diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/check.yaml b/.forgejo/workflows/check.yaml
index 1d7cfed..ff91ce7 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/check.yaml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/check.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@ jobs:
     name: "nix fmt"
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4 
+    - name: Install Nix
+        uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v9 # this is probably not gonna work, expecting to receive a bad repo error or whatever
     - run: nix fmt $(find ./ -regex '.*.nix$') -- --check
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