diff --git a/home/common.nix b/home/common.nix
index 38588701..c7b761a8 100644
--- a/home/common.nix
+++ b/home/common.nix
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ in rec {
       + builtins.readFile ../dotfiles/zshrc;
   };
 
+  home.shellAliases = {
+    dev = "nix develop -c $SHELL";
+  };
+
   programs.direnv = {
     enable = true;
     enableZshIntegration = true;