diff --git a/lib/default.nix b/lib/default.nix
index 13b3b22..057cc98 100644
--- a/lib/default.nix
+++ b/lib/default.nix
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ in rec {
   buildStyx = _:
     forAllSystems (
       pkgs: let
-        name = baseNameOf ../styx;
-        pkg = pkgs.writeScriptBin name (readFile ../styx/styx.sh);
+        pkg = pkgs.callPackage ../styx {};
       in {
-        ${name} = pkg;
+        styx = pkg;
         default = pkg;
       }
     );
diff --git a/overlays/nimble/default.nix b/overlays/nimble/default.nix
index bd90a07..a7a6391 100644
--- a/overlays/nimble/default.nix
+++ b/overlays/nimble/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   nimble = prev.nimble.overrideNimAttrs {
     version = "0.14.2-f74bf2";
     requiredNimVersion = 2;
-    buildInputs = [ prev.pkgs.openssl ];
+    buildInputs = [prev.pkgs.openssl];
 
     src = prev.fetchFromGitHub {
       owner = "nim-lang";
diff --git a/styx/default.nix b/styx/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4549b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/styx/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  buildNimPackage,
+  fetchFromGitHub,
+}:
+buildNimPackage (final: prev: {
+  pname = "styx";
+  version = "2023.1001";
+  src = ./.;
+  lockFile = ./lock.json;
+})
diff --git a/styx/lock.json b/styx/lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2a5012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/styx/lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"depends":[{"method":"fetchzip","packages":["cligen"],"path":"/nix/store/b5dgqx2wds42kw2241qv7rmdf29hwl20-source","ref":"1.6.18","rev":"c54e2f3ea09d405a0d1b9bd8e7c0472d657d1193","sha256":"0ms572f6563bc2cr65gnh943adld5xbd6jy2w7gwvybxpczkxlf3","srcDir":"","url":"https://github.com/c-blake/cligen/archive/c54e2f3ea09d405a0d1b9bd8e7c0472d657d1193.tar.gz"}]}
diff --git a/styx/styx.nim b/styx/styx.nim
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c68b405
--- /dev/null
+++ b/styx/styx.nim
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+import std/[logging, os, osproc, tables, times]
+from std/nativesockets import getHostname
+
+
+var logger = newConsoleLogger()
+addHandler(logger)
+let summaryFile = getEnv("GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY")
+
+type
+  StyxContext = object
+    flake, host: string
+    cache = "daylin"
+    nom: bool = true
+
+proc newCtx(): StyxContext =
+  result = StyxContext()
+  result.flake = getEnv("FLAKE_PATH", getEnv("HOME") / "nixcfg")
+  result.host = getHostname()
+
+proc systemFlakePath(c: StyxContext): string =
+  c.flake & "#nixosConfigurations." & c.host & ".config.system.build.toplevel"
+
+proc execQuit(cmd: string) =
+  quit (execCmd cmd)
+
+proc build(c: StyxContext) =
+  ## build nixos
+  let
+    cmd = if c.nom: "nom" else: "nix"
+  execQuit cmd & " build " & c.systemFlakePath
+
+proc dry(c: StyxContext) =
+  ## poor man's nix flake check
+  execQuit "nix build " & c.systemFlakePath & " --dry-run"
+
+proc cache(c: StyxContext) =
+  # Simple benchmarking
+  let start = cpuTime()
+  let code = execCmd """
+    cachix watch-exec """ & c.cache & """ \
+        -- \
+        nix build """ & c.systemFlakePath & """ \
+        --print-build-logs \
+        --accept-flake-config
+    """
+  let duration = (cpuTime() - start)
+  if code != 0:
+    error "faile to build configuration for: ", c.host
+
+  if summaryFile != "":
+    writeFile(
+      summaryFile,
+      "Built host: " & c.host & " in " & $duration & " seconds"
+    )
+  info "Built host: " & c.host & " in " & $duration & " seconds"
+
+
+proc nixosRebuild(c: StyxContext, cmd: string) =
+  execQuit "sudo nixos-rebuild " & cmd & " " & " --flake " & c.flake
+
+proc boot(c: StyxContext) =
+  ## nixos rebuild boot
+  nixosRebuild c, "build"
+
+proc switch(c: StyxContext) =
+  ## nixos rebuild switch
+  nixosRebuild c, "swith"
+
+
+# proc matchCmd(cmd: string): proc = 
+#   case cmd:
+#     of "dry": dry
+#     of "switch": switch
+#     of "boot": boot
+#     of "cache": cache
+#     of "build": build
+#     else:
+#       error "unknown command", cmd
+#       quit 1
+#
+
+proc runCmd(c: StyxContext, cmd: string) =
+  case cmd:
+    of "dry": dry c
+    of "switch": switch c
+    of "boot": boot c
+    of "cache": cache c
+    of "build": build c
+    else:
+      error "unknown command: ", cmd
+      quit 1
+
+
+const usage = """
+styx <cmd> [opts]
+  commands:
+    dry     poor man's nix flake check
+    boot    nixos-rebuild boot
+    switch  nixos-rebuild switch
+    cache   build and push to cachix
+    build   build system flake
+
+  options:
+    -?|--help  > show this help
+    -h|--host  > hostname (current host)
+    -f|--flake > path to flake ($FLAKE_PATH or $HOME/styx)
+    -c|--cache > name of cachix binary cache (daylin)
+"""
+
+proc parseFlag(c: var StyxContext, key, val: string) = 
+  case key:
+    of "help":
+      echo usage; quit 0
+    of "h","host":
+      c.host = val
+    of "f","flake":
+      c.flake = val
+    of "no-nom":
+      c.nom = false
+
+when isMainModule:
+  import std/parseopt
+  var
+    c = newCtx()
+    cmd: string
+  for kind, key, val in getopt():
+    case kind
+    of cmdArgument:
+      cmd = key
+    of cmdLongOption, cmdShortOption:
+      parseFlag c, key, val
+    of cmdEnd:
+      discard
+
+  info $c
+  runCmd c, cmd
diff --git a/styx/styx.nimble b/styx/styx.nimble
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..decc7b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/styx/styx.nimble
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Package
+
+author        = "Daylin Morgan"
+version       = "2023.1001"
+description   = "styx"
+license       = "MIT"
+srcDir        = "."
+bin           = @["styx"]
+
+
+# Dependencies
+
+requires "nim >= 2.0.0"
+requires "cligen"