diff --git a/.envrc b/.envrc
index 0d69151..3a5eea8 100644
--- a/.envrc
+++ b/.envrc
@@ -1,2 +1,12 @@
 use flake
 eval "$shellHook"
+layout_postgres() {
+    export PGDATA="$(direnv_layout_dir)/postgres"
+    export PGHOST="$PGDATA"
+    if [[ ! -d "$PGDATA" ]]; then
+        initdb
+        echo -e "listen_addresses = ''\nunix_socket_directories = '$PGHOST'" >> "$PGDATA/postgresql.conf"
+        echo "CREATE DATABASE $USER;" | postgres --single -E postgres
+    fi
+}
+layout postgres