css',
-  command: ['cp', '-r', '@INPUT@/css', '@OUTPUT@'],
+  output: 'fontawesome',
+  command: ['cp', '-r', '@INPUT@' , '@OUTPUT@'],
   install: true,
-  install_dir: hydra_libexecdir_static / 'fontawesome',
-)
-custom_target(
-  'name-fontawesome-webfonts',
-  input: fontawesome,
-  output: 'webfonts',
-  command: ['cp', '-r', '@INPUT@/webfonts', '@OUTPUT@'],
-  install: true,
-  install_dir: hydra_libexecdir_static / 'fontawesome',
+  install_dir: hydra_libexecdir_static,
 )
 
 # Scripts