diff --git a/templates/init/flake.nix b/templates/init/flake.nix
index 30cc48b..7880d82 100644
--- a/templates/init/flake.nix
+++ b/templates/init/flake.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-{
+let
+  name = "zig-overlay";
   description = "An empty project that uses Zig.";
-
+in
+{
+  inherit name description;  
+  
   inputs = {
     nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/release-22.05";
     flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@
         pkgs = import nixpkgs {inherit overlays system;};
       in rec {
         devShells.default = pkgs.mkShell {
+          inherit name description;
           nativeBuildInputs = with pkgs; [
             zigpkgs.master
           ];