diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3f35cff..0016213 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,30 +10,48 @@ Kubernetes resource management with Nix
 
 ## Usage
 
-Apply all resources with
+<!-- Apply all resources with
 
     nix run github:hall/kubenix . -- apply
 
-> **HINT**: use ` --help` for more commands
+> **HINT**: use ` --help` for more commands -->
 
-A minimal example flake:
+Create a `default.nix` file:
+
+```nix
+{ kubenix ? import (builtins.fetchGit {
+  url = "https://github.com/hall/kubenix.git";
+  rev = "aa734afc9cf7a5146a7a9d93fd534e81572c8122";
+}) }:
+(kubenix.evalModules.x86_64-linux {
+  module = {kubenix, ...}: {
+    imports = with kubenix.modules; [k8s];
+    kubernetes.resources.pods.test.spec.containers.nginx.image = "nginx";
+  };
+}).config.kubernetes.result
+```
+
+Then execute `nix-build` to write JSON manifests to `./result`.
+
+<!-- A minimal example flake:
 
 ```nix
 {
-  inputs.kubenix = "github:hall/kubenix";
+  inputs.kubenix.url = "github:hall/kubenix";
   outputs = {self, ...}@inputs: {
-    nixosConfigurations.hostname = {
-      modules = [ inputs.kubenix.nixosModule ];
-    };
-    kubernetes.resources.pods."app" = {
-      spec.containers."app" = {
-        name = "app";
-        image = "nginx";
-      };
-    };
+    kubenix = {
+      module = { inputs.kubenix, ...}: {
+        kubernetes.resources.pods."app" = {
+          spec.containers."app" = {
+            name = "app";
+            image = "nginx";
+          };
+        };
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
-```
+``` -->
 
 <!-- A more complete example config:
 
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cccff2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+(import
+  (
+    let lock = builtins.fromJSON (builtins.readFile ./flake.lock); in
+    fetchTarball {
+      url = "https://github.com/edolstra/flake-compat/archive/${lock.nodes.flake-compat.locked.rev}.tar.gz";
+      sha256 = lock.nodes.flake-compat.locked.narHash;
+    }
+  )
+  { src = ./.; }
+).defaultNix
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 2e69164..b206e9c 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -1,12 +1,28 @@
 {
   "nodes": {
+    "flake-compat": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1650374568,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Z+s0J8/r907g149rllvwhb4pKi8Wam5ij0st8PwAh+E=",
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "rev": "b4a34015c698c7793d592d66adbab377907a2be8",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "edolstra",
+        "repo": "flake-compat",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "flake-utils": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1648297722,
-        "narHash": "sha256-W+qlPsiZd8F3XkzXOzAoR+mpFqzm3ekQkJNa+PIh1BQ=",
+        "lastModified": 1659877975,
+        "narHash": "sha256-zllb8aq3YO3h8B/U0/J1WBgAL8EX5yWf5pMj3G0NAmc=",
         "owner": "numtide",
         "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "0f8662f1319ad6abf89b3380dd2722369fc51ade",
+        "rev": "c0e246b9b83f637f4681389ecabcb2681b4f3af0",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -17,22 +33,23 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1648219316,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Ctij+dOi0ZZIfX5eMhgwugfvB+WZSrvVNAyAuANOsnQ=",
+        "lastModified": 1660396586,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ePuWn7z/J5p2lO7YokOG1o01M0pDDVL3VrStaPpS5Ig=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "30d3d79b7d3607d56546dd2a6b49e156ba0ec634",
+        "rev": "e105167e98817ba9fe079c6c3c544c6ef188e276",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "NixOS",
-        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
+        "flake-compat": "flake-compat",
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
         "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       }
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 3415398..1194336 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@
       url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
+    flake-compat = {
+      url = "github:edolstra/flake-compat";
+      flake = false;
+    };
   };
 
   outputs = {
@@ -134,11 +138,6 @@
       nixosModules.kubenix = import ./modules;
       overlays.default = _final: prev: {
         kubenix.evalModules = self.evalModules.${prev.system};
-        # up to date versions of their nixpkgs equivalents
-        # kubernetes =
-        #   prev.callPackage ./pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubernetes
-        #   {};
-        # kubectl = prev.callPackage ./pkgs/applications/networking/cluster/kubectl {};
       };
     };
 }