diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+FROM nixos/nix
+
+# Enable flakes
+RUN mkdir -p ~/.config/nix && \
+    echo "experimental-features = nix-command flakes" >> ~/.config/nix/nix.conf
+
+# Create and set working directory
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# Copy your flake files
+COPY flake.nix flake.lock ./
+
+# Build the development environment
+RUN nix develop --command echo "Development environment ready"
+
+# Default command to drop into the dev shell
+ENTRYPOINT ["nix", "develop"]
+CMD ["/bin/bash"]
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
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+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "flake-utils": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "systems": "systems"
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1731533236,
+        "narHash": "sha256-l0KFg5HjrsfsO/JpG+r7fRrqm12kzFHyUHqHCVpMMbI=",
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "rev": "11707dc2f618dd54ca8739b309ec4fc024de578b",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "numtide",
+        "repo": "flake-utils",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "hdt-cpp": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": [
+          "flake-utils"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1695663107,
+        "narHash": "sha256-uYHG4+WvYykdWWU2LjmirgenMKpZ6+E1otmztIdQBPc=",
+        "owner": "insilica",
+        "repo": "nix-hdt",
+        "rev": "5451dd285423e5a2c386dc05b1bf10d93654df56",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "insilica",
+        "repo": "nix-hdt",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "hdt-java": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": [
+          "flake-utils"
+        ],
+        "nixpkgs": [
+          "nixpkgs"
+        ]
+      },
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1703427866,
+        "narHash": "sha256-v9bbOOPWvFNqo/ZajeJtPDMon55Mecp2pKJazH2ym/4=",
+        "owner": "insilica",
+        "repo": "nix-hdt-java",
+        "rev": "c93517364fbed1fef70736834cf2661a1470a21f",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "insilica",
+        "repo": "nix-hdt-java",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1704290814,
+        "narHash": "sha256-LWvKHp7kGxk/GEtlrGYV68qIvPHkU9iToomNFGagixU=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "70bdadeb94ffc8806c0570eb5c2695ad29f0e421",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-23.05",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
+        "hdt-cpp": "hdt-cpp",
+        "hdt-java": "hdt-java",
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    },
+    "systems": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1681028828,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nix-systems",
+        "repo": "default",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
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+{
+  description = "pubchem-annotations-kg";
+
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-23.05";
+    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
+    hdt-cpp = {
+      url = "github:insilica/nix-hdt";
+      inputs.flake-utils.follows = "flake-utils";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+    hdt-java = {
+      url = "github:insilica/nix-hdt-java";
+      inputs.flake-utils.follows = "flake-utils";
+      inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
+    };
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs, flake-utils, hdt-cpp, hdt-java }:
+    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
+      with import nixpkgs { inherit system; }; {
+	devShells.default = mkShell {
+	  buildInputs = [
+            hdt-cpp.packages.${system}.default
+	    hdt-java.packages.${system}.default
+	    apache-jena
+	    apache-jena-fuseki
+	    jq
+	  ];
+	  env = {
+	    JENA_HOME = "${apache-jena}";
+	  };
+	};
+      });
+}