diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
index 478bad12..1ea31523 100644
--- a/flake.lock
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@
         "rust-analyzer-src": "rust-analyzer-src"
       },
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1730442928,
-        "narHash": "sha256-U1DWb5c3EfkA7pqx5V1H4AWRA+EaE6UJ0lIRvK1RxgM=",
+        "lastModified": 1735713283,
+        "narHash": "sha256-xC6X49L55xo7AV+pAYclOj5UNWtBo/xx5aB5IehJD0M=",
         "owner": "nix-community",
         "repo": "fenix",
-        "rev": "87b4d20f896c99018dde4702a9c6157b516f2a76",
+        "rev": "bfba822a4220b0e2c4dc7f36a35e4c8450cd9a9c",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -40,91 +40,37 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "flake-utils_2": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "systems": "systems_2"
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1710146030,
-        "narHash": "sha256-SZ5L6eA7HJ/nmkzGG7/ISclqe6oZdOZTNoesiInkXPQ=",
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "rev": "b1d9ab70662946ef0850d488da1c9019f3a9752a",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "numtide",
-        "repo": "flake-utils",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1731974111,
-        "narHash": "sha256-sq5EjHYtnJu9uF7qmadiMAw/EkI94JPW/bwMUWKUKs4=",
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "ff377cce50a8af30c173382a166e6c74802ed9ae",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "NixOS",
-        "ref": "master",
-        "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
-    "pkgs": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1718870667,
-        "narHash": "sha256-jab3Kpc8O1z3qxwVsCMHL4+18n5Wy/HHKyu1fcsF7gs=",
+        "lastModified": 1736200483,
+        "narHash": "sha256-JO+lFN2HsCwSLMUWXHeOad6QUxOuwe9UOAF/iSl1J4I=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "9b10b8f00cb5494795e5f51b39210fed4d2b0748",
+        "rev": "3f0a8ac25fb674611b98089ca3a5dd6480175751",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
         "owner": "NixOS",
-        "ref": "nixpkgs-unstable",
+        "ref": "release-24.11",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
-    "prisma-utils": {
-      "inputs": {
-        "flake-utils": "flake-utils_2",
-        "pkgs": "pkgs"
-      },
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1719301942,
-        "narHash": "sha256-qKvcOVKoZqCfkR7Mt+7LCrsXMCNysY6JSy6QY/vXP4g=",
-        "owner": "VanCoding",
-        "repo": "nix-prisma-utils",
-        "rev": "3bf92853b6986daca112b7e07fc33f976f48ffe7",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "VanCoding",
-        "repo": "nix-prisma-utils",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
-    },
     "root": {
       "inputs": {
         "fenix": "fenix",
         "flake-utils": "flake-utils",
-        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs",
-        "prisma-utils": "prisma-utils"
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
       }
     },
     "rust-analyzer-src": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1730386175,
-        "narHash": "sha256-0Uq+/B8eu7pw8B8pxuGdFYKjcVLwNMcHfDxU9sXh7rg=",
+        "lastModified": 1735659655,
+        "narHash": "sha256-DQgwi3pwaasWWDfNtXIX0lW5KvxQ+qVhxO1J7l68Qcc=",
         "owner": "rust-lang",
         "repo": "rust-analyzer",
-        "rev": "0ba893e1a00d92557ac91efb771d72eee36ca687",
+        "rev": "085ad107943996c344633d58f26467b05f8e2ff0",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -148,21 +94,6 @@
         "repo": "default",
         "type": "github"
       }
-    },
-    "systems_2": {
-      "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1681028828,
-        "narHash": "sha256-Vy1rq5AaRuLzOxct8nz4T6wlgyUR7zLU309k9mBC768=",
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "rev": "da67096a3b9bf56a91d16901293e51ba5b49a27e",
-        "type": "github"
-      },
