diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8392d159
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+use flake
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e2f5dd2e..76570c15 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-result
\ No newline at end of file
+result
+.direnv/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.sops.yaml b/.sops.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9403124
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.sops.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+keys:
+  - &lotte age1tltjgexkp5fz3rum4j0k66ty5q4u8ptvkgkepumd20zal24g2qfs5xgw76
+  - &vf2 age1emv3kzvwgl36hgllrv7rlekqy3y3c6eztadl3lv09ks3z9vv6vdqw06yqa
+
+creation_rules:
+  - path_regex: machine/vf2/secrets\.yaml$
+    key_groups:
+      - age:
+          - *vf2
+          - *lotte
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 9ee08d2d..34054541 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -261,9 +261,33 @@
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
         "pre-commit-hooks": "pre-commit-hooks",
         "riscv-overlay": "riscv-overlay",
+        "sops-nix": "sops-nix",
         "systems": "systems"
       }
     },
+    "sops-nix": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs-stable": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1729999681,
+        "narHash": "sha256-qm0uCtM9bg97LeJTKQ8dqV/FvqRN+ompyW4GIJruLuw=",
+        "owner": "Mic92",
+        "repo": "sops-nix",
+        "rev": "1666d16426abe79af5c47b7c0efa82fd31bf4c56",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "Mic92",
+        "repo": "sops-nix",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "systems": {
       "locked": {
         "lastModified": 1681028828,
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index c3b911a8..0987ecb8 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@
       url = "github:DarkKirb/riscv-overlay";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+    sops-nix = {
+      url = "github:Mic92/sops-nix";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+      inputs.nixpkgs-stable.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
     systems.url = "github:nix-systems/default";
   };
 
@@ -139,8 +144,16 @@
     in
       containers;
     hydraJobs = {
-      inherit (self) checks;
+      inherit (self) checks devShells;
       nixosConfigurations = nixpkgs.lib.mapAttrs (_: v: v.config.system.build.toplevel) self.nixosConfigurations;
     };
+    devShells.x86_64-linux.default = with pkgsFor "x86_64-linux";
+      mkShell {
+        nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
+          age
+          sops
+          ssh-to-age
+        ];
+      };
   };
 }
diff --git a/modules/default.nix b/modules/default.nix
index 11cd9298..91b8d70d 100644
--- a/modules/default.nix
+++ b/modules/default.nix
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
     ./containers/autoconfig.nix
     ./nix/lix.nix
     ./environment/impermanence.nix
+    ./secrets/sops.nix
   ];
 }
diff --git a/modules/secrets/sops.nix b/modules/secrets/sops.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0332982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/secrets/sops.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+  sops-nix,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: {
+  imports = [
+    "${sops-nix}/modules/sops"
+  ];
+  sops.age = {
+    sshKeyPaths = [
+      "/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ed25519_key"
+    ];
+  };
+}