diff --git a/pesto/.envrc b/pesto/.envrc
index b5b6830..ecad8bb 100644
--- a/pesto/.envrc
+++ b/pesto/.envrc
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 source_up
 
-files=(../../flake.nix flake-module.nix Cargo.lock)
-if type nix_direnv_watch_file &>/dev/null; then
-  nix_direnv_watch_file "${files[@]}"
-else
-  watch_file "${files[@]}"
-fi
+watch_file ../../flake.nix flake-module.nix Cargo.lock
 
+# use the 
 use flake .#pesto --builders ''