diff --git a/confgen.lua b/confgen.lua
index 317d38b..4e958f5 100644
--- a/confgen.lua
+++ b/confgen.lua
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@ cg.onDone(function(errors)
     end
 end)
 
-local nix = (loadfile "cgnix/nix.lua" or function() return {} end)()
+local nix = (loadfile "nix/cgnix/nix.lua" or function()
+    print "no cgnix file!"
+    return {}
+end)()
 
 cg.opt.nix = nix
 
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index a63df6e..be4a505 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
         root-mod = {
           options.packages = nixpkgs.lib.mkOption { };
+          options.dev-shells = nixpkgs.lib.mkOption { };
 
           config._module.args = {
             inherit pkgs system;
@@ -32,44 +33,46 @@
               (flakePkg "github:nix-community/zon2nix")
             ];
           };
+
+          # devshell for the dotfiles
+          config.dev-shells.default = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}.mkShell {
+            buildInputs = with pkgs;
+              [
+                # packages required to build scripts
+                libGL
+                libgit2
+                luajit
+                pkg-config
+                racket
+                roswell
+                wayland
+                wayland-protocols
+                haxe
+                mpv-unwrapped
+              ] ++
+              # shorthands for setup.rkt
+              builtins.map
+                (cmd: pkgs.writeShellScriptBin cmd ''
+                  ./setup.rkt ${cmd}
+                '') [
+                "install-scripts"
+                "install-plugins"
+                "install-lsps-paru"
+                "setup-nvim-config"
+                "setup-nix"
+                "run-confgen"
+              ];
+          };
         };
 
         modopt = nixpkgs.lib.evalModules {
-          modules = [ root-mod ./cgnix ] ++ common.localconf;
+          modules = [ root-mod ./nix ] ++ common.localconf;
           specialArgs = { inherit common; };
         };
       in
       {
         mzteinit = pkgs.callPackage ./scripts/mzteinit/package.nix { };
         packages = modopt.config.packages;
-
-        devShells.default = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}.mkShell {
-          buildInputs = with pkgs;
-            [
-              # packages required to build scripts
-              libGL
-              libgit2
-              luajit
-              pkg-config
-              racket
-              roswell
-              wayland
-              wayland-protocols
-              haxe
-              mpv-unwrapped
-            ] ++
-            # shorthands for setup.rkt
-            builtins.map
-              (cmd: pkgs.writeShellScriptBin cmd ''
-                ./setup.rkt ${cmd}
-              '') [
-              "install-scripts"
-              "install-plugins"
-              "install-lsps-paru"
-              "setup-nvim-config"
-              "setup-nix"
-              "run-confgen"
-            ];
-        };
+        devShells = modopt.config.dev-shells;
       });
 }
diff --git a/cgnix/.gitignore b/nix/cgnix/.gitignore
similarity index 100%
rename from cgnix/.gitignore
rename to nix/cgnix/.gitignore
diff --git a/cgnix/README.md b/nix/cgnix/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from cgnix/README.md
rename to nix/cgnix/README.md
diff --git a/cgnix/default.nix b/nix/cgnix/default.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from cgnix/default.nix
rename to nix/cgnix/default.nix
diff --git a/cgnix/jvm.nix b/nix/cgnix/jvm.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from cgnix/jvm.nix
rename to nix/cgnix/jvm.nix
diff --git a/cgnix/nvim-tools.nix b/nix/cgnix/nvim-tools.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from cgnix/nvim-tools.nix
rename to nix/cgnix/nvim-tools.nix
diff --git a/cgnix/tree-sitter-parsers.nix b/nix/cgnix/tree-sitter-parsers.nix
similarity index 100%
rename from cgnix/tree-sitter-parsers.nix
rename to nix/cgnix/tree-sitter-parsers.nix
diff --git a/nix/default.nix b/nix/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c83bbe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{ ... }:
+{
+  imports = [ ./cgnix ./mcdev.nix ];
+}
diff --git a/nix/mcdev.nix b/nix/mcdev.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1ef0c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/mcdev.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# A dev shell for Minecraft development, including necessary dependencies for the game to run.
+
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  libs = with pkgs; [
+    libpulseaudio
+    libGL
+    glfw
+    openal
+    stdenv.cc.cc.lib
+    udev # OSHI
+  ];
+  xorg-libs = with pkgs.xorg; [
+    libX11
+    libXext
+    libXcursor
+    libXrandr
+    libXxf86vm
+  ];
+in
+{
+  dev-shells = builtins.mapAttrs
+    (_: extra-pkgs:
+      let
+        shpgks = libs ++ xorg-libs ++ extra-pkgs;
+      in
+      pkgs.mkShell {
+        shellHook = ''
+          export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${pkgs.addOpenGLRunpath.driverLink}/lib:${pkgs.lib.makeLibraryPath shpgks}:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
+        '';
+        buildInputs = shpgks;
+      })
+    {
+      mcdev = [ pkgs.jdk8 ];
+      mcdev-new = [ pkgs.jdk17 ];
+    };
+}
diff --git a/scripts/withjava/src/main.zig b/scripts/withjava/src/main.zig
index 087c4fa..23d0520 100644
--- a/scripts/withjava/src/main.zig
+++ b/scripts/withjava/src/main.zig
@@ -19,22 +19,24 @@ pub fn main() !u8 {
     var env = try std.process.getEnvMap(alloc);
     defer env.deinit();
 
+    const jvm_basepath = opts.jvm orelse "/usr/lib/jvm";
+
     if (env.getPtr("PATH")) |path_p| {
         const newpath = try std.fmt.allocPrint(
             alloc,
-            (opts.jvm orelse "/usr/lib/jvm") ++ "/{s}/bin:{s}",
+            jvm_basepath ++ "/{s}/bin:{s}",
             .{ std.os.argv[1], path_p.* },
         );
         alloc.free(path_p.*);
         path_p.* = newpath;
     } else {
-        const newpath = try std.fmt.allocPrint(alloc, "/usr/lib/jvm/{s}/bin", .{std.os.argv[1]});
+        const newpath = try std.fmt.allocPrint(alloc, jvm_basepath ++ "/{s}/bin", .{std.os.argv[1]});
         errdefer alloc.free(newpath);
         try env.putMove(try alloc.dupe(u8, "PATH"), newpath);
     }
 
     {
-        const java_home = try std.fmt.allocPrint(alloc, "/usr/lib/jvm/{s}", .{std.os.argv[1]});
+        const java_home = try std.fmt.allocPrint(alloc, jvm_basepath ++ "/{s}", .{std.os.argv[1]});
         errdefer alloc.free(java_home);
         try env.putMove(try alloc.dupe(u8, "JAVA_HOME"), java_home);
     }
diff --git a/setup/commands/setup-nix.rkt b/setup/commands/setup-nix.rkt
index 821b926..9336cf7 100644
--- a/setup/commands/setup-nix.rkt
+++ b/setup/commands/setup-nix.rkt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 (define (run)
   (define out (build-path (find-system-path 'home-dir) ".local" "mzte-nix"))
   (cmd "nix" "build" ".#mzte-nix" "--impure" "--out-link" out)
-  (cmd "nix" "build" ".#cgnix" "--impure" "--out-link" "cgnix/nix.lua"))
+  (cmd "nix" "build" ".#cgnix" "--impure" "--out-link" "nix/cgnix/nix.lua"))