diff --git a/src/action/common/place_nix_configuration.rs b/src/action/common/place_nix_configuration.rs
index b54fbfb..2448f2f 100644
--- a/src/action/common/place_nix_configuration.rs
+++ b/src/action/common/place_nix_configuration.rs
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ impl PlaceNixConfiguration {
 
         let mut defaults_conf_settings = vec![
             ("build-users-group", nix_build_group_name),
-            ("experimental-features", "nix-command flakes".into()),
+            (
+                "experimental-features",
+                "nix-command flakes repl-flake".into(),
+            ),
         ];
 
         defaults_conf_settings.push(("bash-prompt-prefix", "(nix:$name)\\040".into()));