-      "original": {
-        "owner": "nix-systems",
-        "repo": "default",
-        "type": "github"
-      }
     }
   },
   "root": "root",
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index dc8ac134..50ed1c3d 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -1,41 +1,54 @@
 {
   description = "CourseMate";
   inputs = {
-    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/master";
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/release-24.11";
+    # prisma v6 is only out on unstable uncomment this on updating prisma to v6. can be removed when 25.05 channel is released
+    # unstable.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixpkgs-unstable";
+
     flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
-    prisma-utils.url = "github:VanCoding/nix-prisma-utils";
     fenix = {
       url = "github:nix-community/fenix/monthly";
       inputs.nixpkgs.follows = "nixpkgs";
     };
   };
 
-  outputs = { nixpkgs, flake-utils, prisma-utils, fenix, ... }:
+  outputs = { nixpkgs, flake-utils, fenix, /* unstable, */ ... }:
     flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system:
       let
-        pkgs = import nixpkgs { inherit system; };
-        prisma = import ./nix/prisma.nix { inherit prisma-utils pkgs; };
-        rust-pkgs = import ./nix/rust-toolchain.nix { inherit fenix system; };
-      in
-      {
-        devShell = pkgs.mkShell {
-          src = ./.;
-          nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [ bashInteractive ];
+        pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+        # unstable-pkgs = unstable.legacyPackages.${system};
+        rust-toolchain = import ./nix/rust-toolchain.nix { inherit fenix system; };
+
+        common = {
           buildInputs = with pkgs; [
             gnumake
             bun
             biome
-            pkg-config
-            openssl
             lefthook
-            pkgs.prisma
             dotenv-cli
-          ] ++ [
-            rust-pkgs
+            prisma
+            prisma-engines
+          ];
+
+          shellHook = with pkgs; ''
+            # requird by prisma
+            export PRISMA_QUERY_ENGINE_BINARY="${prisma-engines}/bin/query-engine";
+            export PRISMA_QUERY_ENGINE_LIBRARY="${prisma-engines}/lib/libquery_engine.node";
+            export PRISMA_INTROSPECTION_ENGINE_BINARY="${prisma-engines}/bin/introspection-engine";
+            export PRISMA_FMT_BINARY="${prisma-engines}/bin/prisma-fmt";
+          '';
+        };
+      in
+      {
+        devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell common;
+        devShells.scraper = pkgs.mkShell {
+          buildInputs = common.buildInputs ++ [
+            pkgs.pkg-config
+            pkgs.openssl
+            rust-toolchain
           ];
-          shellHook = ''
-            export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:${pkgs.stdenv.cc.cc.lib}/lib
-          '' + prisma.shellHook;
+          shellHook = common.shellHook;
         };
       });
 }
+
diff --git a/nix/prisma.nix b/nix/prisma.nix
deleted file mode 100644
index 563d59d3..00000000
--- a/nix/prisma.nix
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{ prisma-utils, pkgs }: rec {
-  prisma = (prisma-utils.lib.prisma-factory {
-    nixpkgs = pkgs;
-    prisma-fmt-hash = "sha256-atD5GZfmeU86mF1V6flAshxg4fFR2ews7EwaJWZZzbc="; # just copy these hashes for now, and then change them when nix complains about the mismatch
-    query-engine-hash = "sha256-8FTZaKmQCf9lrDQvkF5yWPeZ7TSVfFjTbjdbWWEHgq4=";
-    libquery-engine-hash = "sha256-USIdaum87ekGY6F6DaL/tKH0BAZvHBDK7zjmCLo//kM=";
-    schema-engine-hash = "sha256-k5MkxXViEqojbkkcW/4iBFNdfhb9PlMEF1M2dyhfOok=";
-  }).fromNpmLock
-    ./../server/package-lock.json; # <--- path to our package-lock.json file that contains the version of prisma-engines
-
-  shellHook = (if pkgs.system == "x86_64-linux" then prisma.shellHook else "");
-}