diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0454a85..99b5340 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "light.config"]
 	path = dotfiles/light.config
 	url = git@github.com:sadan4/light.config.git
+[submodule "dotfiles/direnvTemplate"]
+	path = dotfiles/direnvTemplate
+	url = git@github.com:sadan4/direnvTemplate
diff --git a/common/users/homeModules/scripts/flakeify.sh b/common/users/homeModules/scripts/flakeify.sh
index 79b98b1..c7a6bc7 100644
--- a/common/users/homeModules/scripts/flakeify.sh
+++ b/common/users/homeModules/scripts/flakeify.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 if [ ! -e flake.nix ]; then
-    nix flake new -t github:nix-community/nix-direnv .
+    nix flake new -t github:sadan4/direnvTemplate .
+    direnv allow
 elif [ ! -e .envrc ]; then
     echo "use flake" > .envrc
     direnv allow
diff --git a/dotfiles/direnvTemplate b/dotfiles/direnvTemplate
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..7f5ded7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dotfiles/direnvTemplate
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 7f5ded7f1c3f9fb610ab51229b8c91c5de0e9797